MARION GONZALEZ, who runs Accion del Sol, has issued an important reminder to all animal lovers. The refuge is the Centre for Animal Protection and environment of Tenerife, and she stressed that it works solely with authorised municipalities Granadilla, Arona and Guia de Isora. “Dogs can be brought to the refuge only by Protection Civil [...]
Live Arico News This week, a concerned member of the public saw three dogs struggling to stay afloat in a water tank near San Miguel. He called 112, who contacted the Local Police, and, together with an animal-loving member of the Town Hall, they worked really hard to get the dogs out. Sadly, the elder [...]
ESTRELLAS TheatreSchool enjoyed a sunny, fund-raising afternoon at OmniBeach Restaurant in Punta Brava, near Puerto de la Cruz, on Sunday. It is traditional in the entertainment sector for some time to be devoted to charity, so what a good grounding this was for the Estrellas students to be involved in so early in their careers. [...]
Live Arico news AFTER last week’s article about giving dogs a second chance, Popov the labrador was adopted. His new name is Raggy, and we wish him and his new owner, Sam all, the best. This week’s featured dog is Misty, a 13-week-old pup, who will be medium-sized when fully grown. She is fully vaccinated [...]
Accion del Sol news SUNDAY’S Fun Walk was a great success, with more people joining us every month, and the dogs having so much enjoyment and loving all the attention. It left this little pup (pictured) so worn out from all the excitement that it fell asleep en route! On a serious note, Accion would [...]
SUNDAY’S second joint charity venture by Cats Welfare, Live Arico and K9 proved to be another rip-roaring success. The event, at Our Place, Costa del Silencio, was extremely well-attended and a great time was had by all. The afternoon included the talented Alaya Shonyata (heat winner of Tenerife Loves Karaoke), Vicky Denton, Martin McCall, Mark [...]
Accion del Sol news RANDY was brought into the refuge nearly two months ago in an awful state, having had his back leg badly broken in a car accident. A specialist vet, together with Accion del Sol’s own vet tried to repair his leg with metal pins. It was a difficult operation but they wanted [...]
Live Arico (PAWS) news MANY heads were turned on Sunday as three of our committee members dressed up as Super Heroes to run the Las Galletas 10.8km race. Batman, Robin and Catwoman, otherwise known as Michaela, Sue and Kerry, finished in 80, 90 and 89 minutes respectively and, along with serious runners Tony Bailey and [...]
Accion del Sol news ARONA Town Hall has awarded a new dog-catcher contract for the municipality, and the company have recently collected 10 puppies from Guaza Mountain and delivered them to the Accion del Sol refuge. Unfortunately, the mother was not caught, so the puppies need special, expensive milk, as they were too young to [...]
Accion del Sol news DURING our last Fun Walk in Los Cristianos, we did a double take when we saw a dog arrive for the walk wearing some rather dapper sun-shades. We thought he was just a cool dude, trying to impress his new friends. But alas, he has a very unusual condition called “keratitis”, [...]
