Walking the goat not an excuse for leaving the house, say police
Some 3,000 charged in Barcelona for unjustified breaking of confinement, while authorities prepare to stop people going to second homes
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New Picasso Museum exhibit highlights the artist’s relationship with photography
In front of and behind the camera, Picasso made an instrumental and creative use of this discipline
Scabies infection threatens the last population of Iberian wild goats in Catalonia
Hunters and park rangers are currently working together to try to contain the outbreak of Scabies in the wild population of Iberian ibex in the mountainous area of Terra Alta, in the south of Catalonia. This is the last surviving population of this local species throughout Catalonia, after it became extinct from the Pyrenees. Negotiations between the two parties began late last month after the Catalan Government's Department of Agriculture granted permission to hunt and kill the infected specimen before the disease spreads. A previous case in 1987, which eliminated 97% of the goat population, has meant that the Department of Agriculture is not taking this news lightly and want a swift yet controlled extermination of the diseased animals in order to prevent the extinction of the species in Catalonia.
Saving Catalan traditional agriculture
The project ‘Cultures Trobades’ has already avoided the extinction of 300 varieties of seeds, 50 ancient vineyards and the last living specimens of the Catalan goats. The initiative aims to preserve traditional Catalan agriculture, "the country's cultural heritage."