Animals
Birds and animals reclaim Palatine Hill for themselves during Rome's lockdown.
Animals and birds living on Rome's Palatine Hill are taking advantage of the lack of tourists to "take back" the hill for themselves, report...
Rome cat shelter appeals for online donations and distance adoptions.
Rome's Torre Argentina cat sanctuary, located among the ruins of the Largo Argentina archaeological area, has provided shelter, food and love to cats...
Two ducks have been spotted in the waters of the Barcaccia fountain in Piazza di Spagna.
In this period of Coronavirus emergency, during which Italians are forced to stay in their homes, cities appear unusually empty a...
Rome launches dog adoption campaign.
Orso, a five-year-old dog, is the star of a video campaign designed to promote the adoption of dogs from Rome's municipal kennels.
The poignant video sees Orso - whose name means...
Family adopts Filippo following appeal by Rome bus drivers.
Filippo, the little dog found abandoned on a Rome bus, has found a new home following a high-profile adoption appeal.
Bus drivers discovered the dog whining...
Rome bus drivers seek loving home for abandoned dog.
Workers from Rome's public transport company ATAC have launched an adoption appeal after a dog was found abandoned on a city bus, reports daily Italian newspaper La R...
WWF Italy raises awareness of critically-endangered bear.
Italy's Marsican brown bear faces the prospect of extinction as experts say there are only about 50 of the animals left in existence.
The Italian branch of th...
Rome's horse-drawn carriages still on city streets despite mayor's promises.
One of Rome's 'botticelle' horses collapsed on Via dei Condotti, the exclusive shopping street near the Spanish Steps, on the morning of 17 Oc...
Culling of Rome's wild boar is a marked change in direction for Raggi's hitherto animal-friendly administration.
The wild boar that congregrate in the parks and streets of Rome's suburbs are to be culled or, when possib...
Wolf-dog hybrids born at Castel di Guido in outskirts of Rome.
Seven wolf-dog hybrid cubs have been filmed by hidden cameras in a nature reserve at Castel di Guido, located between Rome and the capital's coastal distric...
Rhinos have been absent from Rome's zoo for 20 years.
The Bioparco di Roma has welcomed two white rhinos, Thomas and Kibo, to a new 2,600-sqm area in which an African savannah setting has been reconstructed.
The two...
An endangered Grévy's zebra was born in Rome.
The Bioparco di Roma has presented a baby zebra, named Fiamma, born at the zoo on the night between 27 and 28 August.
The 10-day-old foal, in excellent health, is a rare...
Video emerges of Rome trash workers feeding wild boar.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has condemned a video which appears to show employees of the city's refuse collection service AMA feeding wild boar beside street bins....
Public advised not to touch dolphin carcasses.
In recent days two dolphins have been found dead off the coast of Ostia and Fiumicino, near Rome, bringing to 13 the number of dolphins washed up dead in the Lazio region s...
Italian farmers raise alarm over wolf sightings around Rome however experts reject claims.
Wolves are being sighted "within a few kilometres of the centre of Rome" according to Confagricoltura, the Italian agricultural...
Rome to restrict botticelle carriages to city parks.
Horse-drawn carriages, or botticelle, are to be banned from Rome's streets but will be allowed to operate in the city's parks following legislation approved by the mu...
Annual campaign urges Romans not to dump their dogs during summer.
Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi has launched a campaign calling on residents of the capital not to abandon their pets as they head off on summer holidays....
Guide on how to adopt a dog from Rome's kennels.
Are you ready to adopt a dog but don’t know where to begin looking in Italy? Although most people associate Rome with its cats, the good news is that there are many delig...
Rome ecosystem under attack from non-native invasive animals.
The biodiversity of Rome's wildlife is facing increasing problems due to the difficulty of invasive non-native species living in harmony with the city's indi...
City owes Rome zoo arrears of €3 million in public funds.
Rome's Bioparco is "at risk of closure" due to the non-payment of €3 million by the city, which provides one third of the zoo's funding, according to Bioparco pr...
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