Despite outrage and protests around the world, a Spanish seafood company is due to begin construction of a controverial octopus farm.
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Tag: Gran Canaria
Swinging in the Sand: Unbridled Exhibitionism and Voyeurism in Gran Canaria
Despite the threat of jail and fines, frisky couples still gravitate towards the protected Maspalomas Dunes for open-air swinging.
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The Art of the Protest, Octopus-Style
Animal-rights activists gathered at government buildings in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, to protest against a controversial octopus farm.
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‘Killed for Tapas’: World’s First Octopus Farm Planned on Spanish Island Amid Outcry
Scientists, animal rights activists and conservationists are outraged about the development on a Spanish island of an octopus farm.
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Gran Canaria’s Al Fresco Sex Scene Has Many Hot and Bothered
Men searching for sex in the protected Maspalomas Dunes are breaking the law and despoiling a protective reserve amid a lack of policing.
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Sex on the Beach Might Be Fun for People – but It’s Bad for Dunes and Wildlife
New research finds that public sex in the Canary Islands is leading to significant degradation of the Dunes of Maspalomas.
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The Conning Coronavirus Doctor
By William J. Furney The petite, rotund and effervescent Indian doctor standing in front of me is gushing about how much cheaper she is for coronavirus travel tests than the
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Conversations with Skulls
By William J. Furney In an airy, high-ceilinged room with creepily creaking floorboards in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the scenic capital of the tiny volcanic island that’s part of
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Unwelcome Strangers in a Very Strange Land
By William J. Furney MASPALOMAS — They move like spooked yet expectant ghosts in this fat land. Their exotic, ebony skin is an anomaly on an homogenous island renowned for
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Living Over the Edge, in Tumultuous Times
By William J. Furney On Wednesday afternoon this week as I was shopping in a supermarket in Gran Canaria, my basket filling up with quinoa, avocado oil and avocados, spelt
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