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Too many pools
THERE are too many swimming pools in Alicante Province for the amount of available water.
According to the Spanish General Directorate of the Cadastre, there are currently nearly 128,000 swimming pools in Alicante, the equivalent of one for every 14 inhabitants, making it one of the provinces with the most pools in Spain.
But the ratio increases in certain individual towns such as Javea, De nia, Teulada, Benissa, Calpe and La Nucia, where the equivalent is one pool for every three
Magnifying glasses ready
CALPE will host one of the most important stamp collecting events in Spain this year.
The Marina Alta town has been chosen as the setting for the 17th yearly convention by the AFINET Philatelic Society, one of the largest associations of its kind in the country with members from all over the world.
It will take place at the Gran Hotel Solymar from October 12 to 15 with the collaboration of Calpe and Benissa stampcollecting societies.
More than 50 participants have already confirmed their attendance, leading organisers to predict that this will be one of the largest ever conventions held by AFINET.
All activities will also be open to the public, including stamp exchanges, book presentations and conferences by experts.
In addition to the actual fair, the Society is also planning to organise day trips to neighbouring areas such as Teulada Moraira, Benissa and the Vall del Pop, as well as offering participants the chance to explore Calpe’s town, beaches and cuisine.
11 inhabitants due to the type of houses, ie large urbanisations with individual pools and big, sin gle family houses with huge pools.
But the figure is thought to be even higher, as there are said to be many ‘unofficial’ pools that are not registered with the Cadastre.
To fill them all up at the same time would reportedly require an estimated 10 cubic hectometres of water which contrasts with the fact that the area has an endemic shortage of water compared to other Spanish provinces.
Hello again Diana
A LOGGERHEAD sea turtle lay 85 eggs on Denia’s Marge Roig beach on Sunday night, July 9.
A passer by who witnessed the event contacted the 112 emergency services just after midnight, triggering a joint rescue operation by Valencia’s Oceanographic institute and Polytechnic University, Denia Local Police and environmental experts from the town hall.
Up to 72 of the eggs were taken to Albaranes beach where they will be watched by a team of volunteers until the babies
A load of bull in Denia
A BULL drowned during the bous a la mar (bulls in the sea) festivities in Denia on Monday July 10.
A team of volunteers on boats brought the animal ashore and tried to reanimate it, but nothing could be done to save its life.
The bous a la mar is by far the most famous event of the local Santíssima Sang summer fiestas, but also the most controversial, as this kind of accident happens nearly every summer.
Animal welfare organisations have been campaigning for years to cancel
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New thoracic surgery unit
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the event, which they describe as “barbaric” and which they believe constitutes a clear case of animal mistreatment.
Coincidentally, dozens of people had protested against the bous a la mar in Denia the day before.
Several animal rights organisations and representatives of various local political parties gathered outside the town hall on Sunday and marched through several streets in the town centre to demand an end to an event that continues to attract large crowds at every session.
hatch in midSeptember.
The rest of the eggs were taken to the Oceanogràfic, where they will also be kept under observation until they hatch.
The turtle that lay the eggs was already monitored by the experts. Her name is Diana in reference to Denia, as this is the second time she has visited the town’s beaches to spawn.
This is the third instance of egg laying by sea turtles in Denia so far this year, the highest of any town in the Valencia Region.
According to department head Israel Rodriguez: “Our unit specialises in minimally invasive procedures such as the management of pleural effusion and pneumothorax, as well as diagnostictherapeutic fibrobronchoscopy. The surgical portfolio consists mostly of minimally invasive surgery of lung, pleura, chest wall, mediastinum, intrathoracic sympathetic nervous system and surgery of palmar and axillary hyperhidrosis, diaphragm, cervicalthoracic trachea, thyroid in its intrathoracic situation and intrathoracic oesophagus.”
The thoracic surgery team will work closely with the Oncology, Pneumology, Internal Medicine, Neurology and Clinical Dermatology Units, among other hospital departments.
SCAN, the Society for the Care of Animals in need, held their annual Summer Fashion Show on Sunday July 9 at the Casa Cultura in El Verger.
An enthusiastic audience enjoyed an afternoon of music, a fashion parade and, of
