Overview
- Roughly a thousand people converged on Barcelona’s Arc de Triomf, but reporters observed few actual participants and mostly teens filming, jeering and throwing items like dog food.
- The Málaga call-out largely fizzled, with one masked attendee becoming the focus of mockery and a separate person in a fox mask detained by police, according to local TV.
- Earlier gatherings in Spanish cities such as Girona and Bilbao drew crowds sparked by TikTok posts yet featured far more spectators than self-identified participants.
- Media in Argentina reported incidents in which self-described therians allegedly bit minors and a separate case of a person seeking treatment at a veterinary clinic, intensifying public concern.
- A peer‑reviewed review of 77 clinical therianthropy cases reported frequent psychiatric comorbidities and treatment remission rates, while specialists stress that non‑clinical identification is not a listed disorder and should be evaluated case by case; in Mexico, Deputy Nayeli Salvatori says she will examine potential measures focused on child protection.