Need Spanish equivalent

They'd probably say, 'Animal Control,' seriously. 'Control de Animales' is the actual term, or 'Bienestar Animal' perhaps (like Animal Welfare, Well-being).

Dunno, we had a zorro on our roof in Costa Rica and nobody to call

For the death one, I'm sure they have similar terms, but I don't know any myself. What country is their heritage? Terms like that are regional sometimes.

I'll Google around a bit; most of my Spanish idioms came from classes in old literature, lol. I think I know 20 words each for priest, funeral, farm and olives

Not sure about the Valley of the Shadows bit, exactly what does it mean? What do you want to say with that idiom?

Valley of the Shadows comes from the Bible (one of the psalms), so no doubt is pretty universal.

backslashbaby said:

I'll Google around a bit; most of my Spanish idioms came from classes in old literature, lol. I think I know 20 words each for priest, funeral, farm and olives

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Let's see, for priest: Cura, Padre, Presbítero, Sacerdote, Capellán (though that would be Chaplain) Canónigo... (thanks Spanish translation of The Canterbury Tales!)

Farm: Granja, hato, hacienda, huerto, parcela, plantación, fundo, vega, finca, estancia... my, there are a lot.