Allegations of tourist harassment: Spanish town wants to resettle 5000 pigeons

In London have to expect people to feed the pigeons in the Central Trafalgar Square, with a penalty of up to 560 euros, in Augsburg, the city is trying to keep

Allegations of tourist harassment: Spanish town wants to resettle 5000 pigeons

In London have to expect people to feed the pigeons in the Central Trafalgar Square, with a penalty of up to 560 euros, in Augsburg, the city is trying to keep the birds in supervised Pigeon lofts - cities in the world have been working for decades with the question of how an animal may look friendly way of dealing with pigeons. The animals are considered to be prolific and are feared as disease vectors, even if the researchers have the pigeons think is largely harmless.

The city Council in Cádiz, southern Spain wants to try starting from next year, a new solution in dealing with the animals: more than 5000 birds should be caught and registered. After that you should move from the Andalusian port city hundreds of miles further to the East of Spain - in one dovecote Dumanbet in a sparsely populated Region near the town of Ribarroja del Turia. Cadiz use "the most respectful and the most sustainable method," it said in a Statement.

The city hopes that the adaptable rock pigeons happy with the new home will be, and no return flight. Because pigeons rapidly reproduce, wants to warn the town of the residents with leaflets in front of Overfeeding.

Previously, it had transmitted complaints, the birds would distribute visitors from the outdoor areas of cafes, among other things, on the important tourist Cathedral square. "When a pigeon is hungry, she can be very energetic and not wait until the tourists are gone, to get something to eat," said the President of the regional hotel Association.

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Date Of Update: 08 December 2018, 20:00
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