Although pets, and Gatos In particular, they are considered an inherent element of our society, they can generate very harmful effects on biodiversity if they are not managed correctly. It is essential to not stigmatize an animal that is on the street without having chosen it.
Domestic cats without control or nursing homes can ultimately take on a threat of unpredictable sizes for the native fauna of gardens, parks and even urban forests. AND The problem is not she, but the people who did not do it well, especially those who leave pets do not castrate their cats and let them go without control.
This happens because, Even if they are domesticated from people’s point of view, cats never lose instinct And they are still potential hunters, who will record how much dam they are placed.
The Alamillo Cats
Van SEO / Birdlife is a formal application addressed to the general directorate of territorial planning, urban planning and agenda, to the service of biodiversity and geodiversity of the territorial delegation in Sevilla of the Ministry of Sustainability, Environment and Blue Economy of the Junta de AndalucaAda of the Andaluada of the Andaluada of the AndalucaAda and of the OndalucaAda and of the OndalucaAda of the AndalucaAda and the OndalucaAda service of the AndalucaAdaaaAda Seville. to the impact that contacts in Alamillo ParkIn Seville.
The NGO is coming Warning for the negative effect that has been caused by domestic cats for years, especially on islands. There are indications of the impact they cause in other communities in wildlife and their predation works on both birds and other species of dams. They can even intervene about other carnivores in the transfer of pathogens.
In that sense, they are aware of the recent decision of the South Ornithological Group (GOSUR) of to suspend scientific activities at the Ornithological Station of the Alamillo ParkBecause of the systematic predation of birds through care catches.
This situation has the continuity of the National Paser Program (Ringing Program for the monitoring of reproductive species) unattainable, coordinated by the NGO since 1995, Thanks to which productivity parameters are obtained from common bird speciesWho help the greatest knowledge of protected species and can therefore take measures for their conservation.
The Alamillo Station, one of the most veteran and productive of the programprovides data of great scientific value on the evolution of bird populations in Mediterranean urban environments.
Quality of life and urban biodiversity
He Alamillo Park forms an enclave with a high ecological value in the urban environment of Seville. It has registered more than a hundred species of wild birds, included many of them in Annex I of the Birds Directive of the European Union and in the list of wild species in Special Protection Regime (Lespre).
Among them The normal nightingale, the capirotada curruca or the gray paps. Also included in a category of threats, such as real Colarrium (vulnerable, according to the Andalusian catalog of endangered species).
Suggestions to perform a solution to the problem of cats
Under law 7/2023 of Protection of the rights and well -being of animalsAs well as Law 42/2007 from Natural Heritage and Biodiversity, we ask for the responsible administrations:
- I know Report like the population of cats existing in the Alamillo Park is registered as authorized feline colonyAccording to law 7/2023. If this is the case, it is necessary to know the number of registered copies and compliance with the legal obligations of identification, sterilization and sanitary monitoring.
- That, if not an authorized colony, continue The catch and transfer of care catches to a center for animal protectionGuaranteeing their good and avoiding the damage they generate to wildlife.
- That, if it is a registered colony, Move urgently to a controlled area where it does not cause a state for protected species or spaces And their movements can be limited to prevent the return to the place where they turn out to be a problem, in accordance with the provisions of the current regulations.
- I know Articulated mechanisms for management and population control of cats in the UN controlled freedomIn a coordinated way between administrations, with the aim of protecting the urban biodiversity of the park.
- That the necessary measures are implemented Restore the ecological disorders that make the resumption of scientific activities possible van Rinkelen and monitoring of wild birds in the Alamillo park.
The NGO is convinced that the authorities will act with the dedication and responsibility that this situation requires, in compliance with current legislation and to defend the natural heritage of all.