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In Vienna will be fined for feeding pigeons
The authorities of Vienna deprived the citizens and guests of the city one of the favorite activities is feeding the pigeons. Eve was imposed a fine of 36 euros, which will write out all those who are caught feeding the birds.
A representative of the Viennese administration Ulrike SIMA reported that, despite the harmlessness of this activity, it brings enormous damage to the Austrian capital. First, the population of pigeons in the city is now approaching a critical point, when to control it will no longer be feasible. And all the efforts of the city authorities, which equip the special home for birds, a sub-menu of their eggs on faux and otherwise hamper the growth of the number of pigeons will be in vain. Even using ornithologists special knowledge on the psychology of birds, by which we can restrain the rate of reproduction, without limitations of the feed gives no results.
Second, the food that the pigeons be given by citizens, is not so harmless for the birds as it looks. Intended for man products, often containing various additives, are harmful to birds, causing them various diseases. Because of this, the health of the pigeon population is weakening, and the habit of eating ready food, leads to the inability to produce food on their own.
And thirdly, not all the food, you bring the pigeons to people, birds eat. The remnants become a lure for rats, which have recently also become a big problem for Vienna. And fight with them in such a big city is a big problem, threatening in the absence of effective measures over time to turn into a disaster.
It will be recalled that in the 70-ies of the last century was recorded a sharp increase in pigeon population in the Austrian capital, which caused the development of several programs for the correction of the number of birds. They gave the desired result, and feathered in Vienna was much less.
Today, due to the popularity of feeding the pigeons in the squares of cities, their population size is close to the peak values of the time.
Source: zeleneet.com
A representative of the Viennese administration Ulrike SIMA reported that, despite the harmlessness of this activity, it brings enormous damage to the Austrian capital. First, the population of pigeons in the city is now approaching a critical point, when to control it will no longer be feasible. And all the efforts of the city authorities, which equip the special home for birds, a sub-menu of their eggs on faux and otherwise hamper the growth of the number of pigeons will be in vain. Even using ornithologists special knowledge on the psychology of birds, by which we can restrain the rate of reproduction, without limitations of the feed gives no results.
Second, the food that the pigeons be given by citizens, is not so harmless for the birds as it looks. Intended for man products, often containing various additives, are harmful to birds, causing them various diseases. Because of this, the health of the pigeon population is weakening, and the habit of eating ready food, leads to the inability to produce food on their own.
And thirdly, not all the food, you bring the pigeons to people, birds eat. The remnants become a lure for rats, which have recently also become a big problem for Vienna. And fight with them in such a big city is a big problem, threatening in the absence of effective measures over time to turn into a disaster.
It will be recalled that in the 70-ies of the last century was recorded a sharp increase in pigeon population in the Austrian capital, which caused the development of several programs for the correction of the number of birds. They gave the desired result, and feathered in Vienna was much less.
Today, due to the popularity of feeding the pigeons in the squares of cities, their population size is close to the peak values of the time.
Source: zeleneet.com
