The City Council of Santa Cruz de Tenerife has initiated a sanctioning procedure against a citizen for feeding pigeons “on repeated occasions” and thus violating the municipal ordinance that considers this fact as a serious administrative infraction punishable with an amount of up to 1,500 euros.
The mayor of Santa Cruz, José Manuel Bermúdez (Canary Coalition), pointed out this Monday in a statement that these events “cannot go unnoticed.”
“That is why from the City Council we are going to continue sanctioning people who feed animals on public roads. A simple fact like this can lead to public health problems and our responsibility as city managers is to prevent that from happening,” she stated.
The Councilor for Strategic Planning, Environmental Sustainability and Public Services, Carlos Tarife, has also commented on this fact, lamenting that “the events are frequently repeated by this woman who refuses, in her words, to change her behavior, and who carries plastic bags with a large amount of rice that he throws on the ground to feed the pigeons.”
Furthermore, Tarife added, “these people who feed the pigeons must be punished because it is an act that alters the health and natural balance of the city due to the appearance of a greater amount of excrement, for example, or that of other animals. like rodents are,” he pointed out.
The Municipal Ordinance Regulating the Protection and Ownership of Animals prohibits providing food of any type and manner without the corresponding administrative authorization, to any animal found on public roads or spaces, or that has accessed private property.