Amidst the bustle and disorder in the Free Fair, the soft chirping of a parakeet that was used people who are dedicated and predict the future, he caught the attention of officials of the Environmental Management Commission, CGA, who yesterday They performed control to prevent the sale of protected species.
The bird was used to make envelopes from a cardboard box with written statements about business, love, health, travel, according to the beliefs that is the fate that gives the parakeet to choose one of them.
The agents of the Police Unit of the Environment that accompanied the operation, said the parakeet feathers guides had cut the wings, so it will not fly and its future will remain in the aviary of ancestral Pumapungo park.
Members of the Citizens Guard stated that routine checks have rescued parrots, porcupines, owls and other birds that are endangered. They said that in some cases the animals are reintegrated into their natural habitat after a process of adaptation that takes place in zoos.
Another problem of animal abuse mentioned the abandonment of dogs and cats in dumpsters, by people who are unable to sell the fair days.
Plants
Then the control operation by the makeshift nurseries located on the esplanade, where ornamental plants grown mixed commercial and wild species, taken from protected forests are deployed.
In the intervention they were seized 371 orchids eight bundles of huicundos, heliconias, ferns and other plants torn from the moors, which were taken to the orquidiarios of institutions that have agreements with the CGA.
According to the records of the institution, the previous month were seized 567 plants, including orchids and bromeliads that were sold illegally.
sanctions
Juan Pablo Martinez, curator of the CGA said that people who are engaged in the marketing of plants mostly are repeat offenders, so it will be made known to the Procuratorate to investigate whether it is an environmental crime.
The official said that should be the first time an administrative process that involves the payment of a fine whose value depends on the damage caused to nature continues. He reminded that to grow plants for commercial purposes must obtain a permit. (ASQ) (I)
Source: http://www.eltiempo.com.ec/noticias-cuenca/189206-venta-ilegal-de-especies-protegidas/
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