The image of a stone-curlew defending itself from a cat puts the colonies in La Graciosa in the spotlight

The profile of the Ministry of Environment of the Cabildo de Lanzarote recently shared on the social network X the image of a stone-curlew defending itself from a cat on the island of La Graciosa.

This scene, in which the cat can be seen approaching the bird and how it opens its wings to scare away the feline, is one of the most common on the eighth island. 

This situation once again highlights the demands of residents, associations, environmentalists, and biologists who warn of the problem with the proliferation of cat colonies. 

In addition to denouncing that "they are found on the street without sterilization, without sanitary control, and without adequate feeding," the presence of cats causes a serious impact on the island's biodiversity by hunting endemic species such as the stone-curlew, the houbara, the cory's shearwater, the little shearwater, the common gull, Bulwer's petrel, or migratory birds such as Eleonora's falcon.