The Cabildo of Lanzarote, through the Hunting Area, informs that the temporary closure of hunting activity is maintained in the north of the island, after confirming a new episode of fauna poisoning in the municipality of Haría.
It was the Game Wardens who gave notice to the Environment Agents of the Cabildo of the location in the area of at least four specimens of Canarian raven (Corvus corax canariensis) dead, a species listed as endangered. After communicating it to the Government of the Canary Islands, the Autonomous Executive recommends extending the temporary closure of hunting in the municipality of Haria beyond the initially planned period, which expired on September 3.
From the Cabildo, the protocols of the Canary Islands Watch Network and the Canary Strategy against the Illegal Use of Poison have been reactivated, in order to transfer the samples and corpses for analysis.
The Councilor for the Environment and Hunting of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, Samuel Martín, has pointed out that "with this suggestion from the Canarian Executive after the discovery in a place near where other poisonings have already occurred, it is reckless to proceed with the reopening because there is no guarantee of safety for the animals or for the hunters themselves."
Martín has transferred the decision to both the Lanzarote Hunters Society and the Haría City Council, recalling that, if the competent authority validates it, the temporary closure will be compensated with the extension of the closed season in the northern area to avoid damage to the hunting group.
Normally in the rest of the island
The councilor has insisted on "the irresponsibility that it would entail to authorize the reopening suspecting that indiscriminate poisoning persists in the municipality of Haría", and has made a call for citizen collaboration to help clarify the facts and identify the alleged perpetrator or perpetrators.
Meanwhile, as agreed at the last meeting of the Island Hunting Council, hunting activity is carried out with total normality in the rest of the island, while field work and intensive surveillance continue in the north.
Communication from the Cabildo
The Cabildo of Lanzarote has informed the Hunters Society and the Haría City Council in the last hours of the maintenance of preventive measures through the following statement:
"In view of the new cases of poisoning detected in the same area of previous incidents in the municipality of Haría, and in accordance with the recommendations received from the Government of the Canary Islands, the preventive measure of temporary closure of hunting activity in said municipality will be maintained.
Subsequently, once safety is guaranteed and the closure is lifted, an extraordinary Island Hunting Council will be convened to assess the possibility of extending hunting days."
