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A young cougar wanders the Chilean capital, Santiago, wild boars roam the luxurious avenues of Barcelona, and peacocks stroll leisurely through central Madrid.
The strict curfew in Spain, which has been severely affected by the crown pandemic, appears to have an impact on the behavior of animals that are otherwise only found in forests, rural areas or directly in the Water. But in other countries, too, animals seem to want to regain the rooms humans left in the end because of the virus.
There are more and more videos of mischievous wild animals on the net. Experts in Spain do not believe in coincidences. Rather, they are convinced that there is a connection between the consequences of the pandemic and animal behavior.
«Without climbers, without paragliding, without helicopters»
The fact that cities in Spain have been partially empty since the strict curfew came into effect on March 15, that the environment is much cleaner and there is much less traffic, has “a balm effect for the animal world” , says Roberto Hartasánchez from the foundation. Protection of wildlife. Wolves would also venture further and further into inhabited areas.
In Almería, Andalusia, Emilio González, from the Serbal environmental protection organization, also hopes that the new situation will help some of the endangered or endangered species, such as the hawk eagle or the European wild cat, to reproduce best.
And it looks good. “Currently there are no mountaineers, no paragliding, or helicopters, nothing,” says the head of the Spanish foundation for the preservation of the bearded vulture. This bird, the largest in Europe with a wingspan of about three meters, is in danger of extinction. In Bavaria, conservationists attempt to resettle the animal around 100 years after it has completely disappeared. Now experts expect positive side effects from the current situation.
Cougar had to be released into the wild
Also in Wales, South America, and Asia, animals that otherwise rarely venture into human-inhabited rooms apparently become more and more courageous. In the Chilean capital Santiago, a young cougar roamed the streets. The animal apparently went down to the city in search of prey from nearby mountains. As there were hardly any people on the streets, the cougar ran towards the residential areas. According to authorities, the specimen of just over a year was stunned, examined and then returned to the wild.
According to a report in the “Haaretz” newspaper, ten families of jackals lived in the Hajarkon city park in Tel Aviv before the Corona crisis. But since exit restrictions also apply in Israel, animals are now increasingly displayed on park trails. Meanwhile, a particularly large number of monkeys and dogs bustle on the empty streets of the capitals of India and Nepal, where millions of people normally travel.
Goats, foxes and coyotes
In the Llandudno spa, wild cashmere goats roamed the nearly deserted streets. The animals recently came down from a small mountain in North Wales and have been walking around the city in the Irish Sea ever since. Your favorite food: hedges. Some residents call the goats hooligans because they are not the first time they have passed through the city and, among other things, they are said to have already destroyed the newly planted trees outside a school.
In Venice, people posted photos and videos from channels that seem cleaner than usual and go back to fish. “Nature is reclaiming its space,” write users of the Venezia Pulita group (Clean Venice). In Milan, the swans caused a sensation on the “Navigli”, a canal system. Foxes were sighted in Bogotá, coyotes in San Francisco and a whole herd of deer that had escaped from a park in Nara, Japan.
Bad times for scavengers
The World Wide Fund for Nature expressed concern in Spain that the pandemic could significantly harm a project to settle griffon vultures in Segovia, near Madrid. The reason: all restaurants are closed, so the scavenger will hardly find food.
Where there are fewer people on the move, logically there are fewer food scraps, but they are essential for some animals. In the Thai province of Lop Buri, for example, monkeys were filmed, who fought particularly violently for the remains of food.
A passerby in Benidorm, the Spanish holiday capital, which is otherwise crowded in spring, experienced an “attack” on an empty street, reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller “The Birds” from 1963. The older woman with a cart shopping was stirred by a flock of white doves. Many Spaniards say that many birds have been much more aggressive recently. (SDA)
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