An appeal to the state to reject any application submitted for the creation of a crocodile park in Cyprus, addresses the Coordinating Committee of the Struggle against the creation of a crocodile park in Achna.
The Commission said in a statement that "the Achna Community Council, at its meeting on 29 May, withdrew its support and voted overwhelmingly against the creation of a crocodile park in Achna. The decision was accepted with great relief by the residents of Achna, since with it will come the feeling of calm and security among the residents ".
The Commission calls on "the State to respect the decision of the Community Council and the residents of Achna and to reject any application" for the creation of a crocodile park in Achna, but also elsewhere in Cyprus.
At the same time, he warmly thanks "the Achna Community Council, which listened to the concerns of the people of Achna and the public in general", the "Ecologists' Movement that accompanied its struggle", and the the vast majority opposed the creation of a crocodile park. "
The Commission also thanks the environmental organizations of Cyprus and specifically the Party of Animals, the agricultural organizations EKA, PEK, Panagrotikos and the University of Nicosia "for its opinion regarding the health effects of the transmission of the West Nile virus".
He also thanked the "thousands of active citizens who supported the effort" of the Commission, supporting in print or electronic the resolution against the creation of a crocodile park in Achna.
Source: KYPE