"Some people want to burn the snakes Natrix - Natrix Cypriaca" says in a statement the Movement of Ecologists-Citizens' Cooperation on the occasion of the fires that occurred today Tuesday and yesterday Monday 17 September.
This announcement:
Two malicious fires in the same place in two days, have endangered one of the rarest species of water snake, the Natrix - Natrix Cypriaca, in the Natura 2000 area and the "SPA" area for the protection of birds in the lake of Paralimni.
The information of the Movement of Ecologists - Citizens' Cooperation states that the police are investigating the case as malicious. After the habitat was mutilated and part of it was leveled and after both the shooting range and the motocross track remained in its periphery, now some people are trying to burn the vegetation and chase away the small Natrix-Natrix water snakes.
As an Movement of Ecologists - Citizens' Cooperation, we call on the Authorities and especially the police to protect in every way the wetland, which is one of the rarest natural resources of our place. "