New Tauben-Loft in Hellersdorf: Hope for the dirty Alice Salomon-Platz

New Tauben-Loft in Hellersdorf: Hope for the dirty Alice Salomon-Platz

A blue overseas container caused a sensation at Hellersdorf underground station, because 700 pigeons are to be accommodated here in the future, which have been polluting Alice Salomon Platz for years. District Mayor Nadja Zivkovic (CDU) inaugurated this pilot project on Tuesday, which could possibly contribute to solving the pigeon problem all over Berlin. "We want to go a sustainable and animal welfare way to reduce the population of the animals," said Zivkovic and criticized the dirt that the pigeons left in place.

The Tauben loft comprises 108 nest cells and cost a total of 17,000 euros, which were financed by the consumer protection senate administration, such as marzahn-hellersdorf.com . State Secretary Esther Uleer (CDU) praised the project and announced that Berlin offered the districts of support for pigeon management, including opportunities for the construction of other pigeons. "The next one could soon be in Spandau," she added. The aim is to provide the pigeons in a species -appropriate manner, to look after them medically and to control their reproduction by exchanging eggs for dummies, as Steffen Mehl (Veterinary Office) explained in the course of the inauguration.

no more feeding in the place!

To make it easier to switch to your new home, those responsible ask you to refrain from feeding the pigeons on the Alice Salomon Square. In Hellersdorf, 12 volunteers from the city pigeon project will take over and maintain the birds. This innovative project could not only reduce the contamination by pigeons, but also represent a first step towards a different way of dealing with these animals. "If the pigeons accept their new container breeding point within the next few months, we can work successfully with the pilot project in the long term," concluded his statements.