Is well known that the media has a great influence on shaping human views, attitudes, and relations with other nonhuman animals ( Molloy 2011 Almiron et al.
As a response to these problems, the Madrid City Council approved services using lethal methods that involve slaying the parrots, as per the guidelines proposed by the Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, or MITECO (Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico), for exotic invasive species ( Orueta 2007). 2016), potential disease transmission, and, most importantly, alleged environmental competition with native birds ( SEO Birdlife 2017) (hereinafter, the “problem/s”). The main damages presumably caused by parakeets are the noise, the potential damage if their nests fall on people, agricultural damages ( Senar et al. The Madrid City Council, encouraged and supported by the Spanish Ornithological Society SEO/Birdlife, has determined that the monk parakeet population needs to be controlled due to the potential damage this species causes to ecosystems, human economies, and health. The monk parakeet species ( Myiopsitta monachus) was included in the Spanish Catalog of Invasive Exotic Species in 2013 in Royal Decree 630/2013 ( Carrasco Núñez 2014). Years after its introduction, this species of parrots has been able to adapt and survive in urban environments after its deliberate or accidental liberation and escape ( Souviron-Priego et al.
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