Covering more than 45 hectares and with a rich archaeological history, the Puig de sa Morisca Archaeological Park receives more than 70,000 visitors a year.
This week, the Puig de Sa Morisca educational team has been tackling two fundamental problems that have been the subject of complaints from visitors:
1. Abandonment of dog droppings: some people do not pick up their dogs’ faeces, which has led to the accumulation of more than 200 droppings.
2. Irresponsible pet walking: off-leash pet walking has led to a number of problems, including a lack of dog fouling collection and other problems, including lack of waste collection, insecurity for children and adults, and a negative impact on the wildlife.
To address these issues, the Parc Puig de Sa Morisca team carries out the following actions:
1. Friendly chats: an information point will be set up at the entrance to the park to talk to visitors, especially those passing through the park, especially those who walk dogs. The aim is to gather opinions and suggestions in order to find joint solutions.
2. Fun and clean action: a dog waste collection activity will take place at the entrance and on the main trails of the park.
3. Social media engagement: the project will be promoted on social media through the @parcsamorisca account.
And the local community is encouraged to share their ideas and tag the project with the hashtags #adioscacas and #samorisca.
The Puig de Sa Morisca education team would like to remind pet owners that this behaviour is uncivic and unethical and contravenes municipal regulations, and can result in fines of up to €3,000.
The aim is to create a clean and pleasant park for all people and animals, and the collaboration of the community is essential to achieve this goal.
“Together, we hope to achieve a significant improvement in the coexistence in the Archaeological Park of Puig de sa Morisca.
“We thank the community for their support and commitment to the care of this unique public space,” the education team said in a statement.
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Zoltan TeglasI agree but how will they enforce it? Catching the dog when it happens and fine the owner. How often is that possible, just as often as a blue Moon appearing.
Signs are put up in the town where I live about fine if not picking up dog poo. Any effect? Absolutely not. It's on the streets everywhere. Some let their dogs out on their own running around doing their business. No point of signs, if not possible to be enforced.
Christopher LloydNothing to do with Palma, or with Palma Council, unfortunately.
Just something they can actually do as they are sodding useless at fighting real crime, dog shit.
We’ll done Palma council…. but we’ll see if they enforce it otherwise we’ll be up to our waste in dog sh…
About time Palma city council did something about this. A minimum €1000 fine should do the trick.