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Kill Bambi THE Balearic government is calling for deer to be ‘eliminated’ after local residents in Cala de Pi saw just one of the animals. Officials say that the residents are worried that they could be next to be hit by an ‘invasion’ of deer after the animals caused ‘havoc’ in Llucmajor and Montuiri, on one occasion even causing a traffic accident. Now the authorities have called on the public to help eliminate the animals and the threat they cause to the countryside. It has even set up a hotline for people to report sightings of deer.. An Environmental Department spokesman said: “Deer are considered to be alien species on the island that bring risks to the population including possible traffic accidents.
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“They are also very harmful to local agriculture as they can cause considerable damage both to stone walls and to crops. “With the presence of bluetongue disease on the island, they could also be carriers of diseases that can be transferred to livestock species.” But the creatures are proving to be elusive. One hunter told Ultima Hora: “We see signs that indicate their presence, be it droppings or some damage to crops, but it is very difficult to see the animals themselves.” The hotline number is 665 01 29 40.
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Last orders Time called on drink sodden escapades while call made to scrap 90-day visitors rule By Fiona Govan & Alex Trelinski
THE Balearic Islands have called time on trashy booze-fuelled holidays demanding ‘a zero tolerance’ approach when tourism picks up again next season. The President of the Balearic government, Francina Armengol, insisted that ‘holiday excesses would no longer be tolerated’ in a snipe at the ‘downmarket’ resorts of Magaluf and San Antonio in Ibiza. She was speaking at London’s World Travel Market, where her counterpart from the Valencian region called on the Spanish government to scrap the painful 90-day rule that limits the length of stay for Brits since Brexit.
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Valencia’s regional president, Ximo Puig called on prime minister Pedro Sanchez to ‘correct the restrictions’ and to relax the rules that mean that even British homeowners in Spain must depart after three months.
In a joint meeting the trio pleaded with Spain’s central government to help ‘facilitate the visa situation’ and to ‘correct the restrictions’ caused by Brexit. “British visitors are fundamental to us and we are working on trying to get a reciprocal deal so that Pleaded they can spend six uninterrupted His calls were echoed by Spain’s months with us,” insisted Mazon. ambassador to the UK, Jose Pas- Tourism chiefs across Spain have cual Marco and Alicante tourist slammed the current 90-day rule, boss Carlos Mazon. which can only be extended by visitors or tourists by applying for a visa to stay longer. The latest figures show that the Balearics were the most popular destination See page 5 in Spain for international tourists in the months of September when nearly one in four visitors to the
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country landed in the islands, including 223,743 holidaymakers from the UK. Excessive drinking by holidaymakers has long been a problem in the Balearic Islands, so much so that in January 2020, a new law was introduced to stamp out anti-social behaviour in Playa de Palma, s’Arenal and Magaluf, as well as Sant Antonio in Ibiza. In October Balearic Island Tourism minister Iago Negueruela announced that a more concerted effort to curb ‘tourism of excesses’ would be made ahead of the 2022 summer season. She said further plans were being made to ‘improve the quality of certain hotspots in the Balearic Islands’, particularly in those resorts popular with Brits.