The Ecologists Movement expressed strong reaction to the fact that people trap birds and reptiles with nets. According to a relevant announcement, they refer to cruel people who use nets around their properties to prevent snakes from going in. The spoke of a practice that sentenced the reptiles to a slow death.
The also said that during a visit to a newly-built villa in Nea Dimata, Paphos, they found a net on which many lizards had been trapped and died.
They also said that in the same area, the owner of a tree nursery threw a lot of refuse from the cliff into the sea with bad consequences on the environment.
Consequently, they are asking the relevant authorities to proceed with measures against these unlawful actions.