Limburg-Weilburg: City pigeons remain unprotected despite applications!
Limburg-Weilburg: City pigeons remain unprotected despite applications!
In the district of Limburg-Weilburg, a decision by the lower nature conservation authority ensures excitement: Applications for the exemption for killing city pigeons were deleted. These applications, which were introduced by the city of Limburg and two private individuals, aimed at eliminating around 200 of the feathered roommates in the inner city area. But the project met with legal hurdles.
like the Rhein-Zeitung reported in the federal species protection regulation. This protects the city pigeon, and an exemption would have been necessary to kill the animals. The lower nature conservation authority also found that the applications could not prove that considerable economic damage from the pigeons would have occurred.
no sufficient evidence
On June 30, 2025, the lower nature conservation authority checked the applications and found that the economic damage caused by the pigeons did not adequately demonstrate. Those responsible saw no reason for intervention, since there were no acute dangers to public health. This decision is not only understandable in the sense of animal welfare, but also in the context of § 4 paragraph 1 of the Federal ART Protection Ordinance.
The legal status of the city pigeons is a topic that always causes discussions in Germany. They are often referred to as "rats of the air", and the legal provisions provide their treatment very differently. An analysis on schaedlingskunde.de that overgrown house pigeons are not automatically classified as healthcare, unless there is a concrete suspicion of transmission of illness. The Federal Institute for Health Consumer Protection has determined that these animals are generally not one of the mandatory health pests.
a different view
Despite the doubts about the applications, the discussion about the city pigeons remains a hot iron. Applicant special schools and citizens may be able to rely on other measures to regulate the number of pigeons in the city center. This would also be necessary in the sense of the food hygiene regulation, which emphasizes that contamination must be avoided by pigeon droppings in sensitive areas.
In some federal states such as Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Saxony-Anhalt, other approaches were pursued in the past to master the supposed plague. There may be overgrown house pigeons as health pests. But in the district of Limburg-Weilburg, the Lower Nature Conservation Authority remains with the line for the time being to protect the pigeons and to preserve people from overflowing measures. It remains to be seen whether a vigil for the city pigeon is organized, as is required by some animal welfare organizations.The decision of June 30, 2025 shows how important a respectful way of dealing with nature is - but at the same time the balance must remain on the needs of the population.
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