Símbol of peace for a plague
The massive uncontrolled presence of pigeons in cities are a reality wherever we look. The causes are found in the neglected historic city centres, ruins and in the people who feed pigeons.

There people that every day as a hobby feed these birds as a hobby without realizing the fatal consequences for buildings and the many diseases they transmit. There are really flying rats.

Disciplined and with flexible timetable
The most common type of pigeons that we find in our wourd is the Rock Pigeon ( Columba livia ). It rapidely learns what are the timetables and the places of free food daily provided. There also detect the absence of people from a house to try to get in through the windows or to make a pleasant nest above them. Very shortly the façade of the house suffers a considerable deterioration as the result of the powerful acid in the pigeon’s urine.
There are the different types of urban pigeons:

A very delicate process
We have totally controlled the urban areas where pigeons proliferate. Of all the existing methods to capture pigeons, we have chosen the less cruel but equally reliable to confront this plague.

Nets
There use allows us to trap a large number of pigeons in a very short time. It is not a simple technique since we often find that the bird is often used to the sound of the net on the ground before casting it and it flies away.

Cages
In two sizes, according to the number of pigeons to be captured by our technicians. The size is sufficiently large to avoid t he pigeons being stressed inside them.
Propelled nets
These function with compress air. It is a risky method for the pigeons, due to the force which with the net opens up but its allow us to trap a large number of them in one operation.

Fertility control
We locate the nests even in the most hidden places and prevent the egg from developing. This is the best way of controlling overpopulation of the pigeons in the cities.


Note:previously, we attracted the pigeons by scattering wheat.
This is not always easy since they are used to more appetising food

Damaging excrements
Pigeons excrement is also known as “guano”, a Quechua word meaning fertilizer.

But far from being beneficial, this excrement seriously corrodes the stones of all type of buildings, monuments and statues. Even metal of our heads suffers the effects of this powerful acid..

Pigeons maintenance
Once captured, the condition of the pigeons is checked and the healthy ones are put in a pigeon house. The sick ones are killed through chloroform insuring that the bird does not suffer unnecessarily. The animal waste is then transported to one of our specialized treatment plant.

ATHISA MEDIO AMBIENTE is aware of the citizen desire to have pigeons in the city centre. We meet these expectations through our pigeons house where we breed and maintain the pigeons in the maximum conditions of health, afterwards releasing them in strategically controlled urban points.

The independent garden cage has been designed by ATHISA MEDIO AMBIENTE. It includes an automatic feeding and drinking system and is a wonderful solution to control these birds. It is placed in zones with a high number of pigeons and it is periodically examined and cleaned by our specialists.