Ceuta Invaders Are Now Eating The Cats And Birds: Report

Volunteers in Ceuta, the Spanish North African enclave, say animal colonies are being devastated in the weeks after tens of thousands of migrants crossed from Morocco in late July. Caregivers report that cat colonies are disappearing, with dead animals found cut apart, and birds such as pigeons and seagulls discovered half-eaten. One volunteer administrator, Merelo, told La Gaceta she has found many dead cats “cut,” including animals missing parts of their bodies or pierced, and says cats moved away from areas now occupied by migrants. The reports include sites near a desalination plant and neighborhoods such as Príncipe, Sidi Embarek and Punta Blanca, now described as improvised settlements. Volunteers are calling for provisional housing outside the urban core and for the immediate eviction of unauthorized camps, citing similar incidents documented elsewhere during rapid migration.