"ANECPLA categorically denies that Spain is in a situation of health alert due to the uncontrolled presence of pests. A nauseating picture that the British tabloid newspaper 'Daily Mirror' presented in its pages a few days ago, with the aim of scaring and dissuading British tourists from coming to our country to spend the summer this season.
"ANECPLA also denounces the fact that the aforementioned newspaper attributes statements on pests in Spain in its report to the general director of this Association, Jorge Galván, who at no time has given an interview to the Daily Mirror.
"ANECPLA fully rejects the alarmist and disproportionate view conveyed by the foreign newspaper, following information provided by the Association where it explained that climate change, with its rising temperatures and its extension of the warm months, accelerates the life cycle of cockroaches. A factor that is enhanced by the fact that cockroaches have been suffering, over the last few years, a series of random genetic alterations that in some cases make them resistant to the biocides conventionally used to control them.
"The news published by the English newspaper is clearly alarmist, with the clear objective of damaging the Spanish tourism sector," says Galván. "It is important to take perspective and be aware that, although high temperatures favour the appearance of cockroaches and other pests, the authorities and pest management companies in Spain are highly trained for any situation in this regard, working together in multiple cases with preventive and multidisciplinary approaches (One Health)."
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And then the MDB follows up this alarmist piece with an item on Mallorca being under attack from the tiger mosquito! It just gets better and better in paradise
The thing is … like it or not … the councils haven’t put the spray/poison stuff in the drains yet. Cost cutting??? Well old Alcúdia town has trillions of euros in its piggy bank, but (apparently) can’t afford to: Spray for cockroaches… they are running riot!!!! Clean the graffiti off the ‘world heritage’ walls. Cut the grass … a little gripe. Empty the bins and clean the rubbish. Pretty disgusting guys :(
Most of the cockroaches in the UK are either in parliament or are journalists for the tabloids.