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Hvar je predivni otok i ima mnogo svojih šarma - ali ima isto grdu stranu. Mačke!

Jedna zapustena macka u Pitvama, 2014. Jedna zapustena macka u Pitvama, 2014. Vivian Grisogono

Hvar je predivni otok posjetiti za turiste. Ima mnogo svojih šarma - more, brda punih mirodija - lavandu, ružmarin, komorač, i metvica.

Terase vinograda i maslenika daju dojam da fino vino i ulje su pri ruci. Lijepa sela na brežuljcima sa društvenim stanovnicima i kozmopilitanski gradovi kraj mora imaju sve što turisti trebaju i traže.

Ali Hvar ima isto grdu stranu. Mačke!

Na otoku ima mnogo neželjenih, bez kućnih, gladnih i ozlijeđenih maca koje plaču za hranom ili da ih netko nježno pomiluje.

Otočani kažu, “To je krivnja turista. Oni mačke hrane cijelo ljeto, pa onda odu, ali mačke ostanu.”

Ne, dragi otočani, nisu turisti krivi, nego Vi. Trebate jednostavno sterilizirati Vaše mačke. Hvar ima previše maca za Vas i za turiste hraniti i njegovati.

Trošak za sterilizaciju nije tako velik kao cijena svakidašnje patnje mačića i napuštenih mačaka ... a to je polagana smrt gladovati ili sbog otrova umirati ... ili brža smrt pod kotačima automobila.

Kroz borovak na Hvaru, vidjela sam pogažene mačiće u tunelu za Zavalu, mlade mačke napuštene u Pitvama od prolaznika, gladne, zamazane mace u svakoj gradskoj uličici.

Ali srce mi je puklo prije par dana, na šetnji kraj mora, kada sam vidjela malu narančastu macu sa slomljenim kukom koja se je htjela pridružiti nama.

Sada pri kraju borovka, mislim da sam obavila moj dio ... pomogla sam hraniti mačke u gornjim Pitvama i pridonijela sam za osnivanje skloništa za životinje na Hvaru. Što više, uzimam jednu macu sa sobom u Kanadu.

A Vi? Dali će te Vi napravit Vaš dio ... i sterilizirati Vaše mačke?

Turisti će Vam biti zahvalni.

© Lidija Biro 2014.

"Veličina nacije i njenog moralnog napretka može se mjeriti po načinu tretiranja životinja." Mahatma Gandhi

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