{"id":6459,"date":"2015-09-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4vultures.org\/blog\/one-more-griffon-vulture-shot-in-lebanon-the-middle-east-continues-to-be-a-sink-for-vultures-and-other-soaring-birds\/"},"modified":"2015-09-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-13T00:00:00","slug":"one-more-griffon-vulture-shot-in-lebanon-the-middle-east-continues-to-be-a-sink-for-vultures-and-other-soaring-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/es\/blog\/one-more-griffon-vulture-shot-in-lebanon-the-middle-east-continues-to-be-a-sink-for-vultures-and-other-soaring-birds\/","title":{"rendered":"One more griffon vulture shot in Lebanon \u2013 the Middle East continues to be a sink for vultures and other soaring birds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6459 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Junta-de-Extramadura-logo-394x192-3.png'><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"394\" height=\"192\" src=\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Junta-de-Extramadura-logo-394x192-3.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Junta-de-Extramadura-logo-394x192-3.png 394w, https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Junta-de-Extramadura-logo-394x192-3-300x146.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p> The indiscriminate, widespread and intense killing of vultures, eagles and other birds continues unabated in the Middle East \u2013 unfortunately illegal hunting is still rampant there, with a strong impact on the millions of birds that pass through the region in their Spring and Fall migrations.<\/p>\n<p> The situation this fall migration is no different \u2013 the news from the field indicates another intense barrage of fire waiting everything moving south. It was thus with no surprise \u2013 but with sadness \u2013that VCF received recently the photograph above, of a griffon vulture shot in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p> This particular individual was captured and tagged in Gamla Nature Reserve by the Israel Nature and Parks authority on 12 June last year. It was seen on and off in Israel, mostly in Gamla, until the end of April this year (28.04.2015), and then maybe migrated north to Turkey or the Balkans, but in the end met its end in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p> Hunting in Lebanon is actually illegal, as the country author\u0131ties pushed for a nation-wide ban, while preparing a revamped hunting legislation, which has been finally approved in December 2012. The hunting ban is still on, until the Lebanese minister of environment declares the opening of the hunting season through an official decree &#8211; however, the killing never stopped, with killers emptying their guns everyday close to schools, houses and people \u2013 a mockery of the law and of the authority of the Lebanese state.<\/p>\n<p> One death exposed \u2013 how many other vultures and eagles have perished this year?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The indiscriminate, widespread and intense killing of vultures, eagles and other birds continues unabated in the Middle East \u2013 unfortunately illegal hunting is still rampant there, with a strong impact on the millions of birds that pass through the region in their Spring and Fall migrations. The situation this fall migration is no different \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[16],"class_list":["post-6459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-griffonvulture"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>One more griffon vulture shot in Lebanon \u2013 the Middle East continues to be a sink for vultures and other soaring birds - Vulture Conservation Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/es\/blog\/one-more-griffon-vulture-shot-in-lebanon-the-middle-east-continues-to-be-a-sink-for-vultures-and-other-soaring-birds\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"One more griffon vulture shot in Lebanon \u2013 the Middle East continues to be a sink for vultures and other soaring birds - Vulture Conservation Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The indiscriminate, widespread and intense killing of vultures, eagles and other birds continues unabated in the Middle East \u2013 unfortunately illegal hunting is still rampant there, with a strong impact on the millions of birds that pass through the region in their Spring and Fall migrations. The situation this fall migration is no different \u2013 [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/es\/blog\/one-more-griffon-vulture-shot-in-lebanon-the-middle-east-continues-to-be-a-sink-for-vultures-and-other-soaring-birds\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Vulture Conservation Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-09-13T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Junta-de-Extramadura-logo-394x192-3.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"lbadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Escrito por\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"lbadmin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Tiempo de lectura\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minuto\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/blog\/one-more-griffon-vulture-shot-in-lebanon-the-middle-east-continues-to-be-a-sink-for-vultures-and-other-soaring-birds\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/blog\/one-more-griffon-vulture-shot-in-lebanon-the-middle-east-continues-to-be-a-sink-for-vultures-and-other-soaring-birds\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"lbadmin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/#\/schema\/person\/8790876d5830dfcdfd068e56f1e1c70d\"},\"headline\":\"One more griffon vulture shot in Lebanon \u2013 the Middle East continues to be a sink for vultures and other soaring birds\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-09-13T00:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/blog\/one-more-griffon-vulture-shot-in-lebanon-the-middle-east-continues-to-be-a-sink-for-vultures-and-other-soaring-birds\/\"},\"wordCount\":273,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"griffonvulture\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/blog\/one-more-griffon-vulture-shot-in-lebanon-the-middle-east-continues-to-be-a-sink-for-vultures-and-other-soaring-birds\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/blog\/one-more-griffon-vulture-shot-in-lebanon-the-middle-east-continues-to-be-a-sink-for-vultures-and-other-soaring-birds\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/blog\/one-more-griffon-vulture-shot-in-lebanon-the-middle-east-continues-to-be-a-sink-for-vultures-and-other-soaring-birds\/\",\"name\":\"One more griffon vulture shot in Lebanon \u2013 the Middle East continues to be a sink for vultures and other soaring birds - Vulture Conservation Foundation\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-09-13T00:00:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/blog\/one-more-griffon-vulture-shot-in-lebanon-the-middle-east-continues-to-be-a-sink-for-vultures-and-other-soaring-birds\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/blog\/one-more-griffon-vulture-shot-in-lebanon-the-middle-east-continues-to-be-a-sink-for-vultures-and-other-soaring-birds\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/blog\/one-more-griffon-vulture-shot-in-lebanon-the-middle-east-continues-to-be-a-sink-for-vultures-and-other-soaring-birds\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"One more griffon vulture shot in Lebanon \u2013 the Middle East continues to be a sink for vultures and other soaring birds\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/\",\"name\":\"Vulture Conservation Foundation\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Vulture Conservation Foundation\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/logo.svg\",\"width\":522.503,\"height\":154.297,\"caption\":\"Vulture Conservation Foundation\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/#\/schema\/person\/8790876d5830dfcdfd068e56f1e1c70d\",\"name\":\"lbadmin\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/4vultures.org\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/es\/blog\/author\/lbadmin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"One more griffon vulture shot in Lebanon \u2013 the Middle East continues to be a sink for vultures and other soaring birds - Vulture Conservation Foundation","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/es\/blog\/one-more-griffon-vulture-shot-in-lebanon-the-middle-east-continues-to-be-a-sink-for-vultures-and-other-soaring-birds\/","og_locale":"es_ES","og_type":"article","og_title":"One more griffon vulture shot in Lebanon \u2013 the Middle East continues to be a sink for vultures and other soaring birds - Vulture Conservation Foundation","og_description":"The indiscriminate, widespread and intense killing of vultures, eagles and other birds continues unabated in the Middle East \u2013 unfortunately illegal hunting is still rampant there, with a strong impact on the millions of birds that pass through the region in their Spring and Fall migrations. The situation this fall migration is no different \u2013 [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/es\/blog\/one-more-griffon-vulture-shot-in-lebanon-the-middle-east-continues-to-be-a-sink-for-vultures-and-other-soaring-birds\/","og_site_name":"Vulture Conservation Foundation","article_published_time":"2015-09-13T00:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Junta-de-Extramadura-logo-394x192-3.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"lbadmin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Escrito por":"lbadmin","Tiempo de lectura":"1 minuto"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/blog\/one-more-griffon-vulture-shot-in-lebanon-the-middle-east-continues-to-be-a-sink-for-vultures-and-other-soaring-birds\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/blog\/one-more-griffon-vulture-shot-in-lebanon-the-middle-east-continues-to-be-a-sink-for-vultures-and-other-soaring-birds\/"},"author":{"name":"lbadmin","@id":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/#\/schema\/person\/8790876d5830dfcdfd068e56f1e1c70d"},"headline":"One more griffon vulture shot in Lebanon \u2013 the Middle East continues to be a sink for vultures and other soaring birds","datePublished":"2015-09-13T00:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/blog\/one-more-griffon-vulture-shot-in-lebanon-the-middle-east-continues-to-be-a-sink-for-vultures-and-other-soaring-birds\/"},"wordCount":273,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/#organization"},"keywords":["griffonvulture"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"es","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/4vultures.org\/blog\/one-more-griffon-vulture-shot-in-lebanon-the-middle-east-continues-to-be-a-sink-for-vultures-and-other-soaring-birds\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/blog\/one-more-griffon-vulture-shot-in-lebanon-the-middle-east-continues-to-be-a-sink-for-vultures-and-other-soaring-birds\/","url":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/blog\/one-more-griffon-vulture-shot-in-lebanon-the-middle-east-continues-to-be-a-sink-for-vultures-and-other-soaring-birds\/","name":"One more griffon vulture shot in Lebanon \u2013 the Middle East continues to be a sink for vultures and other soaring birds - Vulture Conservation Foundation","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-09-13T00:00:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/blog\/one-more-griffon-vulture-shot-in-lebanon-the-middle-east-continues-to-be-a-sink-for-vultures-and-other-soaring-birds\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"es","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/4vultures.org\/blog\/one-more-griffon-vulture-shot-in-lebanon-the-middle-east-continues-to-be-a-sink-for-vultures-and-other-soaring-birds\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/blog\/one-more-griffon-vulture-shot-in-lebanon-the-middle-east-continues-to-be-a-sink-for-vultures-and-other-soaring-birds\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"One more griffon vulture shot in Lebanon \u2013 the Middle East continues to be a sink for vultures and other soaring birds"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/","name":"Vulture Conservation Foundation","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"es"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/#organization","name":"Vulture Conservation Foundation","url":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/logo.svg","width":522.503,"height":154.297,"caption":"Vulture Conservation Foundation"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/#\/schema\/person\/8790876d5830dfcdfd068e56f1e1c70d","name":"lbadmin","sameAs":["http:\/\/4vultures.org"],"url":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/es\/blog\/author\/lbadmin\/"}]}},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"trp-custom-language-flag":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"lbadmin","author_link":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/es\/blog\/author\/lbadmin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The indiscriminate, widespread and intense killing of vultures, eagles and other birds continues unabated in the Middle East \u2013 unfortunately illegal hunting is still rampant there, with a strong impact on the millions of birds that pass through the region in their Spring and Fall migrations. The situation this fall migration is no different \u2013&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}