{"id":6896,"date":"2013-11-18T11:03:48","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T11:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4vultures.org\/blog\/black-vulture-shot-in-lebanon-middle-east-continues-to-be-a-sink-for-vultures-and-other-soaring-birds\/"},"modified":"2013-11-18T11:03:48","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T11:03:48","slug":"black-vulture-shot-in-lebanon-middle-east-continues-to-be-a-sink-for-vultures-and-other-soaring-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/es\/blog\/black-vulture-shot-in-lebanon-middle-east-continues-to-be-a-sink-for-vultures-and-other-soaring-birds\/","title":{"rendered":"Black vulture shot in Lebanon. 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It was thus with no surprise \u2013 but with sadness \u2013that VCF received recently the news that one black vulture was among the many victims, shot in Lebanon \u2013<\/span>\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Hrar, a village located in the Akkar region , in the north of the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">The species does not breed in the Middle East any longer, and is very rare in the region, no doubt due to the intense direct persecution. 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.<\/span>\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">The hunting ban is still on, until the Lebanese minister of environment declares the opening of the hunting season through an official decree &#8211; h<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">owever, 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">One death exposed \u2013 how many other vultures and eagles have perished this year?<\/span><\/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. 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