The Importance Of Bird Hunting In Lebanon

Introduction: According to a study made my Birdlife international, the number of birds that are being shot dead illegally is increasing along the years to reach many millions in 2017 and a huge part of these million birds is in the Mediterranean according to this study. Since Lebanon is located in the Mediterranean, we will focus on studying how hunting in this country affects enormously the birds and partly the environment and the population. Problems caused by hunting: Lebanon is a country very known for being a major pathway for bird migration, millions and millions of birds fly over this country per year which leads to the increase in number of hunters who will kill a big number of these birds. In the Lebanese …show more content…
There’s nothing more hideous than an empty sky with no birds flying around and we aren’t ready to witness that in Lebanon because of these mass bird killings therefore these really need to stop as soon as possible, unfortunately the Lebanese current president Michel Aoun has decided to lift the hunting ban in Lebanon for the first time in decades ( probably since 1990) and wants to open the hunting season in Lebanon because of the heavy complaints and nagging of the professional hunters in Lebanon that were banned from practicing their favorite hobby or even their daily job for more than two decades, and the minister of environment Tarek Khatib decided to approve the first hunting licenses in the 19th of June …show more content…
Since hunting is a tradition in Lebanon, the Father usually wants his son to learn hunting at a very young age. Therefore, these kids think that they are professional hunters now and go hunt with their friends without the knowledge of their parents, bragging about their skills and their expertise. Not knowing the main dangers of hunting, these kids end up putting them selves in bad situations that are sometimes fatal and can destroy innocent families and relationships because of their lack of awareness. According to the “International Hunter Education Association”, around 1000 people are killed accidently by hunters and just under a 100 of those accidents leads to the death of the target. Studies state that unlike other kinds of recreation, hunting injuries will most likely lead to death of others who are not only hunters but also innocent people. One example of hunting accidents in Lebanon is Karim Sabah Baz’s and eighteen-year-old Lebanese kid that was killed during a hunting trip in Broummana by the accidental discharge of his friend’s hunting weapon (who was standing very close to Karim) directly into his crane leading to the instant death of the kid who was standing very close to Karim. His friend was take to the nearest police station and was sentenced for many years