Flawed Hunting Ban Puts Birds at Risk in Lebanon

The killing of dozens of storks in Lebanon this past spring prompted outrage. 

Photo: Eran Finkle / Creative Commons.

Smaller than the state of Connecticut, Lebanon is nonetheless home to a rich variety of landscapes, from beaches and deserts to mountains and wetlands, that provide habitat for some 400 species of birds. At least 15, however, are threatened with extinction and many more are on the decline, thanks in part to a hunting ban that is so poorly enforced even environmentalists are working to overturn it.

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