Giant Turtle Beaten up For Selfies has Recovered and is Diving Again

This is the original story: "A sea turtle was reportedly pulled out of the water at a Rmeileh beach and people started taking selfies with it and stepping on it. To make things worse, the turtle was hit repeatedly on the head and a parent forced his kid to walk on the turtle. The giant sea turtle was later on rescued by the Civil Defense after being contacted from GreenArea. The organization also contacted the…

Camel Spotted on Dora Highway

My friend was driving towards Jal el Dib an hour ago when he spotted a camel on the highway. He followed him to see where he's headed before the man holding the camel crossed the highway and went to the maritime side. He followed them and finally got to ask the guy what he's doing here with the camel. Apparently, he's taking the camel to Marina Dbayyeh so that people can take pictures with him.…
Animals & Wildlife

Update on The Three Tigers Cubs Rescued by Animals Lebanon

7 years ago
Update [July 12 2017]: After a four-month long legal battle and with the help of the Lebanese government, a decision was taken to allow the tigers to be resettled in France and they were flown ...
Animals & Wildlife

Colored Easter Chicks Banned But Everyone’s Selling Them

7 years ago
Every year, colored Easter chicks are banned in Beirut and other Lebanese cities, which is obviously great news but the truth is no one is enforcing that ban. What happens is that a couple of ...
Animals & Wildlife

Three Baby Tigers Stuck in a Tiny Box for 1 Week at Beirut’s Airport

7 years ago
Even though keeping exotic pets was finally banned in Lebanon back in September 2016, there are still lions & tigers (and even bears) being smuggled illegally and showing on social media. The latest incident involved ...
Animals & Wildlife

Help Identify The Guy Who’s been Kicking Cats

7 years ago
ALERT: The videos are graphic so consider yourself warned. Few days ago, a video of a man kicking a cat went viral but he wasn’t showing his face and could not be identified. Two days ...
Animals & Wildlife

Injured & Pregnant Hyena Saved by Environmentalist in Akkar

7 years ago
This is probably the first time that a hyena-related story doesn’t end up with the animal getting killed by ruthless and ignorant hunters or local villagers. ISF member and environmentalist Wajid Semaan was able to ...
Animals & Wildlife

1-Ton Mola Mola Fish Caught by Tripoli Fishermen

7 years ago
Fishermen caught a massive Mola Mola fish, also known as Sunfish, in Tripoli this morning. The ocean sunfish is one of the heaviest known bony fish in the world and weighs between 250 and 1000 ...
Animals & Wildlife

If They Killed 70,000 Birds in New York To Protect Planes, It Doesn’t Mean It’s Right!

7 years ago
Ever since the government decided to shoot down the seagulls near the airport, a lot of people have been unfortunately justifying this act by claiming that bird-killing programs were also adopted in other countries, mainly ...
Animals & Wildlife

Rare Sighting: Brown Bear Spotted in Lebanon’s Mountains After Almost 60 Years

7 years ago
I was just finishing this post on the Syrian Brown Bear spotted in Lebanon’s eastern mountain range when I noticed Nadine from Newsroomnomad had posted about it already. I trust Nadine when it comes to ...
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