I have to agree that hunting should be regulated not banned in Lebanon, and also that birds are really good when cooked properly!
Hunting in Lebanon, though not regulated or legalized officially, is practiced by tens of thousands of hunters in this ecologically diverse country. Labeling this hobby by many people as a crime reflects an ignorance of the details of hunting, or rather injustice towards it. Hunting existed since humanity’s inception and if practiced responsibly, it could be sustained and sustainable.
Some poachers in Lebanon are ruining the nature and the image of hunters by practicing excessive hunting of legal birds or hunting of illegal birds like hawks, eagles, owls, storks, pelicans, goldfinches, bulbuls, etc… Abolishing hunting does not solve the problem; rather, a change of mentality is required.
However, some benevolent and professional groups and individuals are trying to raise awareness and pushing forward to regulate it legally through guidelines and laws for hunting.[permanenthunger.com]
For more info about hunting in Lebanon, and the efforts done to regulate and raise awareness towards this hobby to sustain it and protect the environment, you can visit the [Pro Lebanese Hunters Facebook page].
The way people hunt in this country is very very wrong theyre ignorant they just wanna shoot something whatever moves or breathes in front of them they shoot it and it’s all just for fun. They shoot birds that cannot be eaten they shoot animals sometimes and just leave them there. I personally am against hunting in all its forms i think its useless and we don’t really have to do it anymore to feed ourselves primitive men did it coz they had no supermarkets to buy food from but we do. So i find it cruel to go off have fun shooting beautiful innocent creatures it is not a sport and it is not a hobby. Basketball is a sport and painting is a hobby but this is not. I really can’t imagine how someone can look at a defenseless creature who never did him any harm and just take its life without feeling any kind of compassion and call it a sport or hobby. How would hunters feel if someone out of nowhere while they were happily living their life came along and shot them and called it a sport. but then again if its a human being its a tragedy if its an animal its okay. i can’t really find one good reason for hunting i guess it’s a kind of therapy for insecure men who need to compensate for what theyre lacking but then again they can always see a shrink or take a blue pill.
I read a lot of articles and books concerning birds and the ecosystem..
and all experts agree that hunting should be completely banned.
birds are dying at a very high rate from pollution, climate changing..
even a regulated hunting options wont protect them!
just count the number of hunters in Lebanon and
lets say each hunter kill only one bird in one day of the season… that’s more than nature can handle to reproduce!
plus i don’t believe in a regulated hunt! hunters will still shoot at anything.. as for the so called pro hunters, they are a minority…
Time to discover a new hobby in life!
Hunters in civil countries generally have a respect for nature and only hunt appropriate species and during appropriate times and designated areas..Until Lebanese hunters learn to have the same respect and are able to abide within the rules of Hunting.. Hunting will remain a free for all.
Hello all,
I understand your frustration. Sadly, the hunting, as a matter of fact, is banned now by the state in Lebanon. So the entire activity is done illegaly. What is implied in this article is that we should regulate it rather hide behind the “banning” requests because it won’t solve the problem.
I agree there are many ignorent hunters that shoot anything. However, i disagree that pro hunters are a minority. I can speak to myself and to many others when i say we never shoot illegal birds or pursue illegal methods.
As for the helpless creatures, same applies to fish, should we stop fishing? At least i am not throwing nets in the sky and catching as many birds in an effortless manner.
This hobby can’t be stopped. Some hunters have it as a passion, so we’d better regulate it.
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lol if i had a dollar everytime someone used that one and if i had a dollar everytime i told someone im a vegetarian id probably be rich by now. Not very smart of u.
How am i to know that you are a vegetarian? also i would like to point out that i used to be hunter but i took up skeet shooting instead because i was more interested in shooting than actual hunting. and by your comments i think it’s safe to assume that you are an enthusiastic activist, so may a suggest some things for you to watch that might be educational on some subjects i think you might have strong oppinions about?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTDNEfsBTPg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inFtOMx8nDU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8av4unUxeE
So for you, supposedly, banning hunting AND banning farm breeding should be the same cause.
I don’t really care about the cause people are gonna continue hunting and farm breeding isnt gonna stop i was just giving my personal opinion and i personally can’t really tolerate someone who has the heart to kill another soul and call it a sport or a hobby. Unless the person is starving with nothing to eat no other alternative other then hunting nothing else makes it okay. but thats just my opinion.
When I was twelve, I went hunting with my father and we shot a bird. He was laying there and something struck me. Why do we call this fun to kill this creature who was as happy as I was when I woke up this morning. – Marv Levy