Anti-Poaching Unit
Silent Wings Return to the Wild: APU Unit Releases Rehabilitated Owls in the Heart of Lebanon’s Shouf Cedar Reserve
Deep within the ancient forests of Lebanon's Shouf Cedar Reserve, two pairs of amber eyes blinked cautiously at the world beyond the enclosure. With...
APU Unit Visits Gendarmerie Commander: Joint Commitment to Strengthening Wildlife Protection and Combating Poaching
As part of ongoing efforts to bolster environmental security in Lebanon, the Commander of the Gendarmerie, Brigadier General Jean Aouad, received a delegation from...
Al-Qalamoun Police Detain Illegal Bird Hunter Using Nets and Glue Traps; North Lebanon Prosecutor Takes Action
Following a complaint submitted by sustainable hunters in North Lebanon to the Anti-Poaching Unit (APU) regarding an individual who posted photos and videos on...
Awareness and Training Activity in Deir El Ahmar by the Lebanese Relief Scouts in Collaboration with the Anti-Poaching Unit (APU)
The Mar Gerges troop of the Lebanese Relief Scouts in Deir El Ahmar organized an environmental awareness and training event in collaboration with the...
Shock and… understand: a strategy to end the Illegal Killing of...
By Luca Bonaccorsi, Birdlife.org
Exhausted migratory birds are trapped in glue, in agony from thirst and exhaustion. Squeezed to death, tangled in fine nets, millions...
New study reveals over 75% of bird killing and trapping in...
Nature Conservation Egypt (BirdLife in Egypt) and the BirdLife International Secretariat released today a study on the socio-economic drivers of hunting and trapping practices...
Preliminary assessment of the scope and scale of illegal killing and...
The scientific paper on illegal killing of birds in the Mediterranean titled "Preliminary assessment of the scope and scale of illegal killing and taking...
Eight million birds killed illegally at 20 Mediterranean locations each year
By Stuart Butchart, Birdlife.org
Scientists from BirdLife International estimate that 20 locations in the Mediterranean may be responsible for eight million individual birds being illegally...
Slaughter of the song birds
Songbirds are a culinary delicacy in Cyprus — but catching and eating them is illegal. Even so, the practice is on the rise and...
Protecting the Mediterranean’s migratory birds
After Birdfair, the fight goes on to protect the illegally hunted migratory songbirds of the Mediterranean fly-way.
During their twice-annual migration, birds face two natural...
