Lebanese Wildlife

We treat injured/orphaned local wildlife & return them back to their natural habitat upon full recovery. NGO registration #651.

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All of these actions are life threatening! Please call or WhatsApp us on 81 770 541 when you find wildlife in distress.

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@HassanChamoun @alexjrowell This is a non venomous coin marked snake, please message our team on [phone] to come and help relocate the snake for you.

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Monday morning reminder!
#mondaymotivation #mondaymorning #hlmenchen #lebanesewildlife

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Send us your positive vibes and help us name him! 3/3

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We received a call last night about a #hedgehog that fell down into a 4m pit. Our team rushed to the location & took him out in hopes to immediately release him in a safer area. 1/3

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Unfortunately he was severely dehydrated, & his eyes were sealed shut from infection. He was most probably stuck in the pit for a while before someone noticed him, but we’re glad we got there in time. He will stay under our care until he’s healthy enough for release. 2/3

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To every conflict this is a humane solution. Wildlife provides us with several important ecosystem services and we can not blame them for trying to get an easy meal when we have not protected our livestock accordingly. 4/4

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We share our environment with many species that will exploit an opportunity if it arises, who would say no to an easy food source? This ends up causing human-wildlife conflict. The best way to coexist with our wildlife is to create mitigation steps to the possible conflicts. 1/4

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🦊 can easily jump through a 12cm in diameter hole, & if it's a low gauge welded mesh they can easily bite through it. It should be 3cm in diameter of steel wire; if low gauge welded mesh is only affordable hole size should be 1.3cm x 2.5cm. 3/4

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Remember Reggy? Our young kite is finally showing his adult feathers! He’s the last of the 22 raptors confiscated from illegal trade a couple of months ago, and we cannot wait for his release!

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Meet Clay, a wild pigeon that found himself in a sticky situation! He landed in clay that hardened around his toes due to the high temperature, but luckily made his way to a kind person’s balcony who contacted us for help. Thankfully a bit of water & persistence did the trick!

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@vonnynasr Yes that's correct! Thank you for your answer. Please check out our new tweet for the full picture!

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Can you guess the species? The correct answer will be posted tomorrow.
#guessthespecies #mondayquiz #lebanesewildlife #guesstheanimal

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@sue72860054 Thank you for your answer. Unfortunately it's not the right one. Please check out our new tweet for the right answer and full picture!

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@LeilaRajeh Thank you for your answer. Unfortunately it's not the right one. Please check out our new tweet for the right answer and full picture!

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@SawayaNancy Thank you for your answer. Unfortunately it's not the right one. Please check out our new tweet for the right answer and full picture!

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The correct answer to yesterday's GTS is the Syrian Spadefoot Toad (Pelobates syriacus). The #toad is of limited distribution in 🇱🇧, threatened by habitat loss. Characterized by a vertical slit-like pupil & a protuberance (spade) at the end of each hind foot used to dig in mud.

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Monday morning reminder!
#mondaymotivation #mondaymorning #davidattenborough #lebanesewildlife

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Like house geckos, the Kotschy's geckos (Mediodactylus orientalis) often enter human residence where they help control the number of insects.

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Thank you to all who participated. We received such amazing photos, as well as some of their stories that brought smiles to our team. 4/4

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Check the below thread for the winners for our youth wildlife photography competition. Winners will join our team on a free wildlife photography hike (usual contribution is $40 to support our rescue fund)! 1/4

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Invertebrate Category: @biologistonthetrail
Bird Category: Jawad Al Amine
Reptile Category: Rudy Mouawad 3/4