(MENAFN) Hunters have been spotted shooting dead birds said to be threatening planes at Beirut's international airport, an environmental group has claimed.
In detail, the men were spotted on a nearby rubbish dump blamed for attracting birds days after their increasing presence was called an "emergency".
It is feared a bird strike could cause a crash, but the Lebanon Eco Movement have said shooting the seagulls breaches an international conservation agreement.
Some activists called the shooting a "massacre", while the Lebanon Eco Movement released a statement condemning the killings "under the eyes of the security forces" and in light of the government's vow "to preserve the environment".
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