Alexandra Youssef, co-founder and vice-president of Lebanese Wildlife, with a striped hyena admitted after being hit by a car.
Aya Khouzamy, 23, Marie Bitar, 21, and Maher Harb, 24, share far more than a childhood love of animals. They are united by a determination to devote themselves, body and soul, to protecting Lebanon's most vulnerable wildlife."I've always been upset to see animals locked up in zoos, in cages, without an environment suited to their needs," says Bitar, a fourth-year veterinary medicine student at the faculty of agronomy at the Lebanese University (UL). Likewise, Khouzamy, a first-year student at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Budapest, regrets that wildlife is often misunderstood in Lebanon. "People find dogs and cats adorable, but as soon as they see a jackal or a snake, they're scared, when those animals play an essential role in our environment's balance. I want to help those who are most...
Aya Khouzamy, 23, Marie Bitar, 21, and Maher Harb, 24, share far more than a childhood love of animals. They are united by a determination to devote themselves, body and soul, to protecting Lebanon's most vulnerable wildlife."I've always been upset to see animals locked up in zoos, in cages, without an environment suited to their needs," says Bitar, a fourth-year veterinary medicine student at the faculty of agronomy at the Lebanese University (UL). Likewise, Khouzamy, a first-year student at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Budapest, regrets that wildlife is often misunderstood in Lebanon. "People find dogs and cats adorable, but as soon as they see a jackal or a snake, they're scared, when those animals play an essential role in our environment's balance. I want to help those who are most...
