Emergency Wildlife Rescue Center – Lebanon
As instability rises, roads close, borders shut down, and supply chains become uncertain. Wildlife emergencies do not stop during war. In many cases they increase.
Lebanese Wildlife is the only certified wildlife rehabilitation authority in the country. Injured, confiscated, and displaced wild animals depend on our ability to continue operating safely.
For years, our rescue and rehabilitation work has operated from a home based setup while responding to wildlife emergencies across Lebanon. Recently, we secured 2,000 square meters of land to build the country’s first dedicated wildlife rehabilitation center, which will become the foundation of Lebanon’s first wildlife hospital.
This was meant to be a long term project.
But the return of war has forced us to accelerate.
Our current operational location is no longer secure enough to guarantee the safety of the animals in our care or the continuity of our rescue operations. If roads close or supplies become unavailable, our ability to care for wildlife could be severely compromised.
To protect the animals and ensure that rescue work can continue, we must urgently activate part of the secured land and relocate our operations to a safer site.
Phase 1 of this project will activate 800 square meters of the land using prefabricated structures and essential infrastructure so that the facility can begin operating as soon as possible.
Our goal is to raise 120,000 USD to make this emergency relocation possible.
This funding will allow us to install prefabricated clinic and intake units, ICU and quarantine structures, secure temporary enclosures, electricity and water systems, generator backup power, and the essential infrastructure required to operate safely. It will also allow us to transport animals and medical equipment and to stockpile critical food and medications in case borders close and supply chains are interrupted.
Wildlife in Lebanon already faces immense pressure from habitat loss, illegal hunting, and wildlife trafficking. War multiplies every threat.
If Lebanese Wildlife cannot operate safely, injured and confiscated wildlife will have nowhere to go.
There is no alternative wildlife rehabilitation center in the country.
This emergency phase will allow us to establish a safe operational base and continue rescuing wildlife while laying the groundwork for the full rehabilitation center that will be developed in the future.
Wildlife does not get to escape war. Animals cannot leave when borders close or when conflict spreads. They depend entirely on the people willing to protect them.
Lebanese Wildlife has never stopped responding to animals in need, even during the most difficult times. Today we are asking for your help to make sure that work can continue safely.
By supporting this campaign, you are helping create a secure refuge for wildlife in a country where such a place has never existed before.
Together we can ensure that even in the midst of conflict, compassion and protection for wildlife do not disappear.
Every contribution helps bring this safe haven to life.
$3,410 raised Of $120,000
