Photographs of Griffon Vulture Hunt Stir Controversy in Armenia

October 5, 2017

According to some sources, the photos began circulating on social media earlier in the week (Photo: Econews.am/Facebook)

Minister of Nature Protection: The Hunting of Endangered Species is Against Armenian Law; The Guilty Must be Held Accountable

YEREVAN (Armenian Weekly) ”“ Armenia’s Minister of Nature Protection, Artsvik Minasyan, has said that the hunting of endangered species is against Armenian law and that all those who are guilty of the offence must be held accountable.

Reports of illegal griffon vulture hunting began surfacing on October 4, when Armenia-based environmental news outlet Econews.am published photographs of three camouflage-clad men holding the carcasses of at least two griffon vultures. According to some sources, the photos began circulating on social media earlier in the week.

According to Armenian police, the photographs of the men were taken before 2013, since the number plate on the car on the photo was outdated.

“We reacted very quickly yesterday,”