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27 Israeli Species Have Become Extinct this Century

by N. Katzin

The LaTeva Nolad (Born to Nature) report about the state of wild animals in Israel in 1999 reveals that 27 species of animals have become extinct in Israel -- as well as in the entire world -- over the last one hundred years. 22 other species that used to live in Israel (as well as some that merely nested here), did not survive locally; however they survived in other places.

The report determines that the main reasons for various species' extinction in Israel are: unrestricted hunting, poisoning of particular animals which sets off chain reactions, man's intrusion such as earthwork, laying of high voltage electrical wiring, and the activity of planes and helicopters near animals' nesting places.

Among the species which have become extinct in Israel due to unrestricted hunting are: fallow-deer, Carmel deer, white ram, lion, bear, panther, and the Neziri sea-dog, last seen in Israel in 1953. Many species are on the verge of extinction due to uncontrolled hunting, such as the forest tanin, ostrich, wild goat, mane-sheep, desert stag, and the Nubian mountain goat. The tiger is also an the verge of extinction, and today there are only 6-10 tigers in the entire Judean Desert.

Recently legislation was proposed to forbid recreational hunting. The law would empower the Nature and Park Preservation Authority to permit hunting for environment or health reasons only (such as the curbing of endemic diseases) based on professional assessments by Authority's experts.


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