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Hundreds of crocodiles killed by authorities in West Bank farm, owner says he was never warned
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According to the farm owner, the crocodiles were healthy, fed, and no serious accidents had been reported.
Hundreds of crocodiles have been neglected on a farm in Israel. Their fate has been uncertain since 2012, and now the animals have been killed.
Israel culls more than 200 crocodiles at West Bank farm
Jerusalem (AFP) Aug 5, 2025 Israel said it culled 200 crocodiles at an abandoned farm on a settlement in the occupied West Bank, reporting the animals had resorted to cannibalism and posed a "significant risk" to humans. The Nile crocodiles "were being kept in an abandoned compound under poor conditions that constitute animal abuse, with insufficient access to food, which had driven them to cannibalistic behaviour", sa
Israel's Civil Administration announced Monday that it had slaughtered more than 200 Nile crocodiles that posed a "danger" on a farm in an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, an action denounced by the owner and animal rights organizations.
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