Israeli army slaughters 262 crocodiles in West Bank 'killing valley'
Israeli army slaughters 262 crocodiles in West Bank 'killing valley'
The Israeli army has killed 262 crocodiles that were being kept in a farm in the occupied West Bank near the illegal settlement of Petzael.
According to the Civil Administration, the Israeli military unit responsible for controlling the West Bank, the Nile crocodiles posed a risk to the public due to negligence.
Nile crocodiles have been considered a protected species since 2013.
Farm owner Danny Bitan told Kan 11 that the military created "some kind of killing valley”. “They just slaughtered them," he told the public broadcaster.
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