Nature reserve in Israel
Two Addax near sunset
Addax nasomaculatus , 2021
The Yotvata Hai-Bar Nature Reserve is a 3,000-acre (12 km2 ) breeding and reacclimation center administered by the Israel Nature Reserves & National Parks Authority , situated in the Southern Arava near Yotvata .
The Yotvata Hai-Bar is the desert counterpart of the Carmel Hai-Bar Nature Reserve which operates in the country's Northern Mediterranean forest .[ 1]
Endangered and locally extinct animals mentioned in the Bible are bred here for possible reintroduction to the Negev desert . The Asian wild ass has already been reintroduced in the Makhtesh Ramon area of the wild, while the Arabian oryx has been reintroduced to the northern Arava.[ 2] [ 3] In addition the park has some rare desert animals, which are not native to Israel, like the scimitar oryx and the North African ostrich .[ 1]
Some of the species bred here are:
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