Carmel Hai-Bar Nature Reserve
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32°45′11″N 35°00′47″E / 32.753°N 35.013°E / 32.753; 35.013
LocationCarmel mountains, Northwestern Israel
Land area1,500 acres (610 ha)[1]
WebsitePreserve Website

Carmel Hai-Bar Nature Reserve is a 1,500-acre (610 ha) breeding and acclimation center administered by the Israel Nature Reserves and National Parks Authority, situated in the Carmel mountains in northwestern Israel, within the larger Mount Carmel National Park. The Carmel Hai-Bar is the Mediterranean climate counterpart of the Yotvata Hai-Bar Nature Reserve which operates in the desert. The University of Haifa is located next to the entrance to the park.[2]

Endangered and locally extinct animals (which formerly lived in Israel) are bred here for possible reintroduction to the Mediterranean forest of northern Israel.

Some of the species bred here are:

Persian fallow deer, griffon vultures, Egyptian vultures, and roe deer have been successfully reintroduced into the wild from this facility.[7][5][4] Formerly extinct in Israel, the Persian fallow deer now numbers approximately 300 in the wild.[8] Research shows that Egyptian vultures bred in the Hai Bar reserve and released into the wild have similar survival rates to those born in the wild.[3][6]

References

  1. ^ "Hai Bar Carmel". parks.org.il. Israel Nature and Parks Authority. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Hai Bar Carmel National Park - Full Guide - Travel Israel". Israel In Photos. 2014-05-31. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
  3. ^ a b Efrat, Ron; Hatzofe, Ohad; Miller, Ygal; Berger-Tal, Oded (December 2020). "Determinants of survival in captive-bred Griffon Vultures Gyps fulvus after their release to the wild". Conservation Science and Practice. 2 (12). doi:10.1111/csp2.308. ISSN 2578-4854. S2CID 228895154.
  4. ^ a b Saltz, D.; David, S. Bar; Zidon, R.; Dolev, A.; Perelberg, A.; King, R.; Berger-Tal, O. (2011-04-08). "Reintroducing the Persian fallow deer Dama mesopotamica in Israel – a chronology". Animal Production Science. 51 (4): 251–258. doi:10.1071/AN10187. ISSN 1836-5787.
  5. ^ a b Wallach, Arian D.; Inbar, Moshe; Shanas, Uri (2009-05-18). "Roe deer and decapitated Anemone flowers". Israel Journal of Plant Sciences. 57 (1–2): 103–106. doi:10.1560/IJPS.57.1-2.103 (inactive 2024-01-27). ISSN 0792-9978. S2CID 215510846.((cite journal)): CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link)
  6. ^ a b Ron Efrat, Ohad Hatzofe, Ygal Miller, Thomas Mueller, Nir Sapir, Oded Berger-Tal, Postrelease survival of captive-bred Egyptian Vultures is similar to that of wild-hatched Egyptian Vultures and is not affected by release age or season, Ornithological Applications, Volume 124, Issue 2, 5 May 2022, duab065, doi:10.1093/ornithapp/duab065
  7. ^ Saltz, David (1996-01-01). "Minimizing extinction probability due to demographic stochasticity in a reintroduced herd of Persian fallow deer Dama dama mesopotamica". Biological Conservation. 75 (1): 27–33. doi:10.1016/0006-3207(95)00041-0. ISSN 0006-3207.
  8. ^ Werner, N.Y., Rabiei, A., Saltz, D., Daujat, J. & Baker, K. 2015. Dama mesopotamica (errata version published in 2016). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T6232A97672550. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T6232A22164332.en. Accessed on 16 May 2023.

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