Posted on 08/10/2018 11:57:36 AM PDT by SJackson
PETZAEL, West Bank -- An Israeli businessman appears to have bitten off more than he can chew with plans for a crocodile farm in a West Bank settlement. Hundreds of crocodiles have been stranded at the farm in a remote spot in the Jordan Valley -- left behind by a pair of failed business ventures.
The crocodiles were brought to the settlement of Petzael in the mid-1990s as a tourist attraction. Ensuing Israeli-Palestinian violence kept visitors away, prompting the crocodiles' purchase by entrepreneur Gadi Biton, who hoped to sell them for their skin.
But his venture flopped after Israel passed a law in 2012 defining the crocodile as a protected animal, and banning raising the animals for sale as meat or merchandise. Multiple attempts to sell them abroad have failed.
"We found ourselves with hundreds of crocodiles in this farm that no one knows what to do with," said David Elhayani, head of the Jordan Valley Regional Council. A lone worker feeds the animals dead chickens once every eight days.
Dozens of the crocodiles lazed recently on the sun-baked shores of a lagoon on the property, their jaws ajar, revealing menacing teeth.
The animals have become a pain for the owner, the region and Israel. Dozens of crocodiles have escaped on two occasions, including once when 70 flew the coop only to be found after a three-day croc-hunt. The reptiles, which can live well into their 70s, are also reproducing. Their numbers are expected to grow to the thousands in the coming years.
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Yes, I got to the bottom of the basket about 10:00 p.m. Then I turned my alarm off and overslept about 15 minutes, but everything is humming along anyway. I’ve already been to the optometrist and got my glasses repaired.
And they’re off.
Well, I’m off.
I must be to keep coming back here.
I’m very happy your glasses are repaired.
I woke up before the alarm, but I think it was because I was cold, (I slept with the front door open and the fan running) because I couldn’t find the throw I really wanted. I found it just a few minutes ago.
There are some letters that need my attention, as well, but they won’t get picked up until 1330 today, so I have some time to do other things.
We’re all off, ArGee. That’s why we have this Undead Thread. Some of the better jokes and stories having been saved in an obscure file labeled “Undead Thread” which has a total of possibly 60 pages, if not more. One day, I may print it up!
I found the missing piece of my glasses while I was vacuuming. I thought I’d lost it at church, because that’s where I noticed it was missing. Anyway, it was already fixed.
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