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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brought to the settlement of Petzael in the mid-1990s as a tourist attraction. Ensuing Israeli-Palestinian violence
Like the casino in Jericho, if you're going to shoot the tourists, they won't visit.
Well since it’s not pork and tastes like chicken, I don’t see a problem.
Lots and lots of boots and luggage there...
Let them loose in Gaza.....
Ohhhh!!! That’s good!!!!!!
Hopefully Israel has not bitten off more than it can chew!
Hat tip to Mr Landry, and the rest of the cast. Send them to the Promised Land for the season. The question begs, are they considered bottom feeders and thus not Kosher, or will Israeli citizens enjoy the nuggets, where is a Rabbi when you need one ;-).
Pack them up, drop them on Gaza.
Ironic how sometimes environmentalists make themselves the biggest threat to the environment.
BWAHAHAHA!
(Oh. I’m sorry. Am I supposed to be outraged? Sympathetic? Sorry. I’m none of the above, but it would seem that the person(s) who thought of the idea should have done some research, first!)
The ex post facto law should mean the government has to take control of them.
Drop off a croc at the home of each lawmaker who voted for that law.
Gift wrapped.
Send them down in to the tunnels Hamas keeps trying to dig across the border.
There is not “Israeli violence”. There is no such thing as “Palesrinians”. There is Muslim violence, prompted by their Islamic “religion” ( see Koran and their satanic “clerics” promoting terrorist attacks on innocent people ).
Build a moat around the wall, stock it with crocodiles. Then export any surplus to the US when we build our wall and attached moat, problem solved.
...croc ping….
Send them to Gaza.
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