By Rachael Risby Raz | International Relations Manager
We are excited to update you that we are preparing for the largest Persian fallow deer release to be carried out by the Zoo in over a decade. In March 2025, we plan to release between 16 and 20 individuals at a new site: The Dolev Nature Reserve, which is south of the village of Ness Harim in the Jerusalem Hills.
The release planned for 2025 in order to expand their range of the deer’s habitat. Following the success of the reintroduction in Sorek Nature Reserve over the past decade and the monitoring of the deer in the field, we have seen that the population is slowly spreading southward.
All of the deer released this past year are wearing solar GPS collars that record their location data every fifteen minutes, and thus this is the first time that we can actually learn about the behavior of the released individuals in the field, and not just whether they are alive and in a specific area.
The information collected is already being analyzed and used for research as part of the doctoral studies of Zoo employee, Akiva Silberklang Drori.
Attached is a photo of a male ibex from a new field camera located near Khirbet Tura in the Sorek Nature Reserve, as well as a photo from the website that collates the deer’s GPS data.
By Rachael Risby Raz | International Relations Manager
By Rachael Risby Raz | International Relations Manager
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