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One goes to the Jordan Valley for many reasons; seeing a crocodile isn’t one of them.<\/p>\n
However, an Israeli businessman shipped over hundreds of crocodiles in hopes of starting his own crocodile farm in a West Bank settlement, which, since the mid-nineties, has not worked out in his favour.<\/p>\n
The crocs are currently stranded in a remote area in the Jordan Valley, after the man’s business venture failed to come to life, reported Arab News.<\/p>\n
Not many people know that the large aquatic reptiles were brought to the Petzael settlement in the mid-1990s as a tourist attraction.<\/p>\n
The ongoing Palestinian-Israeli conflict has not helped attract tourists to the area, which is why another business idea sprung to the mind of a second businessman, who bought the crocs in hopes of selling them for their skin.<\/p>\n
Fortunately for the stranded animals, that didn’t work out either, after Israel passed a law (2012) classifying crocodiles as a protected animal.<\/p>\n
Some of the crocodiles escaped from their current home, only to be found later.<\/p>\n
What’s going to happen to the poor animals? Israel says it’s working to find a “practical solution” to the problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One goes to the Jordan Valley for many reasons; seeing a crocodile isn’t one of them. However, an Israeli businessman shipped over hundreds of crocodiles in hopes of starting his own crocodile farm in a West Bank settlement, which, since the mid-nineties, has not worked out in his favour. The crocs are currently stranded in …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jordan-news"],"yoast_head":"\n