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Due to power poles: the rare predator is in danger of disappearing from the skies of Israel

An eagle that was electrocuted to death was found in Megiddo in the Jezreel Valley.

This is the 13th case since the beginning of the year in which this type of chicken, which is in serious danger of extinction and has already disappeared from many parts of the country, is found dead.

"The current treatment will not prevent the extinction of eagles"

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Eli Ashkenazi

Wednesday, 17 November 2021, 22:31 Updated: 22:33

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In the video: After the father was electrocuted to death - the hawk's eagle eggs were rescued from the nest on the cliff (Photo: Nature and Parks Authority)

In Megiddo, in the Jezreel Valley, a hawk eagle was found dead last night (Tuesday). This is the 13th case since the beginning of the year of the hawk eagle, which is defined in Europe and Israel as a critically endangered species.

In the past, the chicken nested in all the mountainous and rocky areas in Israel, but the eagle population in the north of the country was severely affected 40-50 years ago due to overuse of pesticides in agriculture. In this way all the pairs of eagles that nested in the Galilee, the Carmel and the Judean mountains disappeared. 20-30 years ago, most of the eagles that nested in Samaria were also affected, and at the same time the nesting ruling in the Eilat mountains.

According to the Nature and Parks Authority, the protection of the electricity poles will prevent the extinction of the eagle.

"A study conducted by the Nature and Parks Authority in conjunction with the Society for the Protection of Nature showed that 6,000 pages of protection in areas important to birds will protect 80% of eagles and protect in addition to other species electrified in the same area," explained Yehoshua Shakedi, chief scientist at the Nature and Parks Authority.

"In order to prevent the extinction of the eagles, these pillars must be protected quickly. The protection carried out today is an average of between 100 and 200 pillars, a rate that will not prevent the extinction of the eagles."

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The protection of the pillars will prevent the extinction of the species of eagle.

Hawk eagle electrocuted to death in Megiddo (Photo: Nature and Parks Authority)

Dan Alon, VP of Nature Conservation and the Environment at the Society for the Protection of Nature, and until about two weeks ago the director of the Israel Birding Center of the Society for the Protection of Nature said that the hawk eagle may be added to the list of extinct species in Israel. operation between nature and Parks Authority, the nature Protection society and the IEC, we did over the years remarkable progress in protecting utility poles throughout the country, in order to reduce and eventually stop the phenomenon of the electrification of the Eagle hawkish, which could lead to extinction. "

According to him, recently achieved the required budget to expand "From data collected in recent years, it is clear that the rate of protection must increase significantly, and we expect our partners to act as quickly as possible to prevent further electric shock events," he added.

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