Exciting documentation: A new white ram calf was born in the Chai Bar Yotvata Nature Reserve

The calf joins the herd of rams in the active breeding nucleus in the reserve and inhaling as it grows will be released into the wild in the southern region.

The white ram is a large horseshoe from Paris that disappeared from the landscape of Israel at the end of the 19th century and was returned to nature in the late 90s of the 20th century.

The ram is a desert animal that can survive many days without water

Yoav Itiel

22/04/2022

Friday, 22 April 2022, 14:48 Updated: 15:36

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In the video: The birth of a white ram calf in the Yotvata Wildlife Reserve (Nature and Parks Authority)

A new white ram calf was born today (Friday) in the Chai Bar Yotvata Nature Reserve and joined the ram population in the south.

The calf joins the herd of rams in the active breeding nucleus of the Yotvata Wildlife Reserve, and in aspiration when it grows it will be released into the open nature in the southern region.

The white ram is from Paris Horseshoe, Ma'aleh Gera, a large one that disappeared from the Israeli landscape in the late 19th century and was returned to nature in the late 1990s.

The ram is a desert animal that is adapted to extreme desert conditions and can survive for many days without drinking water.

The ram changes its behavior according to the seasons and the temperature of the day and can also exist from a meager food menu.

The ram depends on its food on the acacia trees and feeds on the leaves, flowers and pods of the trees and it has been found that there is a relationship between the two species in that the ram spreads the seeds of the acacia trees and improves their germination ability.

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"He who grows up will be released into the open."

Ram (Photo: Nature and Parks Authority, Photo: Oren Amit)

In the past the ram was common in the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula but the entry of firearms and motorized vehicles led to its extinction from the wild in the world in 1972. Before its final extinction from the wild a number of individuals were collected and kept in captive breeding nuclei for future returns.

The breeding nucleus in Israel began in 1978 with eight individuals.

It is currently estimated that there are about 100 individuals in the wild in Israel, in addition to rams in the reproductive nucleus in wild Yotvata, most of which were released by the Nature and Parks Authority in the number of returns in the Negev and Arava and some were born in the wild.

One of the major challenges that currently exist in maintaining the liberated population is population monitoring.

This is a small number of individuals in small herds scattered over a very large area.

The individuals released into the wild by the Nature and Parks Authority are mostly equipped with a GPS transmitter that provides information on their location around the clock for several months.

The information allows the Nature and Parks Authority to know about the individual's survival after release, the movement patterns for learning a new place, settling in living areas and wandering.

Also, by combining a visual observation it is possible to know if the rams have joined existing herds and learn from this about the roaming patterns of the herds in the bar.

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