Israel culls hundreds of protected crocodiles on settlement farm in occupied West Bank

Several hundred Nile crocodiles kept for decades on a farm in an Israeli settlement in the occupied West have been killed.

They were put down on Sunday by officials from the Civil Administration, the army’s governing body in Palestinian territory, and the Nature and Parks Authority.

It claims this was necessary, citing threats to local residents and the inhumane conditions the animals were kept in.

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