{"id":18527,"date":"2025-04-01T14:00:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T11:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=18527"},"modified":"2025-04-01T13:26:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T10:26:18","slug":"protected-falcon-found-in-illegal-cage-in-lod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/protected-falcon-found-in-illegal-cage-in-lod\/","title":{"rendered":"Protected Falcon Found in Illegal Cage in Lod"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A common kestrel, a protected bird species which is part of the Falcon species, was rescued on Monday from an illegal cage in the city of Lod. The bird was found during a joint enforcement operation carried out by Lod Police, Border Police, and Israel Nature and Parks Authority in the Neve Yarok neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>The kestrel was being kept in poor and unlawful conditions. After being examined by wildlife officials, it was determined to be in poor health, likely due to improper care. The bird was transferred to the <em>Ramat Gan Safari Wildlife Hospital<\/em> for treatment and rehabilitation, with hopes that it can eventually be released back into the wild.<\/p>\n<p>A 23-year-old resident of the home was detained and is under investigation for illegal hunting and possession of protected wildlife, both criminal offenses under Israeli law.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_18529\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18529\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/common-kestrel-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/common-kestrel-2.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/common-kestrel-2-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/common-kestrel-2-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/common-kestrel-2-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18529\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The rescued falcon | Photo: Israel Nature and Parks Authority Spokesperson<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<strong>Major Bust in Jericho: Rare Coins and Hundreds of Protected Birds Seized<\/strong><br \/>\nIn a separate operation, Israeli Border Police, IDF units, and the Israel Antiquities Authority raided a home in Jericho, arresting a Palestinian couple suspected of smuggling both archaeological artifacts and protected wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities seized, over 400 protected birds, thousands of ancient silver coins, including ones from the Hasmonean and Bar Kochba periods, estimated to be worth millions of shekels, and 120,000 shekels in cash.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_18530\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18530\" style=\"width: 1174px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/coins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1174\" height=\"655\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/coins.jpg 1174w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/coins-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/coins-1024x571.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/coins-768x428.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1174px) 100vw, 1174px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18530\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ancient coins seized in Jericho | Screenshot: Police Spokesperson\u2019s Unit<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<strong>Officials Urge Public to Report Wildlife Crimes<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Israel Nature and Parks Authority emphasized that the possession of protected species without a permit is a serious criminal offense. They urge the public to report any suspicions to their hotline at 3639 or to the Israeli Police emergency line, 100.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Common Kestrel rescued from cage in Lod;  Hundreds of protected birds seized in Jericho raid | Nature Authority: \u201cThis is a criminal offense.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,66],"tags":[1699,3617,3424,3126],"class_list":["post-18527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","category-legal","tag-border-police","tag-common-kestrel","tag-nature-and-parks-authority","tag-wildlife"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Protected Falcon Found in Illegal Cage in Lod - 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