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Source: https://www.ynetnews.com/environment/article/rkj511i11j5
Palestinians' West Bank Hunting Practices Leading to Animal Extinction
(Ynet News) Ilana Kuriel - The Israel Nature and Parks Authority says hundreds of Palestinian hunters in the West Bank routinely kill wildlife including ibex and deer, porcupines, partridges, and falcons, and many rare animal species that are facing the threat of extinction. These hunting practices have become more visible recently thanks to social media, as many Palestinians upload images of the dead animals they had killed. "In many areas there's almost no wildlife left," said Erez Bruhi, enforcement officer of the Nature and Parks Authority. "We know, for example, that there is competition between the villages regarding who can hunt more porcupines. They send each other pictures and videos to show proof of who's better. Deer hunting is the hardest. They go out wearing camouflage." "We have already found 19 live deer in different houses. They keep them for fun. They use them as pets, until they start to get wild. They're very dangerous animals with sharp horns...in the end they make kebabs out of them."