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Yotvata Hai-Bar Nature Reserve

Coordinates: 29°52′17″N 35°03′01″E / 29.871406°N 35.050292°E / 29.871406; 35.050292
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Arabian oryx

The Yotvata Hai-Bar Nature Reserve is a 3,000 acre breeding and reacclimation center administered by the Israel Nature Reserves & National Parks Authority, situated in the Southern Arabah near Yotvata.

The Yotvata Hai-Bar is the desert counterpart of the Carmel Hai-Bar Nature Reserve which operates in the country's Northern Mediterranean forest.

Endangered and extinct animals mentioned in the Bible are bred here for possible reintroduction to the Negev desert.

Some of the species bred here are:

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29°52′17″N 35°03′01″E / 29.871406°N 35.050292°E / 29.871406; 35.050292

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