Nine people were bitten by jackals in two days in the Nahariya area • And what about Haifa?
Nine patients arrived at the Galilee Medical Center in the last two days, after being bitten by jackals: the patients aged 36 to 73, residents of the Western Galilee. The bites themselves took place in several localities throughout the Western Galilee.
Jackals in Haifa
As you know, jackals are also seen routinely in Haifa, in many areas throughout the city. Residents often report to Live Mouth that they see jackals roaming around their residential areas and even attacking unlucky animals.
In Hai Pa, an article was published about cases in which jackals attacked dogs and cats (including the small Shih Tzu of the writer of these lines) when, in a conversation with a well-known veterinarian in the city (whose name is kept in the system), it became clear that such attacks are not a rare thing in our region.
The Nature and Parks Authority informed Lai Pa:
Many cities and towns throughout the country are invaded by jackals in search of available and easy-to-get food.
They find it in abundance: in concentrations of waste, in open garbage cans and feeding points of wild cats
In recent years, jackal activity has increased, and they are seen and heard in almost every area.
Important Information:
Jackals usually do not cause damage and do not attack humans. However, their rapid breeding can cause a nuisance.
How can we all help keep jackals away from the living area?
- Do not leave food and water for pets in open containers outside the house
- Do not leave visible trash. It must be emptied into garbage cans and closed tightly
- Don't feed jackals anywhere and under any circumstances. A jackal is a wild animal and not a pet
- Protect the pets and don't let them roam alone. When walking with the dog he must be leashed
- Vaccinate pets (dogs and cats) against rabies
Is it allowed to hurt the dog?
The jackal is a protected wild animal and the handling of its removal is allowed only to those authorized for this and with a permit from the Nature and Parks Authority. Jackals rarely attack humans. If a dog approaches you - move away and notify the city or council hotline.
For quick identification:
The cat has a short tail, the tip of which is black, facing down and close to the hind legs, even when running.
The entry of wild animals into the settlements, with the expansion of construction into the open areas, alongside food available within the cities, attracts the jackals into the urban space.
A jackal that is not sick does not approach a person. When the rabies disease reaches the jackal's brain, it impairs its function until it dies after a few days.
Since 1998, the Nature and Parks Authority has been spreading baits against rabies in the open areas all the time, following the reports of attacks, patrols were even carried out in the area, in order to try to locate the individual who is apparently sick in order to prevent the spread of the disease. If a person is bitten by a jackal, one should immediately seek medical treatment.
Yaron Hanan, expert consultant for risk management and crisis and emergency situations:
Near my house there have been jackal flocks for decades that come almost every evening. The howling of the jackals is part of our routine at night. However, the jackals do not come close to contact with humans and naturally run away from us. In Israel jackals are vaccinated using a vaccine that is spread in baits. The concern is conditions that cross the border from Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. These are jackals that have often been infected with rabies and then they approach to bite other jackals, animals as well as humans. The problem is known in the north and may, God forbid, spill over to Haifa as well.
On the other hand, the scourge of wild boars that invade the neighborhoods throughout Haifa is a phenomenon of the last decade mainly, which has become very acute in the last two years, due to the dire helplessness of the municipality.
The pigs also became more aggressive and less deterred by proximity to humans. There are dangers in this for both humans and animals, including the risk of infection from diseases.
Wild animals should remain in the wild and this is handled by the authorities who have the main responsibility to prevent this problematic interface between wild animals and humans.
In Haifa, the hand of the current municipal leadership in dealing with this blow is evident and unequivocal and its price is heavy!
The Ministry of Health stated regarding the attacks of the jackals:
Further to the announcement published on 31/1/2021 about attacks by a jackal in Nahariya, in Moshav Shavi Zion, also about additional attacks by a jackal the next day in Nahariya, Kfar Mazraa, near Kibbutz Lochami Hagatut and the Big Regeva shopping center. Despite the efforts, the jackal has not yet been captured. There is a high probability that the tooth is infected with rabies.
We ask anyone who has been in contact or whose animals have come in contact with the jackal, to urgently contact the health office in Acre, telephone 04-9955111, 04-9955138, or the health office closest to their place of residence, in order to consider the need for preventive treatment against rabies. After working hours and during the weekend or holiday you should go to a hospital emergency room. Parents of children are asked to find out with their children, if they have been in contact with a suspicious animal and contact the health bureau urgently.
Pet owners are requested to contact the authorized veterinarian, for the purpose of verifying their vaccination status.
The Ministry of Health once again reminds those who have been bitten or scratched by an animal to immediately wash the area with running water and soap, disinfect with disinfectants and go to the health office to check if it is necessary to receive preventive treatment against rabies.
Animals infected with rabies, because of the changes in their minds, become aggressive, and bite people and other animals for no reason.
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Groups of hungry jackals can harm humans.
Except that they are scary in size, especially at night.
Wild animals multiply and disturb.
There are also foxes that roam around and pigs in abundance, hedgehogs, snakes, bats and their excrement is a morbid nuisance and more, a zoo actually encouraged by the municipality.
When will you take care of it?
Protected animals, which pose a risk to humans and fear leaving the house during the day and especially at night.
Limit for humans.
For a long time there is no sense then a person who was attacked, what will he do if he defends himself then he will be punished by the law. ?
In short, Seger also radiates and animals. I don't understand what the responsible authorities are doing about this shameful situation. Despite all the outcry of the residents.
Animals You said it right H-cats and pigs Y-pigeons and jackals The municipality of Haifa and its leader animal lovers Haifa has become a park life
The aggression of the jackals must be "thanked" to Uri Ariel, the worst minister of agriculture of all time, who during his tenure stopped the rabies vaccinations for the jackal and fox population.
As for the pigs, it is a process that takes time and also includes trial and error. The main cause of the problem is the uncontrolled culture of humans and the rampage of dense construction on every piece of nature that is still left.
The solution must include limiting the birth rate in the human population - that way it will be better for all of us.
Transfer the responsibility for the pigs to the Chief Rabbinate and the problem will be solved quickly
I recommend to those who go for a walk at night, to be careful on the routes that kiss open areas, I have already seen some jackals wandering on the slopes of Neve Shanan.
Residents must fear wild animals,
for the reason that the municipality is not functioning.
Haifa people are funny...the air pollution doesn't bother them, the stocks of explosive materials in the Haifa Bay don't bother them, only the jackals and the pigs...because they are simple animals, their damages are easy to see with the eye (and exaggerate them and get into hysteria) they don't have legions of publicists, lobbyists and lawyers so it's easy and comfortable to send them...indeed funny Haifas.
"The municipality's despicable helplessness"
I don't know if such discourse stems from the interest of newspaper owners or simply from a lack of understanding that not everything you get in life is what you want and that there is a complex problem of animals that are not human, and we share the same world.
Response to Rafi Ramul Hasson:
you made me laugh
Because a Moroccan thug with a history of 11 physical attacks, verbal violence, damage to property and construction violations is much more dangerous than conditions.
If a jackal or a pig ever tries to attack me, shoot me straight in the head without thinking twice. I'm interested in your understanding that these are protected animals.
The nice residents of Haifa need not fear. The Haifa municipality does its job well. The mayor of Haifa, Dr. Einat Kalish-Rotem, can be trusted. She knows her job well.
Good joke lol
The jackal is a protected animal, the pig is a protected animal, who is not protected, the humans. The municipality is showing its inability to protect us, and so is the Ministry of Health. We must choose those who will protect us
If the municipality had made feeding areas close to the forests, for both jackals and wild boars...this would not have happened