06.02.2012                      13.Schwat. 5772

Naturschutz:

Study: Visitors at Israel's Hula reserve make feathered friends take wing

Researchers find that during times of the day when the birds are normally eating or sleeping, their routines are disrupted by the presence of humans.

Lake Agmon, which was created in the 1990s in the Hula Valley in the north, has become one of Israel's favorite nature spots, but its popularity has come at a price.
The large numbers of visitors have chased birds away from the area and have disrupted their feeding and sleeping routines, a new University of Haifa study has found….