JERUSALEM: Israeli Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman has reclassified crocodiles from wild animals to "captive-bred wildlife", a move that clears the way for the reptiles to be used for security pu

Environment Minister Idit Silman classifies the Nile crocodile as a specially managed wild animal to enable its use around security prisons, despite objections from legal advisers…

The environmental protection minister changed the crocodile’s legal status to facilitate National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s proposed “crocodile prison.”