Israeli experts hope to find forest habitats for mountain gazelles - CGTN

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Mountain gazelles are pictured on a hill next to a forest in the suburb of Israel's Jerusalem on January 12, 2021. / CFP

Mountain gazelles are pictured on a hill next to a forest in the suburb of Israel's Jerusalem on January 12, 2021. / CFP

Mountain gazelles are pictured on a hill next to a forest in the suburb of Israel's Jerusalem on January 12, 2021. / CFP

Mountain gazelles are pictured on a hill next to a forest in the suburb of Israel's Jerusalem on January 12, 2021. / CFP

Mountain gazelles are pictured on a hill next to a forest in the suburb of Israel's Jerusalem on January 12, 2021. / CFP

Mountain gazelles are pictured on a hill next to a forest in the suburb of Israel's Jerusalem on January 12, 2021. / CFP

Mountain gazelles are pictured on a hill next to a forest in the suburb of Israel's Jerusalem on January 12, 2021. / CFP

Mountain gazelles are pictured on a hill next to a forest in the suburb of Israel's Jerusalem on January 12, 2021. / CFP

Mountain gazelles are pictured on a hill next to a forest in the suburb of Israel's Jerusalem on January 12, 2021. / CFP

Mountain gazelles are pictured on a hill next to a forest in the suburb of Israel's Jerusalem on January 12, 2021. / CFP

Israel is one of the last places where the endangered mountain gazelle roams in the wild. However, as development shrinks their natural savannah habitat, ecologists are studying the possibility of them being able to also thrive in forests.

Wildlife experts hope their population can recover in woodlands like the Forest of the Martyrs in west Jerusalem, where six million trees were planted after World War II, reflecting the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust.

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