No Such Thing As A Free Lunch?

A visit from tens of thousands of migrating pelicans may be a gift for bird-watchers, but for Israeli fish farmers results can be costly. Israeli authorities have taken to feeding the birds to protect fish farms.

Members of staff at the reservoir in Mishmar Hasharon feed the pelicans with 6 tons of fish 3 to 4 times a week during the three months that the pelicans are flying over Israel, in a project funded by the Israeli Agriculture Ministry.

Estimates of the number of pelicans that pass over Israel each year range from 75,000 to over 100,000. They migrate from southern Europe to spend winter in central Africa.

If you still think there is no such thing as a free lunch, welcome to Israel!

Source: Jerusalem Post