An estimated 100 jackals live in Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv, Israel, in several family groups. Normally, these animals are shy and keep to themselves in wilder parts of the park, but now, with Tel Aviv in lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak, they are venturing into the jogging paths and open spaces of the park in search of food. Last week, Oded Balilty, a photographer with the Associated Press, captured images of these jackals roaming out into the relatively deserted park.
Jackals Roam Through a Quiet Tel Aviv Park
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Read moreJackals howl in Tel Aviv's Yarkon Park, in Israel, on April 9, 2020. With Tel Aviv in lockdown due to the coronavirus crisis, and the park, like most of the city, nearly empty, the timid animals have come into the open, reaching areas where they rarely venture, as they search for food. #
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Read moreA pack of jackals drink water from a puddle in Yarkon Park on April 10, 2020. #
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Read moreA jackal looks out from the bushes in Yarkon Park on April 10, 2020. #
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Read moreJackals fight on a park pathway on April 10, 2020. #
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Read moreA jackal sits on the grass in Yarkon Park, in front of a Ferris wheel in nearby Luna Park, in Tel Aviv. #
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Read moreA pack of jackals eat dog food that was left for them by an Israeli woman at Yarkon Park on April 11, 2020. #
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Read morePeople jog near a jackal in Tel Aviv on April 10, 2020. #
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Read moreA pack of jackals socialize in Yarkon Park on April 9, 2020. #
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Read moreA jackal walks in Yarkon Park on April 11, 2020. #
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Read moreA jackal drinks water from a puddle in the park on April 10, 2020. #
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Read moreA jackal bares its teeth in Yarkon Park on April 9, 2020. #
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Read moreA pack of jackals eat dog food that was left for them in the park on April 11, 2020. #
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Read moreJackals are silhouetted in early evening in Tel Aviv on April 9, 2020. #
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Read moreJackals roam through Yarkon Park in the dark on April 9, 2020. #
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