The dramatic story of the return of the fallow deer to the Israel at the time of the Islamic revolution in Iran was documented this week by the Wall Street Journal. The species is mentioned as a kosher animal in the book of Deuteronomy and is listed in the book of Kings as one of the many animals presented to King Solomon as a tithe.
The species was believed to have been hunted to extinction in the early 1900s, but was discovered in Iran in the late 1950s. To read how some of them were brought to Israel, click here.