▁birds ▁in ▁Script ures ▁is ▁often ▁uncertain ; ▁for ▁example , ▁n es her ▁( ), ▁commonly ▁translated ▁as ▁" e agle ", ▁could ▁also ▁mean ▁" v ulture ". ▁More ▁significantly , ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁animals ▁mentioned ▁in ▁the ▁Bible ▁are ▁now ▁ext inct ▁in ▁Israel ▁due ▁to ▁over - h un ting , ▁destruction ▁of ▁natural ▁habit ats ▁by ▁rapid ▁construction ▁and ▁development , ▁illegal ▁poison ing ▁by ▁far mers , ▁and ▁low ▁birth ▁rate . ▁Z oo ▁pl ann ers ▁decided ▁to ▁branch ▁beyond ▁strictly ▁bib lic al ▁animals ▁and ▁include ▁world wide ▁end anger ed ▁species ▁as ▁well . ▁ ▁The ▁presence ▁of ▁the ▁animal ▁corner ▁generated ▁many ▁compla ints ▁from ▁residents ▁in ▁ad jo ining ▁buildings ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁sm ell ▁and ▁noise , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁perce ived ▁danger ▁of ▁animal ▁esc apes . ▁Due ▁to ▁the ▁compla ints , ▁the ▁zoo ▁re located ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 1 ▁to ▁a ▁ ▁lot ▁on ▁Sh m uel ▁Ha N avi ▁Street . ▁Here , ▁too , ▁compla ints ▁were ▁heard ▁from ▁the ▁neighb ors , ▁but ▁the ▁zoo ▁remained ▁at ▁this ▁site ▁for ▁the ▁next ▁six ▁years . ▁ ▁Mount ▁Sc opus ▁( 1 9 4 7 – 1 9 5 0 ) ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁the ▁zoo , ▁which ▁by ▁now ▁had ▁ 1 2 2 ▁animals , ▁re located ▁to ▁a ▁plot ▁of ▁land ▁on ▁Mount ▁Sc opus ▁provided ▁by ▁Heb rew ▁University . ▁It ▁remained ▁there ▁from ▁ 1