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===Israel===
In Israel the reintroduction program was established in 1978 when four pairs of Arabian oryx were purchased.{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}} At this time the IUCN Redbook reported wild populations totaling 90–100 animals in three locations in Northern [[Arabah|Arava]] and the [[Negev]] Desert. As of 2014 there are there are around 130 animals in the Aravah, and in 2013 they began to spread to the central Negev and the population keeps increasing. In addition to the natural population increase, every year around six animals are released to the wild in Israel. [[Israel]] is the only country in which the Arabian oryx was reintroduced where [[poaching]] prohibition can be enforced, and because of this the Israeli population grows annually. Apart from the wild oryx population in Israel, there are a few dozen oryx in the [[Yotvata Hai-Bar Nature Reserve]], a few breeding couples in the [[Jerusalem Biblical Zoo]] and a small herd in the [[Ramat Gan Safari]]. The reintroduction of oryx in Israel is one of a few successful programs reintroducing animals into nature in Israel; others include the introduction of the [[Persian onager]] (a proxy for the extinct Syrian onager), and the very successful reintroduction of [[Persian fallow deer]].<ref name="redlist/oryx/details"/>
===United Arab Emirates===
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