Animal rights

UK animal welfare bill forcing divulging of kosher, halal meat passes first reading

MP Esther McVey, who brought the bill on Tuesday, said it is about animal welfare, transparency in meat production and consumer choice, and does not seek to ban halal or kosher meat. 

CUSTOMERS WAIT to be served at a butchers stall in Smithfield Market, the UK’s largest wholesale meat market in London, Britain, November 19, 2021.
Stray dogs in Israel

Animal rights organization urges Nature and Parks Authority to cease shooting of stray dogs

 Crocodile, close up view.

Animal rights orgs. hit out at 'ridiculous' claim crocodiles were culled over terrorism fears

Turkish authorities rescued a 35-day-old African lion cub after it was trafficked into Istanbul, the Agricultural and Forestry Ministry confirmed last week.

Newborn African lion cub rescued from Istanbul smugglers


Fighting to save the chickens this Yom Kippur

“Taking an animal, grabbing it by its legs or wings, twisting in the air and hurting it – this is cruelty.”

Kapparot ceremonies in Jerusalem GALLERY 465 5

Practice petiquette

If you like it, put a leash on it!

KEREN PREISKEL poses with her dogs while taking them out for a walk

Natalie Portman pays vegan tribute to Isaac Bashevis Singer

The actress's new PETA video spotlights the Yiddish writer's animal activism.

Natalie Portman in a video for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in which she refers to her Jewish faith, and Yiddish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer

I want to live

The Jerusalem Post

Iraqi, Syrian Lions Find New Home In South Africa

Lions rescued from Mideast conflict zones transferred to animal sanctuary

Lion

Reducing violence by teaching compassion toward animals

“The program was meant to help animals but it turns out it is helping reduce violence in general”.

Arab-Israeli pupils participate in Hakol Chai's animal compassion program.

Calls mount for reining in Beduin camel owners after boy's death in crash

Camel accidents have taken the lives of fifteen people since 2008 and injured 350 others.

 Camels roam in an unrecognized Beduin village, as the southern Israeli city of Beersheba is seen in the background December 17, 2015.

Swiss MP: ‘Jews had a better chance of survival at Auschwitz than pigs in farms'

Fricker’s alleged belittling of the Holocaust triggered outrage in Switzerland, causing him to resign on Saturday.

The Nazi slogan "Arbeit macht frei" (Work sets you free) is pictured at the gates of the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland January 27, 2017

Walk that dog

The Kelev Tov project is part of the Shekulo Tov nonprofit; it is the only program in the country that integrates people with mental health problems to employment working with animals.

Kelev Tov

WATCH: Thousands flock to mass Tel Aviv rally for animal rights

The protest's organizers say that it is one of the largest of its kind in history.

Thousands of animal rights protesters gather in Tel Aviv for historic rally.