Animal rights
Animal rights organization urges Nature and Parks Authority to cease shooting of stray dogs
According to data obtained by Let the Animals Live, the Nature and Parks Authority killed approximately 1,300 stray dogs in 2025, an increase from the 794 killed in 2024.
Animal rights orgs. hit out at 'ridiculous' claim crocodiles were culled over terrorism fears
Newborn African lion cub rescued from Istanbul smugglers
Illegal cockfighting ring broken up by Israel Police, 150 cockerels rescued
Israel's inhumane live animal shipments pose danger to public health
Israel's bill to end the import of live animals for meat has stalled in light of elections, but the method is illegal, dangerous and costly.
'We are not invisible': Rights group protest animal violence in Jerusalem
Just this week, a man in the north was filmed dragging two dogs while driving his car.
Animal testing a thing of the past? HUJI develops treatments without it
This represented the first application of a bionic chip being used to develop a safe cancer treatment without the need for animal testing, which often results in cruelty.
Iditarod sled-dog race losing Exxon support amid animal-rights pressure
“No reputable company wants to associate with a race that forces dogs to run until they collapse," PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman said.
Hundreds of dog, sheep, goat corpses openly abandoned in South
Bodies could pose potential health hazard due to infectious disease contamination.
Despite promises, 600,000 animals shipped to Israel in live transports
Some 86% of Israelis supported the bill to stop the transport of live animals and that 91% thought that the transports constituted animal cruelty.
Most Israelis think gov't should ban cages, minimize animal suffering
93% of the Israeli public believe that locking up animals in crowded cages for their entire lives is considered animal abuse, a new survey found.
Israeli chicken sex-change start-up wins $1m prize in NY agri-tech contest
Soos' software allows them to control the incubation process, forcing chicken embryos to change sex in the egg, mitigating the controversial practice of culling male chicks.
Five arrested for illegally abusing and hunting a porcupine
When Border Patrol officers and volunteers searched the suspicious backpack in the backseat of their car, they found the lifeless porcupine.
No transparency on Defense Ministry animal testing since 2010 - committee
The meeting was concluded by discussing the law, the purpose of which was originally to create oversight and minimize the suffering of animals.
