Animal abuse

Police arrest five in connection with attacking, killing Palestinian shepherd’s sheep

Footage taken after the attack showed at least one of the sheep lying dead and bloodied in the pen alongside other livestock, which were also huddled in their pen.

Palestinians inspect the scene of an attack on a Palestinian family by extremist settlers, during which several sheep were killed, in the town of As-Samu, south of Hebron, December 23, 2025.
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

NOTWITHSTANDING THE warmth and support surrounding The Magic House, adoptions and donations have dropped sharply, even as more dogs are being abandoned. In a typical year, Lives of Others manages to place around 250 dogs in homes. This year, that number fell by more than half, to just 120.

Honoring 'The Last Samurai': Fallen soldier Adi Tzur remembered with new home for abandoned dogs

 Chickens are seen in cages to be used as game cocks in illegal cockfights in Israel.

​​Illegal cockfighting ring broken up by Israel Police, 150 cockerels rescued


North Carolina bear marked with 'Trump 2020' sticker

A $5,000 reward was offered for any information on who placed a Trump campaign ad on a bear.

A bear

Animal rights activists demand release of injured turkeys from farm

Approximately 9 million turkeys are killed annually in the country out of approximately 630 million killed globally.

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Animal rights activists in Cologne deface city's Holocaust memorial

The protesters, seeking to protest against factory farming methods and draw public attention, painted the memorial with red dye to simulate blood.

A wandering Jew started his traumatic World War II journey in Cologne. A general view of the left bank of the Rhine in Cologne in 1993

Dogs found in illegal enclosure near Haifa, recused by police

The dogs were found neglected in substandard living conditions

A dog is seen eating food left for it by a volunteer at a landfill in Arad. Its body is covered in wounds from fights for scraps of food in the garbage-filled landfill.

Livestock shipments to Israel decrease by 16%

The state comptroller's report in May revealed that the environment on these shipments were, indeed, frightful, with severely unhygienic conditions.

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Former IDF chief medical officer pro animal experimentation

Hundreds of controversial cases of animal experimentation in the IDF have recently been exposed by Ynet and may shed a light on the covert capabilities that the IDF is currently developing.

Soldiers in the IDF's Oketz unit hugging a dog during a break, photo taken by Topaz Luk from the IDF spokesperson's unit

Hundreds of abandoned dogs living in garbage-filled landfill in Arad

SPCA: "This level of neglect has gone on for many years. We should not have reached this point."

Dogs are seen eating food from volunteers in a landfill in Arad.

Tortoises held illegally released back to the wild after police operation

The police searched the culprit's house after a report was filed against the owners.

The turtles which were rescued from captivity

Pitbulls kept in unsanitary conditions found in Kiryat Arba

From preliminary questioning it is suspected that the two suspects have already sold several puppies, worth tens of thousands of shekels.

Cages which were used to hold pitbull dogs

25% increase in number of pets abandoned since the beginning of March

The coronavirus has brought with it the unfortunate side effect of many more pets being abandoned.

One of the eight dogs rescued by the Ministry of Agriculture’s Plant protection and Inspections Services