Animal rights

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

The Civil Administration and the Nature and Parks Authorities both claimed in the letter that the killings were carried out to avoid a potential "terrorist incident." 

 Crocodile, close up view.
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

 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

A tiger at Aalborg Zoo.

Zoo in Denmark asks public for unwanted pets to feed its carnivores


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.

Pet peeves

The growing plague of entitlement.

Man’s best friend... at Shabbat dinner?

OUT THERE: At the zoo

“Something tells me it’s all happening at the zoo/ I do believe it, I do believe it’s true”.

At the zoo