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


'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.

Cats sit on a bench in downtown Jerusalem, November 4, 2020.

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.

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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.

Matt Hall gets his team ready at the ceremonial start of the Iditarod dog sled race in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S., March 2, 2019.

Hundreds of dog, sheep, goat corpses openly abandoned in South

Bodies could pose potential health hazard due to infectious disease contamination.

Stray dogs are seen eating bread in Israel's South.

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.

Animal live trasnports, overcrowding

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.

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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.

Founder and CEO Yael Alter, along with VP of Business Development Alon Gozlan receive the news that their start-up, Soos Technologies, has won the $1 million grand prize at the NY-Grow competition.

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.

The porcupine, taken from the backpack, November 14, 2020.

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.

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

Tal Gilboa's lifelong mission: Fighting for animal rights

Tal Gilboa is willing to go to great lengths for a cause she believes in

Tal Gilboa greets a bovine friend at a dairy farm in Kibbutz Givat Chaim Meuchad