Animal Cruelty

Lions, other animals to be saved from Gaza zoo

Animal welfare organization transfers animals from Gaza zoo to Jordan.

Threats against Minister Ariel: 'Do you know why you are alive?'

Animal rights activists threaten Agriculture Minister over opposition to animal import bill. ''Scum, devil disguised as a human being.'

Religious Zionist rabbis urge ban on livestock imports

Religious Zionist rabbis from all across the political spectrum call for an end to livestock importing, which they say harms animals.

Rishon Letzion man arrested for torching dozens of parrots

Landlord allegedly set tenant's birds on fire, killing 80 of them.

Animal cruelty: Arabs kill cows in Jezreel Valley

3 Arabs arrested for using 6-foot scythe to kill 7 cows which strayed off their breeder's land.

Puah: "Campaign against kaparot is blasphemous"

Director of human rights organization Betzalmo says that the campaign against kaparot is a perversion of values.

Justice served to animal abuser

Arab resident of Jerusalem to be jailed for abusing a small dog.

Leading rabbi: Nonsurgical neutering is the Torah way

Weighing in on the controversy over sterilizing cats and dogs, Rabbi Yaakov Ariel says surgery is wrong.

Horrific Video Shows Palestinians Lynching Rare Striped Hyena

Endangered striped hyena cornered and brutally killed by Palestinian Arabs, in macabre video recorded by one of the attackers.

MK Peretz Calls to Replace Kaparot Chickens with Money

Environment Minister Amir Peretz slammed the practice of kaparot, saying that it was cruel and unusual.

Shaked: Kosher Slaughter Ban 'The Height of Hypocrisy'

Jewish Home MK Ayelet Shaked attacks Denmark over kosher slaughter ban, notes Danes vetoed Israeli fur ban a few years ago.

Evidence:Abuse in Gaza of Cattle Imported from Australia, Israel

Slaughtering practices in Gaza include extreme maltreatment of animals; could lead to the cessation of cattle imports from Australia, Israel

MK: Make CEOs Responsible for Animal Abuse

Exposure of animal cruelty leads MK to propose new criminal law. Rabbis join investigation.

MK Uri Orbach: Horse Racing Cruel to Animals

Uri Orbach, Bayit Yehudi MK and Minister of Pensioner Affairs, slams the recent trend of betting on horse races as "cruel to animals".

'Puppy Bombs' Rescued from Egyptian Violence

Two puppies rescued after nearly being used as living firebombs by Muslim Brotherhood.

‘Animal Police’ to Hit Streets of Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv kicks off new initiative to fight cruelty to animals.

Hareidim Demand 'Animal Rights' Over Slaughterhouse Abuse Report

A group of Hareidi Jews on Monday protested in Jerusalem for “animal rights” - specifically, for the right of animals not to be abused

‘Stop American Terrorist from Speaking in Israel’

The New Liberal Movement is concerned by reports that an American terrorist is planning to speak at an Israeli high school.

Lawyers: Time to Throw the Book at Abusers of Animals

Penalties for animal cruelty may be increased substantially, the Attorney General said.

Activists in Israel to Protest the Ukraine's Animal Cruelty

Demonstrators plan to protest outside the Ukrainian Embassy in Tel Aviv against the Ukraine's burning and killing of stray animals.