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Undated image of sheep bound for the meat industries of the Middle East from Australia are so overcrowded that they are forced to stand, covered in excrement, for the more than three week journey by sea. (Screen capture: Hadashot news)
April 9, 2018, 12:53 am
Public security minister calls for halt to ‘cruel’ long haul animal shipments
Gilad Erdan slams supervision on international shipments after Australian group uncovers overcrowding, filth and suffering on livestock vessels bound for Middle East
By Sue Surkes
A ritually slaughtered lamb being delivered to a halal butcher shop in The Hague, Netherlands, December 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
March 21, 2018, 7:45 am
Dutch animal welfare party proposes ban on ritual slaughter
Backed by liberals and nationalists alike, measure would overturn agreements with Jewish and Muslim communities to allow kosher and halal meat production
By JTA
Knesset lawmakers tuck into vegan alternatives to their meat and dairy favorites in support of annual Animal Rights Day. Tamar Zandberg (Meretz), who hosted the feast, stands at the end of the table next to the chefs, February 6, 2018. (Anonymous for Animal Rights).
February 6, 2018, 3:45 pm
Lawmakers go vegan for the day to support animal rights
Annual Knesset Animal Rights Day organized by cross-party group includes committee discussions and virtual reality experiences of livestock life and abuse
By Sue Surkes
Israeli animal activists join together on December 10, 2017, to remember International Animal Rights Day (Courtesy Drone Imagebank)
December 11, 2017, 1:26 pm
Animal lovers channel their favorite pet in heartfelt video
In honor of International Animal Rights Day, Israeli activists learn new tricks
By Jessica Steinberg
An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man swings a chicken over the heads of his family members as they perform the Kaparot ceremony in the Jewish neighbourhood of Beit Shemesh west of Jerusalem on September 28, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA)
September 29, 2017, 12:49 pm
6 activists hurt protesting Yom Kippur chicken twirling ritual
Residents in the city of Hadera hurl rocks, fire extinguisher at demonstrators
By JTA
Israeli animal rights activists take part in a protest for animal rights in Tel Aviv on September 9, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
September 10, 2017, 3:04 am
Thousands rally for animal rights at Tel Aviv demonstration
Protesters hold up signs decrying transports of livestock to Israel for slaughter, experimentation on animals
By TOI staff
Illustrative image of kapparot in Bnei Brak, 11 September 2013. (CC BY Gady Munz Pikiwiki Israel, Wikimedia commons)
May 26, 2017, 4:00 am
Animal rights group appeals LA ruling allowing Yom Kippur chicken rite
Activists seek to overturn court decision in favor of Southern California synagogue over legality of 'kapparot' ceremony
By JTA
Illustrative photo of cows at a livestock farm (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
May 23, 2017, 12:50 am
As Israel bans ‘shackle and hoist’ slaughter, activists ask: What about the US?
No more import of inhumanely slaughtered meat to the Holy Land, but as long as the cruel practice continues, concerns remain for Diaspora Jews
By Yaakov Schwartz
Illustrative photo of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man participating in a kapparot ritual, in which a chicken is swung over one's head in the belief that one transfers the sins from the past year into the chicken. (Dima Vazinovich/Flash90)
May 17, 2017, 11:39 am
Lawsuit over synagogue’s chicken slaughter dismissed
California Chabad charging a fee for performing High Holiday 'kapparot' atonement ritual is ruled not a for-profit activity
By AP
A general view of The Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem, March 11, 2008. (Michal Fattal/Flash90)
April 22, 2017, 1:35 pm
Court scraps plan for new neighborhood next to Jerusalem zoo
Judge accepts appeal of residents and animal rights group that construction will harm animals
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of a cow (photo credit: CC BY-SA frennlareo/Flickr)
March 29, 2017, 3:41 am
Paraguay meat to require more humane ways of kosher slaughter
Shackle-and-hoist method will be banned; 40% of beef consumed in Israel comes from South American nation
By JTA
De-Levie Agriculture Produce promotional video showing a shipment of sheep. (YouTube screenshot)
February 3, 2017, 3:22 am
Court orders reduced suffering in animal shipments
While ruling out total live transport ban, justices give government until April 30 to report on steps to improve animal welfare
By Sue Surkes
Left to right MK Yael Cohen Paran, MK Dov Khenin, Ori Shavit protesting live animal imports, January 28, 2017, (Or Keren)
January 31, 2017, 5:23 pm
Stop shipments of live animals to Israel for slaughter, protesters urge court
Rights organizations take government, meat industry to task over dire conditions; judges to discuss petition on Wednesday
By Sue Surkes
Donald Trump Jr. arrives at Trump Tower for meetings with his father, President-elect Donald Trump, November 15, 2016 in New York. (AFP /Timothy A. Clary)
November 30, 2016, 11:53 pm
Donald Trump Jr. hunts down goats in Turkey
Son of president-elect reportedly killed two goats during his stay; previously he has hunted elephant and leopard
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man participating in a kapparot ritual, in which a chicken is swung over one's head in the belief that one transfers the sins from the past year into the chicken. (Dima Vazinovich/Flash90)
October 13, 2016, 5:45 am
California synagogue wins 11th-hour appeal to hold kapparot ritual
Case continues in US district court, with animal rights group arguing it is illegal to kill chickens that won't be eaten
By TOI staff and AP
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