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Illustrative image of Holstein dairy cows. (JackF, iStock by Getty Images)
May 12, 2026, 10:13 pm
Farmers urge policy shift on foot-and-mouth outbreak as farms become overcrowded
Calling for new risk assessment and financial compensation, co-op says new Agriculture Ministry guidelines take the wrong approach
By Sue Surkes
US soldiers pose with three of the ten abandoned dogs from the Gaza border that they will adopt. (Let the Animals Live)
February 9, 2026, 1:12 am
US soldiers who served near Gaza adopt abandoned dogs
After service members bonded with three adult dogs and seven puppies during war, 2 animal rights groups partner to fly the animals to the new owners, now back in America
By Sue Surkes
A live shipment of animals bound for fattening and slaughter in Israel arrives at the port of Eilat on the Red Sea coast on June 19, 2023. (Omri Omessi)
December 18, 2025, 8:17 am
Israeli NGO among 36 organizations calling for global reform of live animal shipping
Groups urge International Maritime Organization to improve conditions for animals shipped for slaughter, citing threats to animal welfare, human life and marine environment
By Sue Surkes
Known as Maya in Israel and Anassa in Cyprus, this Mediterranean monk seal, one of the rarest marine animals in the world, rests with her pup in Cyprus in October 2024. (Courtesy/Haris Nicolaou)
May 16, 2025, 12:09 pm
Israeli and Cypriot researchers team up on extreme cave makeover for rare monk seals
A rehabilitation project in northern Israel aims to provide safe and dry breeding places for the endangered marine mammals, of which only 600-700 remain in the world
By Diana Bletter
Parrots found by police after they were stolen from the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo by animal traffickers on April 24, 2025. (Israel Police)
April 25, 2025, 5:47 pm
Police return stolen birds to Jerusalem zoo; thieves ‘knew exactly what to steal’
36 birds, among them several valuable and rare breeds, were apparently targeted when taken from the capital’s Biblical Zoo; many said to be in poor health upon return
By Charlie Summers
A lion cub (left) and a monkey rescued by police in operations in Kfar Qasim and Lod, March 15, 2025. (Israel Police)
March 16, 2025, 6:57 pm
Smugglers using drones to spirit lion cubs and monkeys into Israel, police say
Officers locate two more monkeys as they probe wildlife trafficking ring suspected of using heavy-duty drones to fly animals across border from Egypt, Jordan
By Charlie Summers
Lynne Mendelsohn. (Mark Reed)
July 29, 2024, 9:18 am
‘Typical Scottish Jewish girl’ makes home in Zambia after dumping legal career in UK
Lynne Mendelsohn runs an animal sanctuary in Livingstone: ‘My Jewish identity is important and I’d like to be buried in the Jewish cemetery. I tell people it’s my tribe’
By Sue Surkes
The livestock carrier Bahijah berthed at Fremantle port, Western Australia, 2018. (Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons)
April 8, 2024, 1:45 pm
Controversial shipment of livestock reaches Israel from Australia after months-long odyssey
Animal rights groups slam both governments for allowing the consignment of some 14,000 sheep and calves to sail after original journey was diverted by Houthi missile attacks
By Sue Surkes
Israeli reservists pose with a dog they brought out of Gaza in December 2023. (Courtesy of Glass Walls)
February 1, 2024, 11:26 am
Israeli troops’ rescue of animals in Gaza fuels pro-Palestinian ‘looting’ charges
Some anti-Israel activists focus on the issue of pets being brought into Israel as complementary evidence to support a narrative of wrongdoing by Israeli soldiers in Gaza
By Canaan Lidor
Illustrative: A woman and her dog take cover in a stairway in Jerusalem, as a red alert siren sounds during a rocket barrage fired from Gaza into Israel, October 7, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
October 14, 2023, 7:27 am
As enemy rockets rain down, Israelis provide shelter to displaced pets
The onslaught of terror that poured out of the Gaza Strip on Saturday and the subsequent war has upended large numbers of citizens around the country – and their furry friends
By Shira Silkoff
An undated picture of laying hens in a cage. (Animals Now)
June 20, 2022, 11:37 pm
Cages for laying hens banned from new coops, to be phased out in existing ones
Knesset panel approves new animal welfare regulations that also ban starving hens to up egg production. Advocacy group lauds ‘victory for animals and public,’ after 13-year battle
By Sue Surkes
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