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A Jerusalem municipal veterinary center employee attempts to lure stray cats into a cage with food so that they can be sterilized, March 7, 2019. (MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP)
May 8, 2019, 5:39 pm
Jerusalem faces dilemma in dealing with hordes of stray cats
Capital’s streets are overrun with an estimated 240,000 felines, but there is little funding or political will to deal with the problem
By Delphine Matthieussent
A man feeds stray cats leftovers from his shop, Jerusalem, October 13, 2010 (Keren Freeman/FLASH90)
January 27, 2019, 1:16 pm
Jerusalem announces $27k program to feed street cats
Mayor says city will purchase and distribute cat food this year; experts warn the initiative could increase the stray feline population
By TOI staff
Lions at the Ramat Gan Safari near Tel Aviv display their natural instincts by rolling around in ground coffee. Screenshot)
March 26, 2018, 6:42 pm
Lions wake up and smell the coffee at the Ramat Gan Safari
Big cats filmed rolling around in powdered coffee provided by keepers to encourage animals to behave as they would in nature
By Sue Surkes
Tova Saul, an Orthodox Jew, feeds stray cats in a neighborhood in Jerusalem's Old City, on July 12, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX)
August 8, 2017, 6:28 am
At midnight, Jerusalem Old City’s ‘cat lady’ prowls
While the holy city sleeps, US-Israeli Tova Saul tiptoes through its alleys, feeding and spaying hundreds of strays
By Joe Dyke
Illustrator Maira Kalman putting the finishing touches on her mural at the Israel Museum's Youth Wing, part of the 'Cats and Dogs' exhibit (Courtesy Benni Maor)
June 1, 2017, 10:29 pm
American-Israeli artist goes to the dogs at the Israel Museum
Illustrator and canine lover Maira Kalman puts the final touches to a mural at the Youth Wing’s ‘Cats and Dogs’ exhibit
By Jessica Steinberg
An illustrative photo of cats (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
May 25, 2016, 6:52 am
Saudi cleric says pictures with cats are a no-no
Member of the Saudi Council of Senior Scholars forbids photography in general, let alone with animals
By TOI staff
The Nazi leader and one of his feline doppelgängers. (CC BY SA 3.0 Bundesarchiv Bild 102-10460)
January 9, 2016, 12:23 am
Researchers find why some cats look like Hitler
Faulty gene causes irregular distribution of pigment cells in fur, scientists establish; may help explain process of congenital defects in humans
By TOI staff
Male cats fight over a female in the Old City of Jerusalem, October 15, 2010. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
November 11, 2015, 11:05 pm
Attorney general sets the ball rolling on cat neutering
Weinstein overrules agriculture minister, who opposes sterilizing stray animals for religious reasons
By Stuart Winer
An illustrative photo of a crocodile farm in the Arava Desert, Israel, November 21, 2011 (Liron Almog/Flash90)
November 6, 2015, 12:10 am
After cat-gate, Israeli official floats crocodile transfer
Head of Jordan Valley Regional Council says more than 1,000 animals from nearby farm up for grabs
By JTA
Stray cats eating near a garbage container in the center of Jerusalem. October 23, 2014. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
November 3, 2015, 11:55 pm
Fluffy, and 8 other things Israel tried to expel
Cats join the British, Israeli Arabs, the West Bank, Hanin Zoabi pork and, er, Cat Stevens, in the list of things the Jewish state sought to rid itself of
By Ben Sales and TOI staff
Investigators at the scene of a stabbing attack in Rishon Lezion on November 2, 2015. (Photo by Avi Dishi/Flash90)
November 3, 2015, 2:01 pm
Old folks, new low
Even as a spate of attacks has become a norm, two assaults on the elderly stand out in the press both for their location and their victims. At least the terrorists didn’t try to deport cats
By Joshua Davidovich
A stray cat in the northern city of Haifa. (Photo by Garrett Mills/Flash 90)
November 2, 2015, 2:26 pm
Minister proposes plan to deport country’s strays
Cat scratch fever, or just Jewish law? Opposing sterilization, Uri Ariel lets cat out of bag about shipping some kitties to whatever country will take them
By Raoul Wootliff
Rotem the sand cat with her three new cubs at the Ramat Gan Safari, August 18, 2015. (courtesy)
August 19, 2015, 4:44 pm
WATCH: Newborn sand kittens delight at Israeli zoo
Rotem the sand cat gives birth to a litter of 3 kittens, bolstering numbers for rare species once believed extinct in Israel
By Avi Lewis
Pixie's Augmented Reality-connected location technology in action (Photo credti: Courtesy)
March 8, 2015, 4:17 pm
How a cat inspired start-up’s ‘Internet of Lost Things’
Misplacing keys, wallets, and even pets is now a thing of the past, thanks to Pixies
By David Shamah
'Cats' cast at the Roma Musical Theater in Warsaw, 2007 (photo credit: Effie/CC BY-SA)
October 12, 2014, 11:08 pm
‘Cats’ comes to Israel
Broadway’s second-longest-running show to be performed in Tel Aviv for first time
By Jessica Steinberg
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