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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
Calves on a live shipment from Australia to Eilat for fattening, prior to slaughter, December 2019. (Israel Against Live Shipments)
January 12, 2025, 4:55 pm
Finance Ministry set to permanently exempt import of live calves from customs duties
Opponents say move will gift millions of shekels to Tnuva and Dabbah meat companies, which control most of the beef market, at a time when Israelis face steep price rises
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
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)
July 3, 2023, 1:06 am
Over 500,000 calves, lambs have arrived in notorious live shipments so far this year
While meat industry insists ships meet regulations, activists say treatment of animals imported for fattening and slaughter violates animal welfare laws
By Sue Surkes
Calves on a live shipment from Australia to Eilat for fattening, prior to slaughter, December 2019. (Israel Against Live Shipments)
January 3, 2022, 5:37 pm
Numbers of animals imported for fattening, slaughter up 42% last year
Agriculture Ministry says a record 856,630 calves and lambs shipped to Israel in 2021; 7 bills in Knesset seek to halt live shipments within 3 years, import chilled meat instead
By Sue Surkes
Sheep being shipped for fattening and slaughter in multi-story vessels. (YouTube screenshot)
July 7, 2021, 9:09 pm
Record number of calves and lambs shipped to Israel for fattening, slaughter
More than half a million animals transported to country in first six months of 2021, up 59% over same period last year
By Sue Surkes
Calves on a live shipment from Australia to Eilat for fattening, prior to slaughter, December 2019. (Israel Against Live Shipments)
February 22, 2021, 12:00 pm
Environment minister joins other lawmakers in pitching for animal lovers’ votes
At conference organized by animal welfare groups, MKs from seven parties and a candidate for an eighth call for an end to live shipments of cattle, caging of poultry
By Sue Surkes
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