Animal rights

Unnecessary and cruel: Using chickens for kapparot on Yom Kippur violates Jewish values – opinion

The practice has invited widespread scrutiny, even from sages, over the inhuman treatment of livestock. Trigger warning: Some readers might find the disclosed descriptions disturbing

Ultra-Orthodox men line up to partake in the kapparot tradition in Mea She’arim in 2025.
At an animal shelter, teenage volunteers from the youth club care for and walk beagles from pharmaceutical laboratories that are awaiting adoption, in Yvre L Eveque, France, September 6, 2025.

Over 150 beagles rescued from testing at Wisconsin facility, marking over 2,000 released this year

 Blink, but slowly: Study reveals the secret to better communication with your cat.

Fabulous felines: Celebrating the beloved cats of the 'Post' for International Cat Day

The Brigitte Bardot-funded campaign against the live animal shipment industry features 100 advertisements on buses nationwide, showcasing a photo of an animal taken from inside transport trucks. July 29, 2026.

Brigitte Bardot-funded campaign targets Israel's live animal shipments


Hundreds of African frogs found illegally kept in shoe store

The amphibians were being kept for trade in a store posing as a cobbler.

Amphibians found illegally kept for trade by the Nature and Parks Authority, August 9, 2020

Animal rights activists demand release of injured turkeys from farm

Approximately 9 million turkeys are killed annually in the country out of approximately 630 million killed globally.

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Livestock shipments to Israel decrease by 16%

The state comptroller's report in May revealed that the environment on these shipments were, indeed, frightful, with severely unhygienic conditions.

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Former IDF chief medical officer pro animal experimentation

Hundreds of controversial cases of animal experimentation in the IDF have recently been exposed by Ynet and may shed a light on the covert capabilities that the IDF is currently developing.

Soldiers in the IDF's Oketz unit hugging a dog during a break, photo taken by Topaz Luk from the IDF spokesperson's unit

SPCA to subsidize spaying, neutering of kittens for remainder of 2020

Israel has an estimated stray cat population of over two million. Due to insufficient spaying and neutering policies, tens of thousands of kittens are born each year and often suffer on the street.

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Joe Exotic from Netflix's Tiger King contracted coronavirus in prison

He was placed in isolation after several other inmates tested positive for the virus.

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PETA defends controversial advertisement mocking 'Black Lives Matter'

The ad shows animals from bears to horses taking a knee, ending with an American bald eagle kneeling, before the caption rolls: "Respect is the right of every living being #EndSpeciesism."

A supporter of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) lies on the pavement next to the Centre Pompidou modern art museum, also known as Beaubourg, to raise awareness on World Vegan Day, in Paris, France, November 1, 2017.

Jaabars the snow leopard makes new friends after brush with death

The two-year-old cat was taken in by a Kyrgyzstan charity in mid-January after his rescuers found him in a forest outside the nearby city of Takas.

Wounded snow leopard Jaabars rests in a cage during rehabilitation at Bugu-Enye public foundation outside Bishkek

Polish European Parliament member compares Holocaust to animal abuse

"It's time for a serious discussion about the treatment of animals, the conditions in which they live, and how we kill them."

nimal rights activists wearing chicken costumes take part in a protest outside the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem November 10, 2010. Some 20 activists took part in the protest organised by Anonymous animal rights association on Wednesday, against the use of cages in the Israeli egg industry. The si

Second largest Israeli food and beverage company bans animal testing

Following criticism regarding a recent study in which mice were starved, killed and dissected, Strauss Group announced that it is banning animal testing.

A supporter of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) lies on the pavement next to the Centre Pompidou modern art museum, also known as Beaubourg, to raise awareness on World Vegan Day, in Paris, France, November 1, 2017.