Animal rights

Bad 'Pee-R': Elephant in the room urinates on Republican convention floor, sparking condemnations

Paige, an African elephant, was paraded through the George R Brown Convention Center in Houston after Governor Greg Abbott’s keynote speech, and was seen wearing a large banner supporting Abbott.

|BySHIR PERETS
Paige the elephant at Texas Republican party’s annual convention, June 12, 2026.
Chutou the dog.

Social media-famous Border Collie allegedly eaten after being stolen in China

Travel blogger Guo gained popularity on the Chinese social media app Douyin when he began documenting his adventures with his dog, eight-year-old Chutou.

|BySHIR PERETS
CUSTOMERS WAIT to be served at a butchers stall in Smithfield Market, the UK’s largest wholesale meat market in London, Britain, November 19, 2021.

UK animal welfare bill forcing divulging of kosher, halal meat passes first reading

MP Esther McVey, who brought the bill on Tuesday, said it is about animal welfare, transparency in meat production and consumer choice, and does not seek to ban halal or kosher meat. 

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
Stray dogs in Israel

Animal rights organization urges Nature and Parks Authority to cease shooting of stray dogs

According to data obtained by Let the Animals Live, the Nature and Parks Authority killed approximately 1,300 stray dogs in 2025, an increase from the 794 killed in 2024.

|ByGOLDIE KATZ

Meow! Jerusalem mayor provides annual budget for cat food

Jerusalem mayor Moshe Lion allocates 100 thousand nis per year to build feeding stations for capital's street cats.

JANUARY 22, 2019ByHAGAY HACOHEN
Cats [illustrative].

Poisoned animals caught in Palestinian bureaucratic net

Municipalities in the West Bank have reportedly been using poisoned meat to kill hundreds of stray dogs.

DECEMBER 12, 2018ByDIMA ABUMARIA/ THE MEDIA LINE
A Palestinian man holds a dog during a dog show organised by local breeders in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip February 9, 2018.

Fighting to save the chickens this Yom Kippur

“Taking an animal, grabbing it by its legs or wings, twisting in the air and hurting it – this is cruelty.”

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018ByHADAS LABRISCH
Kapparot ceremonies in Jerusalem GALLERY 465 5

Practice petiquette

If you like it, put a leash on it!

AUGUST 2, 2018ByKEREN PREISKEL
KEREN PREISKEL poses with her dogs while taking them out for a walk

Natalie Portman pays vegan tribute to Isaac Bashevis Singer

The actress's new PETA video spotlights the Yiddish writer's animal activism.

JULY 16, 2018ByAMY SPIRO
Natalie Portman in a video for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in which she refers to her Jewish faith, and Yiddish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer

I want to live

FEBRUARY 28, 2018ByDR.YOGESH SHARMA
The Jerusalem Post

Iraqi, Syrian Lions Find New Home In South Africa

Lions rescued from Mideast conflict zones transferred to animal sanctuary

FEBRUARY 28, 2018ByDANIELLA P. COHEN/THE MEDIA LINE
Lion

Reducing violence by teaching compassion toward animals

“The program was meant to help animals but it turns out it is helping reduce violence in general”.

JANUARY 21, 2018ByLIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI
Arab-Israeli pupils participate in Hakol Chai's animal compassion program.

Calls mount for reining in Beduin camel owners after boy's death in crash

Camel accidents have taken the lives of fifteen people since 2008 and injured 350 others.

JANUARY 18, 2018ByBEN LYNFIELD
Camels roam in an unrecognized Beduin village, as the southern Israeli city of Beersheba is seen in the background December 17, 2015.

Swiss MP: ‘Jews had a better chance of survival at Auschwitz than pigs in farms'

Fricker’s alleged belittling of the Holocaust triggered outrage in Switzerland, causing him to resign on Saturday.

OCTOBER 2, 2017ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
The Nazi slogan "Arbeit macht frei" (Work sets you free) is pictured at the gates of the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland January 27, 2017