Animal abuse

Bambi's big break: Israel Police, IDF rescue two gazelle fawns during weapons raid in West Bank

The suspect, a 39-year-old resident of the area, was taken for questioning and admitted to several offenses involving harming and illegally possessing protected natural assets.

IDF, Israel Police rescue two gazelle fawns during weapons raid in West Bank, July 7, 2026.
A woman walks her dogs as Orange County sheriff's deputies block Western Avenue after a chemical leak from a large storage tank prompted evacuations in Garden Grove, California, on May 24, 2026.

California authorities uncover suspected mass killing of hundreds of rescue dogs

Paige the elephant at Texas Republican party’s annual convention, June 12, 2026.

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

People build bonfires on Lag Ba'omer on May 4, 2026.

Dog burnt to death in Lag Ba'omer bonfire, police arrest two on suspicion of animal cruelty


TikTok video leads police to two minors suspected of abusing puppies

On Sunday the Aruar Police Station received a complaint of animal abuse together with a TikTok video showing two individuals torturing young puppies.

A police officer recovers a puppy that was abused by residents of Kuseifa in southern Israel, Monday, January 18, 2020.

Netanya man throws neighbor's cat from fourth story window

The cat had wandered into the wrong apartment and was subsequently thrown out the window. The suspect reportedly laughed about it and asked "well? What's up with the cat? Is she dead yet?"

A JERUSALEM alley cat.

Hundreds of dog, sheep, goat corpses openly abandoned in South

Bodies could pose potential health hazard due to infectious disease contamination.

Stray dogs are seen eating bread in Israel's South.

Despite promises, 600,000 animals shipped to Israel in live transports

Some 86% of Israelis supported the bill to stop the transport of live animals and that 91% thought that the transports constituted animal cruelty.

Animal live trasnports, overcrowding

Israeli researchers working to produce affordable cow's milk from yeast

The challenge is not only creating a completely new (and satisfying) product but also making it accessible to the general public.

Cartons of milk

Most Israelis think gov't should ban cages, minimize animal suffering

93% of the Israeli public believe that locking up animals in crowded cages for their entire lives is considered animal abuse, a new survey found.

Chicken coop 521

Police arrest man suspected of dog abuse in northern Israel

Police also found porcupine quills and hunting tools in the vehicle.

An abused dog found in the trunk of a vehicle belonging to a man suspected of hunting porcupines illegally.

Israeli chicken sex-change start-up wins $1m prize in NY agri-tech contest

Soos' software allows them to control the incubation process, forcing chicken embryos to change sex in the egg, mitigating the controversial practice of culling male chicks.

Founder and CEO Yael Alter, along with VP of Business Development Alon Gozlan receive the news that their start-up, Soos Technologies, has won the $1 million grand prize at the NY-Grow competition.

Two abused dogs discovered in Yarka village and Be'er Sheva - police

One was found neglected and extremely underweight, the other strangled.

Police rescue abused and neglected animals

Five arrested for illegally abusing and hunting a porcupine

When Border Patrol officers and volunteers searched the suspicious backpack in the backseat of their car, they found the lifeless porcupine.

The porcupine, taken from the backpack, November 14, 2020.