Animal abuse

Marine researchers rescue sea turtle tangled in fishing line off the coast of Caesarea

Shortly after the team rescued the turtle, it was transported to the National Sea Turtle Rescue Center to receive treatment.

|ByZOE WIRGIN
Sea turtle rescued from fishing lines off the coast of Caesarea.
IDF, Israel Police rescue two gazelle fawns during weapons raid in West Bank, July 7, 2026.

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.

|BySHIR PERETS
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

A majority of the dogs were microchipped, and many were found to have been killed by gunshots, police confirmed after forensic testing.

|BySHIR PERETS
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

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

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.

NOVEMBER 15, 2020BySARAH BEN-NUN
The porcupine, taken from the backpack, November 14, 2020.

Tal Gilboa's lifelong mission: Fighting for animal rights

Tal Gilboa is willing to go to great lengths for a cause she believes in

OCTOBER 29, 2020ByHANNAH GAL
Tal Gilboa greets a bovine friend at a dairy farm in Kibbutz Givat Chaim Meuchad

American oleh suspect in dog abuse case has detention extended

Just an hour after a video went viral, a mob of 200 people gathered outside Morrison's private residence in Bat Yam.

OCTOBER 8, 2020ByTOBIAS SIEGAL, AARON REICH
The dog is seen being treated in an Agricultre Ministry facility after he was rescued from an abusive home in Bat Yam.

Man receives active prison sentence for abusing a dog, causing its death

"Anyone who harms an animal will eventually harm human beings, and the defendant's actions depict a brutality that's full of hatred towards dogs, human's best friend since the dawn of history."

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020ByTOBIAS SIEGAL
Bobe, a dog, was orphaned after his mother was crushed by debris during the American raid on Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s compound in northern Syria

Animal-rights NGO persuades El Al to stop shipping hunting trophies

LA resident Aaron Raby will no longer be able to use El Al to fly his hunting trophies to the US after the airline joined 40 other carriers in similar ban

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020ByHAGAY HACOHEN
Elephant being killed by a hunter on a trip in South Africa, El Al decided to join other airlines and not fly hunting trophies. The US leads the world with 650,000 hunting trophies flown to it every year.

WHO: Live animal exports could spread 'ghastly disease,' must stop

"I think it's getting to a stage where it can't be safe and it's not nice you see the suffering of animals."

AUGUST 12, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A calf in a live animal transport

North Carolina bear marked with 'Trump 2020' sticker

A $5,000 reward was offered for any information on who placed a Trump campaign ad on a bear.

AUGUST 4, 2020ByAARON REICH
A bear

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.

JULY 31, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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Animal rights activists in Cologne deface city's Holocaust memorial

The protesters, seeking to protest against factory farming methods and draw public attention, painted the memorial with red dye to simulate blood.

JULY 16, 2020ByTOBIAS SIEGAL
A wandering Jew started his traumatic World War II journey in Cologne. A general view of the left bank of the Rhine in Cologne in 1993

Dogs found in illegal enclosure near Haifa, recused by police

The dogs were found neglected in substandard living conditions

JULY 9, 2020ByOMRI RON
A dog is seen eating food left for it by a volunteer at a landfill in Arad. Its body is covered in wounds from fights for scraps of food in the garbage-filled landfill.