After Agriculture Ministry allows pilot program at farm to cage chickens intended for meat industry, video appears to disprove claims it will cut suffering

Appeal forms part of nationwide campaign to stop hunting 'for sport' and increase fines for illegal hunting

In its first ever debate on issue, committee told of dreadful breeding conditions, lack of data and enforcement; thousands of abandoned animals put to sleep

Man held hostages on bus for over 12 hours; after call, President Zelenskiy posts clip urging Ukrainians to watch 'Earthlings,' a 2005 documentary narrated by Joaquin Phoenix

Yotvata project will allow female calves to stay with mothers until weaning -- but male calves will still be separated, sent off for fattening and slaughter

Rights group Animals Now charges that key to improving livestock conditions is transferring responsibility from Agriculture Ministry to Environmental Protection Ministry

New video footage of cows who made it through the flames and were sent to Eilat draws fresh criticism of intense suffering endured during live shipping

Nearly 700,000 animals shipped from Australia and Europe for fattening and slaughter; Knesset bill to stop live transports halted by absence of functioning government

Thousands have joined political parties in time for September 17 vote, aiming to leverage the animal rights community's growing social presence into political power that bites

Rights advocates call practice 'shocking and disturbing' after video emerges of workers unloading surviving animals with electric prodders