[5] Projects include: In 2015, the Knesset unanimously passed amendments to the animal welfare law, whose provisions include the creation of a positive duty of care in owners and guardians of animals to prevent abuse and provide for basic needs.
The Kibbutz and police signed a plea bargain in which the perpetrators were fined only 4000 shekels (less than 900 USD).
[9] The law was introduced to meet the standards of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, and prohibits hunting wild animals with traps, snares, nets, and poisons.
[10] In 1994, a new law enforcement policy was enacted to help reduce animal cruelty with police stations instructed to investigate reports.
An education program in the schools was also initiated, with a proposed one hour-a week class discussion.
Of the three, the last is significant because Israel was previously the world's fourth biggest producer of foie gras, but it gave up this major source of income for ethical reasons.
[18][19] In Israel, it is legal to confine hens in battery cages,[18] pigs in gestation crates,[20] and to cut off farm animals' body parts without anesthesia.
The law also imposes fines up to $22,000 for anyone caught selling or buying fur after the ban takes effect.
[31] Though animal activism has been present in Israel since at least the 1980s, with vegetarian campaigns through the 1990s and 2000s,[32] it has grown rapidly only in recent years.
Activists in these protests oppose factory farming and animal testing, chanting "Justice, compassion, veganism" and "Meat is murder".
[35] Their activities include undercover investigations of animal farming operations, vegan outreach, and lobbying for policy reform.
They also implemented the second year of their Challenge22+ initiative, a free program to help people transition to veganism.
[36] 269 is the number given to a calf born on an Israeli dairy farm who was rescued by animal rights activists.
The action provoked the formation of a special investigation team, usually reserved for serious crimes like murder.