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Earlier this year, Gila Gamliel, the then Minister of Environmental Protection, approved the regulations we have been promoting to stop fur for fashion once and for all – a move that saves innumerable animals from the cruel reality of the fur industry. This historic achievement made headlines worldwide and makes Israel the first nation-state to ban the sale of fur for fashion!

We fought on every stage for a ban on cages in the egg industry. We accompanied Agriculture Minister Oded Forer on a tour of egg-laying chicken facilities, during which he promised to promote regulations halting the construction of caged facilities. We took part in a discussion on the subject in the Knesset (Israeli parliament)’s Education Committee and joined the committee’s tour of the facilities. We managed to help get bills introduced that ban keeping chickens in cages. At the same time, as part of an international coalition to promote corporate responsibility, we worked with companies to remove eggs from cages from supply chains. The fight to end the cage age goes on – until the last chicken is freed from the confines of these cages.

We also took action to stop cages in the meat industry – we successfully blocked funding for a chicken experiment from an animal welfare budget designed to protect animals. We are taking legal action to find out what exactly was planned in this experiment and to stop further deterioration in the conditions that chickens have to endure in the meat industry.

This year, seven bills were submitted to stop live shipments, which Animals Now promotes in parliament and various government departments. The bills were introduced at the initiative of Knesset members Yasmin Fridman, Mossi Raz, Alon Tal, Sharren Haskel, Miki Zohar, Ibtisam Mara’ana, Naama Lazimi, and others who joined from across the political spectrum.

In an unprecedented investigation of live shipments, we revealed the living nightmare that animals endure both during their journey and once they reach land. The unbearable treatment continues as animals are unloaded from ships at Israeli ports, at quarantine stations, in fattening pens, on trucks – at every single step of their journey, including the final drive to the slaughterhouse. Footage from the investigation was broadcast in the main edition of N12 News, and following our findings, our Legal Department has filed 17 complaints of criminal offenses.

This year we also went to the High Court after the Ministry of Agriculture failed to deal with previous complaints we had filed about animal cruelty offenses. Following the petition, the ministry claimed that these cases had been closed, but we will continue to fight for the offenders to be prosecuted.

Before the elections, Animals Now and Let the Animals Live held the Political Animal panel, attended by political candidates from 8 different parties and moderated by journalist Ran Binyamini. 600 viewers attended via Zoom, and many thousands more joined on social media. We heard lots of very positive statements, and we’re now working hard to make these promises a reality.

Our investigative team carried out an in-depth investigation to expose the reality of the industry behind the family-friendly image of the tourist attraction “Ducks in the Village”. Following this eye-opening investigation, we filed complaints about both animal cruelty offenses and environmental offenses, and we are working hard to close the place.

Our investigative team toured dozens of factory farms, and our legal department filed about 30 complaints of abuse found at these facilities. These reports have been filed to both the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Environmental Protection.

And this year finally saw the conviction of those involved in animal cruelty offenses in the sheep milk industry, following our 2017 investigation.

In the run-up to the UN Food Systems Summit, we helped draw up the document submitted by Israel for a sustainable food strategy. Thanks to our involvement, the strategy includes the major commitment to reduce animal protein consumption to the level recommended by the Ministry of Health by 2030 – this means cutting meat consumption by about 50%!! The plan includes a budget for the development of plant proteins, taxation of environmentally harmful foods, goals for the reduction of fishing, and more. We are now working hard to implement the strategy, along with other members of a coalition for the promotion of a plant-based diet run by the umbrella organization, Life & Environment. Earlier this year, we also met with the Minister of Environmental Protection, Tamar Zandberg, and she announced that the Ministry would no longer serve meat at their events!

We filed a petition in the High Court after our complaints about violations of the Animal Cruelty Act in fish farms were left unaddressed. Following the petition, the Ministry of Agriculture claimed these cases were closed – but we filed an appeal and will continue to stand up for them. Our social media campaign #LetTheFishSwim was a huge success again this year, and more and more people are opening their hearts to the suffering of fish.