Animals (Israeli organization)

Animals Now (formerly Anonymous for Animal Rights) is an animal rights group based in Israel and founded in 1994. It focuses on exposing cruelty in factory farms, promoting legislation to protect animals, and raising public awareness.[1][2] In 2012, Animals Now, together with another organization, petitioned the Supreme Court of Israel to close a Tnuva slaughterhouse due to cruelty to animals.[3]

Anonymous For Animal Rights activists march in Tel Aviv, 2011

Notable achievements
  • One of the organization's first major campaigns, against force feeding of geese and ducks, have led to court ruling effectively outlawing force feeding in Israel in 2003.[4] The ban took effect in 2006. After that, the organization continued to pursue legal action against farmers that continued illegally to force feed geese.
  • The organization campaigned against keeping calves isolated in individual crates, which do not allow them to move, and against withholding water from calves - both considered standard practices in the veal industry. The campaign led to court ruling outlawing these practices in Israel in 2005.[5]
  • In 2014, the organization launched "Challenge 22", a program to introduce people to a vegan lifestyle with support from nutritionists and counselors. Among the program participants were MK Tamar Zandberg and MK Sharren Haskel, both of which became vegans following their participation. After the program's initial launch in Israel, it was also launched internationally.[6]
  • Several covert investigations conducted by the organization were broadcast on prime time television, exposing animal abuse in Israel's major meat producing companies, such as Tnuva and Soglowek, Dabah Salah & Sons, and Haifa Slaughterhouse. In some cases, the investigations have led to criminal charges and indictment against workers who were caught abusing animals and to temporary shutdowns of slaughterhouses.[7]
  • The organization cooperated with PETA to expose animal abuse on south american slaughterhouses that export meat to Israel.[8]
  • The organization led a campaign against the use of animals in circuses, which resulted in a nation-wide ban on the use of wild animals in circuses in Israel. Some cities (Tel Aviv, Beersheba and Herzliya) have instituted a ban on the use of domesticated animals as well.

See also
  • Israel and animal welfare

References
  1. "About Us | Animals Now". אנימלס.
  2. "The fighter for Animal Rights – an interview with Animals director, Reut Horn" (in Hebrew). 3 August 2006. Archived from the original on 24 January 2007.
  3. Udasin, Sharon (13 December 2012). "Groups petition court to close Tnuva facility – Enviro-Tech". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  4. "Israel court cans foie gras farms". BBC. 13 August 2003. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  5. Cohen, Amiram (19 September 2005). "Israel court cans foie gras farms". Haaretz. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  6. Chiorando, Maria (9 September 2019). "'Raring To Go Vegan': Challenge 22' Officially Launches In The UK". Plant Based News. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  7. "Haifa slaughterhouse shut down after report on animal abuse". The Times of Israel. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  8. "'Shackle and Hoist' Horror". PETA Investigations. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
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