Animal welfare legislation is a relatively new phenomenon in Israel. While the Penal Code of 1977 prohibited animal abuse, it included no enforcement provisions. It was only in 1994 that the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament, enacted two laws specifically designed to safeguard animal welfare: The Animal Welfare (Animal Protection) Law (hereinafter, “the Animal Protection Law”) and the Animal Welfare (Animal Experimentation) Law (hereinafter, “the Animal Experimentation Law”), both initiated by MK Abraham Poraz. CHAI had urged … Teljes cikk »