Before you phone — if you are in Israel and you are phoning because...

    You lost your companion animal

    You found an injured animal, or your animal is injured

    You found a lost or homeless dog or kitten

    You saw an abused cat or dog

    You saw an abused horse

    You need information about low-cost spaying and neutering

    You want to bring an animal to Israel with you

    You want to take an animal out of Israel with you

    You lost your companion animal

• Make a poster with your companion animal's photo, description, and your telephone number, and put it up throughout the area where the animal was lost. Do not put your animal's name on the poster, as this may help the wrong type of person to gain control of him or her. The poster could say: LOST DOG (or CAT), brown and black Beagle-mix, or orange tabby, for example. Include any medical issue such as "diabetic – requires medication," and a number to call. Make sure there is an answering machine to take messages at that number.
   

• Email the poster to everyone you know who lives or works in the area where the animal was lost, and ask them to forward it to others.
   

• Post the animal's information on animal-related forums, in Tapuz and Nana, for example (Tapuz and Nana forums are in Hebrew):

http://www.tapuz.co.il/tapuzforum/main/forumpage.asp?id=360 (animal rights forum)

http://www.tapuz.co.il/forums2008/forumPage.aspx?forumId=16 (cat forum)

http://www.tapuz.co.il/forums2008/forumPage.aspx?forumId=708 (dog forum)

http://forums.nana10.co.il/Forum/?ForumID=1935 (Nana companion animals forum)

http://forums.nana10.co.il/Forum/?ForumID=2028 (Nana cats forum)

• Post the animal's information with services that record lost animals:

Emergency Search — an information service at veterinarians' clinics and pet stores that lists reports of lost animals: 03-6136677

"Moked chai" — a 24-hour service that lists lost animals: 03-6485959

Animal shelters (such as the SPCA in Tel Aviv: 03-5136500) and municipal pounds in your area

Following is a listing of some municipal pounds:

Tel Aviv 03-6990362, 03-6990533

Rishon LeZion 03-9641108

Ramat HaSharon 03-5496623

Ramat Gan, Givatayim, Bnei Brak 03-6312222

Ra'anana 09-7431425

Petach Tikva 03-9393647

Netanya 09-8333837

Lod-Ramla 08-9255127

Jerusalem 02-5816576, 02-5827542

Herzliya 09-9554027

Haifa 04-9561315

Hadera 04-6331675

Ahisemeh 050-5799228

To identify the municipal veterinarian for any area not listed above, click the following link and type the city, town, village, or regional council you are seeking information about. The name of the relevant veterinarian will appear:

http://www.vtr.moag.gov.il/vtr/DogCenter/search_rofe.asp (Hebrew)

    You found an injured animal, or your animal is injured

Take the animal to a veterinarian. See below for a list of clinics open evenings, weekends, and holidays:

Gush Dan veterinarian on duty (Geha junction), 03-9232020. Weekends and holidays, open 24 hours. Offers a 66% discount for homeless animals (call first to ask if the discount is still in effect).

Be'er Sheva Veterinary Hospital (Tel Sheva junction), 08-6460514

Beit Dagan Veterinary Hospital (connected to Israel's Veterinary School), 03-9688588

Hakfar Hayarok veterinarian on duty, 03-6495050

Herzliya Medical Center, Ben Gurion Street #26, 1-800-380080

Ramat Gan Animal Medical Center (Dr. Sheiner), Habonim Street #5 (Sat. 10:00-12:00, 17:00-19:00), 03-7527778

Ramat Gan Companion Animal Medical Center (Dr. Smadar Tal), Arlozerov Street #52. (Sat 10:00-14:00), 03-6734407

    You found a lost or homeless kitten or dog without ID

• Have the animal examined and treated by a veterinarian. Particularly in the case of puppies and kittens, it is critical that they be properly dewormed, for example. Keep the animal indoors until you are able to find him or her a permanent home.
   

• Post notices showing the animal's photo and description and your contact number throughout the area where he or she was found.
   

• Email photos and a description of the animal to everyone you know, and ask them to forward the information to others.
   

• Post the animal's photos and description on forums in Tapuz and Nana (Hebrew):

http://www.tapuz.co.il/tapuzforum/main/forumpage.asp?id=360 (animal rights forum)

http://www.tapuz.co.il/forums2008/forumPage.aspx?forumId=16 (cat forum)

http://www.tapuz.co.il/forums2008/forumPage.aspx?forumId=708 (dog forum)

http://forums.nana10.co.il/Forum/?ForumID=1935 (Nana companion animals forum)

http://forums.nana10.co.il/Forum/?ForumID=2028 (Nana cats forum)
  

• Ask animal shelters if you can bring the animal to their adoption days.

   You saw an abused cat or dog

• Contact the municipal veterinarian of the area where you saw the animal. If he or she does not promise to do something immediately, fax or email a description of what you saw to the veterinarian, providing as many details as possible about the location, day, and time at which the event occurred and about the abuser.

To identify the municipal veterinarian for any area, click the following link and type the city, town, village, or regional council you are seeking information about. The name of the relevant veterinarian will appear:

http://www.vtr.moag.gov.il/vtr/DogCenter/search_rofe.asp (Hebrew)
 

• Fax or email a copy of your letter to Dganit Ben-Dov, DVM, the Veterinary Services official in charge of enforcing the Animal Protection Law, and leave a message on her answering machine at 03-9688901, explaining that you also sent her a fax or email. Fax (preferred method) 03-9681661, email dganitb@moag.gov.il. If you send an email rather than a fax to Dr. Ben-Dov, please write REPORT OF ANIMAL ABUSE in the subject line.
   

• If you do not receive a response, do not assume the matter has been taken care of. Call both the municipal veterinarian and Dr. Ben-Dov until the matter is attended to properly. The animals depend on you!

    You saw an abused horse

Please leave a message with the details of what you saw and where you saw it, and your contact information, at Hakol Chai's number: 03-6241640. Please also contact Dr. Mildenberg Zvia, the person in charge of horses at the Ministry of Agriculture: phone 03-9681695, fax 03-9681788, email zviami@moag.gov.il

    You need information about low-cost spaying and neutering

Ask your municipal veterinarian or your local animal shelter if either offers low-cost services.

To identify the municipal veterinarian for any area, click the following link and type the city, town, village, or regional council you are seeking information about. The name of the relevant veterinarian will appear:

http://www.vtr.moag.gov.il/vtr/DogCenter/search_rofe.asp (Hebrew)

    You want to bring an animal to Israel with you

For information, see: http://www.vetserveng.moag.gov.il/VetServENG/travel.htm (English)

    You want to take an animal out of Israel with you

Dr. Shlomo Ganzi at Beit Dagan (Veterinary Teaching Hospital), 03-968-1649 or 03-968-8986, is in charge of issuing certificates for companion animals leaving Israel. He will have a list of veterinarians around the country who can also issue these certificates. If you are unable to get through, the general Beit Dagan number is 03-968-8588.

 

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