חוק להסדרת הפיקוח על כלבים (תיקון מס' 6 – הוראת שעה – חרבות ברזל) (תיקון), התשפ"ה-2024Law for the Regulation of Supervision of Dogs (Amendment No. 6 – temporary provision – Operation Swords of Iron) (Amendment), 2024 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

The Law extends the validity of the temporary provision intended to address the phenomenon of stray dogs that entered the State's territory from the Gaza Strip due to the breach of the border fence and the Iron Swords War. According to the temporary provision, a municipal veterinarian is authorized to order the euthanasia of a dog caught within a range of up to 20 kilometers from the border fence surrounding the Gaza Strip, with respect to which the conditions specified in the temporary provision are met, four days from the date of its transfer to the pound ("authority's den" in the language of the Law), and not later than ten days from that date as set out in the original Law. The temporary provision was valid until 30 November 2024, and the Law extends its validity until 31 March 2025. In addition, the Law changes the date set in the Law for the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security to report to the Economic Affairs Committee on the implementation of the temporary provision, so that instead of a month after the end of the temporary provision period, the Minister shall report to the Committee on the implementation of the temporary provision no later than 31 December 2024, and at an additional date close to the end of the validity of the temporary provision, as extended, no later than 16 March 2025.

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What was said in the plenum

The bill seeks to extend a temporary provision allowing the shortening of the waiting period before euthanizing stray, ownerless dogs that entered from the Gaza territories (and, under certain conditions, also from Lebanon) following the Iron Swords war, from ten days to four, due to concerns for public health and safety. The second and third reading discussion focused on whether there is a factual justification for continuing the mass euthanasia of dogs, on the Ministry of Agriculture's failure to transfer information and budgets, and on the existence of alternative humane solutions; a significant portion of the first-reading speeches also included issues not directly related to the law, such as the hostages, the situation in the north and south, and internal political matters.

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An automatic summary of the plenum transcripts: the debate on the bill at every reading it was voted on. Arguments are given as the speakers made them; this is not an assessment. The list of speakers comes from the transcript, without a model. Transcripts of the sittings: 1, 2

Reservations to the second reading

10 reservations were filed: proposed changes to the text the committee brought to the second and third reading.

The reservations filed to Section 1 sought to postpone the start date of the temporary provision and to change the conditions authorizing the ministry to euthanize dangerous dogs, including setting distances, time periods, a mandatory adoption check, prevention of suffering, a right of appeal, and expanding consultation with additional parties; no reservations were filed to Sections 2 and 3.

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By faction

• Yesh Atid opposition · 10 reservations · 24 members

A joint reservation counts for every faction whose members filed it.

Asked to speak: Benjamin Gantz (National Unity), Gadi Eisenkot (National Unity), Pnina Tameno (National Unity), Chili Tropper (National Unity), Michael Mordechai Biton (National Unity), Matan Kahana (National Unity), Orit Farkash Hacohen (National Unity), Alon Schuster (National Unity)

Proposers and reservation numbers are extracted automatically from the committee version, and the count is checked against the numbers printed in it. The descriptions are an automatic summary. Committee version for the second and third reading (PDF)