The state relies on nonprofits it doesn't want to fund
A Globes report reveals that Israel is freezing an annual budget of 4.5 million shekels for animal welfare organizations, despite relying on them to care for confiscated and abandoned animals. The Finance Ministry places the responsibility on the Ministry of Environmental Protection.
The article claims that the state relies on animal welfare organizations but is unwilling to properly fund them. This year, as revealed by Globes, the annual budget of the fund for these organizations, amounting to 4.5 million shekels, was not transferred without any prior notice. The Finance Ministry's response stated that there is no budgetary obstacle to transferring the money, and the issue depends on the 'internal prioritization' of the Ministry of Environmental Protection. The author, Tomer Shamai, defines this as a logical and moral failure: the state transfers confiscated, injured, and abandoned animals to the organizations, knowing it has no alternative system, but shirks responsibility for basic funding for treatments, food, and maintenance. He emphasizes that this is a symptom of a systemic problem, not a bureaucratic mistake.