The city’s chief rabbi, Mordechai Malka, signed the edict, which also said that the term “bad dog” means “any dog, for it barks on whomever it does not know and because of its bark it is a bad dog even if does not bite”.
People who keep dogs for medical needs should appear before the local rabbinical court so it may rule on their matter, the edict said.
The Talmud and the 12th-century sage Maimonides, or the Rambam, frequently regard dogs as dangerous and unclean.
In 2016, Tel Aviv declared itself the friendliest world city for dogs, claiming the most canines per capita of any city in the world.
