An opinion poll was held among the citizens of the Medinat Yeudi Hadash haBeiteynu. The subject of the opinion poll was The government's policy regarding the keeping of endangered animals. When asked what their opinions were, the following choices were made:
| Percentage | Choice |
| 19.88% | Keeping endangered animals, or trading therein, is forbidden. |
| 10.80% | Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep endangered animals; all other forms of keeping or trading in endangered animals are forbidden. |
| 16.80% | Everyone may keep endangered animals, but the trade in, and the ownership of, endangered animals is strictly regulated by the government to prevent their extinction in the wild. |
| 39.43% | Everyone may keep endangered animals, without any restrictions whatsoever. |
| 13.09% | Local governments decide about this. |