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2016 08 10 TIR files complaint against Circus Royal for animal dignity violation
...of animals but also their dignity. Dignity protection, which is also enshrined in the Constitution, grants animals an inherent worth and implies that they do not primarily exist for human interests but for their own sake. That is why the Animal Welfare Act also protects animals from humiliation and ... ...tricks.The focus is on demonstrating human dominance over wild animals. First, the trainer uses a whip and a stick to make the lions appear to show aggression and then he switches to patting and scratching the animals, thereby degrading them to cuddly toys with no will of their own. The questiona...
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2018 11 22 Animal welfare-related penal practice 2017: TIR analysis shows substantial differences in enforcement as well as a significant decrease in the number of animal welfare-related criminal proceedings and takes a closer look at animal welfare offen
...ar focus was placed on animal welfare provisions governing pig husbandry and the corresponding penal practice. It was found that the well-being and dignity of pigs are hardly given any legal considera... ...n of Basel-Stadt (0.26 cases per 10'000 inhabitants), the canton of Ticino (0.48 cases per 10'000 inhabitants), the canton of Jura (0.82 cases per 10'000 inhabitants), the canton of Geneva (0.83 cases... ...ervision of dogs by their owners and 15.8% of the cases related to a failure to provide a certificate of competence by dog owners. As in previous years, the average fine imposed for violations of the ...
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2017 11 16 Animal welfare-related penal practice 2016: TIR analysis shows massive differences between the cantons in the prosecution of animal welfare-related offenses and also practically inexistent law enforcement in the field of poultry farming
...welfare regulations on poultry farming and the related penal practice. It turns out that the welfare and dignity of chickens are hardly taken into account on a legal level. November 16, 2017 Throughout Switzerland, the number of animal welfare-related criminal proceedings has almost quadrupled over ... ...ative structures of their police and prosecution offices and to greater awareness and willingness among the general public to report animal welfare-related crimes. However, in some cantons, such as Basel-Country, Freiburg, and Glarus, the number of cases remained very low or even declined compared t...
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2017 11 29 TIR demands an import ban on products obtained by cruelty to animals - Council of States rejects proposal
...mands an import ban on products obtained by cruelty to animals - Council of States rejects proposal Today, the Council of States rejected the proposal of National Council member Matthias Aebischer (from the SP party/Berne) for an import ban on products obtained by cruelty to animals by 37 to 4 votes... ... seller cares about their products' origin.A legal analysis by TIR showed that a ban on the import of fur obtained by cruelty to animals complies both with the rules of the WTO and with Switzerland's obligations towards its trading partners. TIR considers that the exemption provided for in the WTO i...
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2018 06 29 TIR disappointed by the decision of the Federal Supreme Court: The DBT is denied party rights in animal welfare-related criminal proceedings
...ted narrowly. Based on this, it considers the DBT to be insufficiently integrated into a public administration, as it was free to select the content of its work and financially independent of the Canton of Bern in exercising its party rights. According to the Supreme Court there was therefore insuff... ...exandra Spring, for their many years of competent work for the welfare of animals!
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2017 12 12 High Court of Zurich convicts pigeon breeder of disregarding animal dignity
...ding animal dignity On December 11, 2017, the High Court of Zurich convicted a pigeon breeder on multiple counts of deliberate animal cruelty. In March 2011, the latter had prepared a so-called "kamikaze pigeon" with the intention of poisoning a bird of prey. The High Court confirmed the accusation ... ... meaning of article 26 paragraph 1 litera b of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) as well as of deliberate and unnecessary overexertion of the pigeon by exposing it to massive stress when locking it out of the pigeon loft. In this context, the prosecutor even spoke of "abandonment" of the pigeon (aban...
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Fisheries Legislation
Fisheries legislation Legislation Fisheries Legislation The fisheries legislation regulates the catching of live fish and other marine animals. The Federal Fisheries Act aims to preserve, improve or, where possible, restore the natural biodiversity and population of indigenous fish, crustaceans and fish feed as well as their habitats, to protect endangered species and breeds of fish and crustaceans, to ensure the sustainable use of fish and crustacean stocks and to promote fishery research. All federal and cantonal laws in this field can be found on the German version of this page.
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2016 03 16 20 Years Tier im Recht – TIR celebrates its anniversary and bestows TIR Animal Law Award for the first time
... time Looking back on its efforts and achievements for the legal protection of animals since 1996, yesterday, Tier im Recht (TIR) celebrated its 20th anniversary and for the first time awarded the international "TIR Animal Law Award" for outstanding achievements in the field of animal welfare law. ... ...or institutions for their outstanding achievements in the field of national or international animal welfare law. The first recipient of the TIR Animal Law Award is the Center for Animal Law Studies (CALS) in Portland (Oregon/USA). CALS is regarded as the world's epicenter for training animal welfar...
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2016 04 28 TIR is pleased with the success of Zimbabwe's Rangers
...otection of rangers on the ground who regularly risk their lives for species and nature conservation. In numerous African countries, the efforts against poaching are poorly organized. Many rangers, for example, are appointed to anti-poaching-units that lack adequate equipment and proper training. It is not rare for rangers to get injured or even killed during work or they are simply incapable of preventing poachers from carrying out their illegal activity. This is where Bryce Clemence comes in: he ensures that the National Park rangers are optimally trained, because without them, he is certain...
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Animal Welfare Legislation
... from violations of their dignity and welfare. The legislation includes a number of laws, such as the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) and the Animal Welfare Ordinance (AWO), which specifies the AWA. Then there are a number of further ordinances based on the AWA regarding various animal welfare aspects, such as the slaughtering of animals, training in animal husbandry, the keeping of livestock and domestic animals, the keeping of wild animals, as well as the keeping of animals intended for research and the production of genetically modified animals. Moreover, all cantons have implementation laws for t...