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2021 07 16 TIR-Library Newsletter: Our Book Recommendation
...ls as pets and love to cuddle them. At the same time we eat them and wear their skin, feathers, and fur. Dozens of photos and videos of animals suffering on fur farms, confined in cramped cages awaiti... ...show the reality of today's animal use industries, including sheep mulesing, a common procedure in the wool industry, or the deplorable husbandry and breeding conditions as well as killing practices i... ...he first place. The violence inherent in the fashion industry is kept hidden, while the animals' sentience is ignored, or worse, romanticized. These facts should longer be kept a secret. The author re...
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2018 06 21 TIR supports the (anti) factory farming initiative
...nitiative's request to abolish factory farming in Switzerland. June 21, 2018 On June 12, 2018, animal welfare, animal rights and environmental organizations gathered at the Waisenhausplatz in Bern to launch the initiative calling for the abolition of factory farming in Switzerland. Representatives o... ...n of animal dignity today (such as dehorning of cattle, chick shredding, the denial of social bonds, confinement, separation of cows and calves, genetic alterations of animals to speed up growth accompanied by physical and psychological damage, etc.) must no longer be permitted or are to be banned. ...
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2016 08 10 TIR files complaint against Circus Royal for animal dignity violation
...ed an immediate end to the lion act. August 10, 2016 The Swiss Animal Welfare Act protects not only the well-being 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 hum... ...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 questionable act implies that humans are the ruling species that can subjugate and dominate everything as t...
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2023 08 23 TIR speaks at Animal Ethics Summer School in Oxford
...ust 23, 2023 From 7 to 10 August 2023, the Centre for Animal Ethics held its eighth International Summer School at Merton College, University of Oxford. The renowned Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, founded in 2006 by theology professor Andrew Linzey, is an independent institute that promotes the e... ... for Animals: A TIR Case Study". The focus was on the various awareness-raising campaigns created in collaboration with the Ruf Lanz creative agency. The TIR campaigns regularly attract a great deal of public attention and have repeatedly won awards in the past. All TIR campaigns can be found here...
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2018 12 12 TIR attended various international animal welfare conferences in 2018
...ong Kong from May 4 to 5, 2018. Animal welfare law experts from all over the world discussed concepts for strengthening the legal status of animals on a national and international level. Speakers from 20 countries (China, Japan, India, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, S... ..., especially with a view to an independent university subject in the future, in order to cover all aspects of the coexistence of humans and animals. Further information:News release from September 25, 2018 (in German)ProgramEducational Group for Animal Law Studies EGALSInterview with Kevin Schneider...
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2017 12 15 TIR attends meeting of CITES Standing Committee in Geneva
...va from November 27 to December 1, 2017. More than 600 representatives of governments and organizations (IGOs and NGOs) discussed the regulation of international trade in endangered animal and plant species. Many animal species are either endangered or at risk of extinction as a result of the growin... ... oftentimes not the case. Also, it is important to keep in mind that the agreement does not address animal welfare issues. The individual member states are solely responsible for adopting national animal welfare laws and in many countries such regulations simply do not exist. TIR news release from A...
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2019 11 22 TIR submits legal statement on amendment to the Federal Act on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
...tement on amendment to the Federal Act on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora In August, the Federal Department of Home Affairs (FDHA) opened a consultation on the amendment to the Federal Act on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (BGCITES). In its legal statement, the Stiftung für das Tier im Recht (TIR) welcomes the intended tightening of sanctions and introduces additional amendments. In addition, we advocate greater consideration of animal welfare interests within the framework of species protection legislation. Nov...
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2014 01 09 Animal Welfare in Switzerland - constitutional aim, social commitment, and a major challenge
Animal Welfare in Switzerland - constitutional aim, social commitment, and a major challenge Animal Welfare in Switzerland - constitutional aim, social commitment, and a major challenge Vanessa Gerritsen discusses the Swiss animal welfare law from a constitutional point of view and questions the enforcement of the principles of 'sentient beings' and 'dignity'. January 9, 2014 Further information:Published in Global Journal of Animal Law GJAL 1/2013
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2017 03 21 Tierimrecht.org now available in English!
...s therefore pleased to announce that it can now also present important contents of its website in English. March 21, 2017 In the autumn of 2016, TIR launched its new, completely revised website providing better and more user-friendly services. To date, tierimrecht.org has largely limited itself to content in German, which has made it more difficult or even impossible for the large part of "the world" to access the website. However, animal welfare does not stop at language and other barriers and different legal systems should be able to learn from each other and benefit in the process. A large ...