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• 2021 09 15 TIR is pleased: Berne bans underground hunting

  ... wild animal suffer from significant injuries or are sometimes killed. This hunting method is particularly cruel because foxes and badgers are attacked in their refuges where they raise their young.TIR has been campaigning for the abolition of underground hunting for many years. In 2012, it published an expert report on underground hunting in volume 10 of its book series “Schriften zum Tier im Recht” (Publications on the animal in the law). In its expert report, TIR concludes that this hunting method clearly qualifies as animal cruelty according to the Animal Welfare Act. Nonetheless, this h...

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• Foundation Board

  ...he foundation board from 2018 to 2023)Attorney-at-law and owner of Santschi & Felber JustizKommunikation GmbHChristian Flückiger (on the foundation board from 1996 to 2020, deceased in 2020)Attorney-at-law and notary in BerneProf. Dr. nat. Alexander Zehnder (on the foundation board from 2006 to 2013) Professor for environmental biotechnology and former president of the ETH board.Dr. iur. Antoine F. Goetschel (on the foundation board from 2007 to 2010) Attorney-at-law in Zurich (Höschgasse Consultants), former attorney-at-law for animal welfare in criminal matters (animal lawyer) of the can...

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• Library

  Library - Online Database The database of the TIR library contains about 24'000 books, essays, and movies on the animal within the law, ethics, and society. All listed works are also physically available at TIR's office. The TIR library is a reference library. Copying facilities are available. Opening hours: Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. till 12 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. till 5:30 p.m. (or upon request). In order to visit us, please contact us beforehand: Tel. +41 (0)43 443 06 43.New additions will be available on the Swiss Library Service Platform (SLSP) from January 2026.

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• 2022 06 03 TIR Library Newsletter: Selected Reading Tip

  ...ing how milk became an integral part of our Western diet and how dairy marketing is organized around the world. The enormous growth of the milk market also changed how animals are reared - with devastating consequences for the animals involved.As a result of the highly mechanized industry, cows have... ...farmers also suffer from this relentless industrialization, as they are no longer able to cope with its demands. Thomas Stollwerk's book offers a nuanced insight into this problem. Selective breeding has turned dairy cows into high-performance machines with a milk yield that has far exceeded the qua...

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• 2016 01 21 TIR at the Washington Convention on Protected Species (CITES)

  ...otected species met from January 11-15, 2016. Around 500 representatives of governments and organizations discussed matters relating to the regulation of the international trade in endangered animal and plant species. Many animal species are endangered or threatened by extinction due to growing inte... ...CITES conference as an observer. The 66th meeting of the standing committee was a preparation for the member state conference in Johannesburg this coming September (the so-called CoP) where all member states will be represented and will decide on modifications of the Annexes regarding possible scali...

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• 2024 02 07 Lack of fire protection measures on livestock farming - TIR calls for clear legal provisions

  ... already be derived from existing animal protection regulations. For example, anyone who keeps or cares for animals must provide them with the accommodation necessary for their welfare. Furthermore, the animal keeper must immediately rectify any defects in facilities that affect the well-being of th... ...tle needlessly died an agonising death in a fire on a farm near Lausanne. In view of the forthcoming revision of the Animal Welfare Ordinance, we will once again address the urgently needed measures as part of the consultation process.

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• Species conservation

  ... strictly separated from each other from a legal point of view. There is no federal act on species conservation and all relevant provisions can be found in various federal laws, such as the Nature and Cultural Heritage Protection Act and its corresponding ordinance. Also, there are provisions regarding species conservation in the hunting and fisheries laws. Due to the transnational nature of species conservation, Switzerland is also a party to several important international species conservation conventions. The Washington Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna a...

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• 2021 01 11 Hands off wildlife attractions

  ...Wild animals suffer from constantly being touched by tourists.” With its latest campaign, the Stiftung für das Tier im Recht (TIR; Foundation for the Animal in the Law) aims to draw attention to the extreme suffering of animals caused by tourist attractions with wildlife. The expressive images were designed by the renowned creative agency Ruf Lanz, with whom TIR has been successfully collaborating for many years. January 11, 2021 The global corona pandemic shows the urgent need for action regarding our treatment of wildlife quite plainly. Wild animals are exploited in many ways, including for ...

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• 2025 04 04 TIR Library Newsletter: Our Book Recommendation

  ...fascinating stories from the beginnings of research into animal voices to the use of current digital technology. Animals that were previously considered mute in science because the sounds and vibrations they emit cannot be detected by the human ear are now finally being heard thanks to digital support. However, what new acoustic technologies are bringing to light is nothing new for many indigenous peoples, as they also have ways of capturing and analysing non-human sounds and using them to their advantage. Thanks to so-called passive acoustic monitoring (PAM), which collects data from three-di...

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• Cantonal Dog Laws

  ...s and humans. Apart from the animal welfare-oriented provisions in the federal animal welfare legislation, most cantons have incorporated further regulations in individual dog laws. However, these do not primarily aim at protecting dogs, but rather at protecting humans from dogs. Due to the high density of regulations within Switzerland, it is important that every dog owner knows the legislation of the canton they live in as well as that of other cantons, because they are subject to the law of the canton they are in at the moment, even if they are only passing through.In order to facilitate or...

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