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• 2021 04 02 Egg consumption reaches new high – animal welfare lags behind

  ...relocated abroad in case of a ban. In this context, the Federal Council refers to the alternative methods for sex determination and destruction of the “male” eggs before hatching and considers it sensible to maintain the current system of killing the live animals until the new methods of sex determination in the egg are widely applicable. From an animal welfare perspective, the Federal Council's argumentation is unacceptable, because in no way can the purely commercial interests put forward justify the suffering of the animals. This practice constitutes a systematic disregard for animal d...

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• 2024 11 18 TIR explains the legal and practical reality of Swiss pig farming

  ... been identified to date.It is therefore part of the often concealed reality of industrial Swiss pig farming that sometimes apathetic, maladjusted, sometimes sick and injured animals have to live in filthy and excrement-smeared concrete pens with very little daylight and very little opportunity for ... ...er - just as is the case with us humans. TIR appeals to all consumers - especially in view of the festive season - to be well informed and to shop in an animal-friendly way. It calls on legislators and regulators to finally enact legal provisions that are geared towards the needs of animals and do n...

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• Projects

  ...analyzes the entire case material of the previous year and presents the results in a detailed report on the developments and tendencies in the Swiss animal welfare-related penal practice.Experience has shown that TIR has been able to reach a vast public through the media with its profound annual ana... ...regularly quoted in court decisions.So far 23 volumes have already been published and we expect to add another two to three per year. Each publication has a print run of 100 to 300 copies and comprises 50 to 400 pages.Link to TIR's series (in German) TIR ShopSupport this project International Wil...

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• 2024 08 28 TIR gives a talk at the Animal Rights Law Summer School in Antwerp

  ...n represent them in court. Participants were also given a comprehensive overview of animal law as a legal discipline and were able to familiarise themselves with the various theories of animal law. Furthermore, the students had the opportunity to defend their animal clients as lawyers in a moot court in front of a professional jury (the moot court was organised in cooperation with the World Moot on International Law and Animal Rights).The Summer School was organised by Dr Eva Bernet Kempers (postdoctoral researcher in Animal Law at the University of Antwerp and Junior Research Associate at the...

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• Swiss animal welfare law: not as good as Swiss chocolate

  ...cent of animals die before slaughter. In addition, almost all laying hens suffer bone fractures as a result of calcium deficiency and often develop inflammation of the fallopian tubes.As part of egg production in Switzerland, around 3.5 million male chicks are gassed every year on their first day of... ...bly in the specific case. From the point of view of animal welfare, such misjudgements are all the more precarious as veterinary authorities regularly only issue a ban on keeping animals if there is a conviction for an animal cruelty offence - although this is not a mandatory requirement. In additio...

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• 2017 11 29 TIR demands an import ban on products obtained by cruelty to animals - Council of States rejects proposal

  ...se what products to buy in the midst of a "label jungle" consisting of an increasing number of positive and negative declarations which are largely euphemistic in nature. The declaration requirement clearly fails to adequately address the problem because it does not prevent products obtained from animal cruelty from being sold and traded in Switzerland. An import ban, on the other hand, would have benefited animals directly As far as fur products are concerned, the declaration requirement that has been in place since 2014 has not led to the desired reduction in imports. Due to the desi...

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• 2017 03 21 Tierimrecht.org now available in English!

  ...iendly 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 part of our website content is therefore now available in English. Due to the high density and complexity of the TIR website, it is not possible to translate all texts in English. However, little by little, we are working on ma...

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• 2007 02 19 European Animal Welfare Law Conference in Brussels about "Animal Welfare in Constitutions"

  ...conference with the official title "Constitutional and Legislative Aspects of Animal Welfare in Europe – The Animal Welfare Action Plan as a Political and Legislative Challenge" was organized by "Vier Pfoten International" in Brussel's Europian Quarter and represented a platform for animal welfare law experts from the institutions and different member states of the European Union. The meeting aroused noticeable public interest and was also followed by exponents of the European Commission – the most important authority for legislation within the EU – and several members of the European Parliame...

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• 2019 05 20 TIR pleased over Basel vote against "Ozeanium"

  ...es even outside the official hunting season using highly unethical hunting methods. Further information: News release of October 22, 2018: TIR supports referendum against the construction of the Ozeanium in Basel

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• 2010 10 26 Stiftung für das Tier im Recht at the international congress on responsible dog ownership in Brussels

  ...ussels to accept an official thank you for its support and was represented by director Gieri Bolliger and legal advisor Vannessa Gerritsen. The conference was also an ideal occasion to establish international relations in order to achieve common purposes, offer each other mutual support, and respond to the legal challenges of various EU issues.

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