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• 2004 08 31 Science Rules / Germans Want to Save Animals by Suing Scientists

  Science Rules / Germans Want to Save Animals by Suing Scientists Science Rules / Germans Want to Save Animals by Suing Scientists by Martina HabeckThe Scientist, Volume 18, Issue 11 / 55 / June 7, 2004 August 31, 2004 Further information:Article Scientist June 2004

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• 2025 10 31 Visit by international animal welfare pioneers to TIR

  ...al welfare pioneers to TIR In October, the Foundation for Animals in Law (TIR) welcomed two internationally renowned animal welfare pioneers to its library archive: Sue Leary, with over 30 years of commitment to laboratory animals and animal-free research, and Wim DeKok, with around 50 years of expe... .... She has now taken a step back, but is still active in the cause of animals used in research. On one of her trips, she visited us for the second time to search our library archives for older contemporary documents for her work.Another guest was Wim DeKok, founder, co-founder and board member of num...

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• 2024 12 16 TIR calls for a ban on animal transports to high-risk animal welfare countries

  TIR calls for a ban on animal transports to high-risk animal welfare countries Time and again, horrific images of unsustainable conditions during international animal transports reach the public. Most recently, 69 heavily pregnant cattle from Germany died or were senselessly killed at the Turkish border in unimaginable agony, for bureaucratic reasons. The Foundation for the Animal in the Law (TIR)... ... suffer massively  (see TIR-news report of 23 February 2024). The problem is widespread worldwide. But Europe in particular wants to play a pioneering role in animal welfare. Nevertheless, every year ...

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• 2016 04 20 Protecting wild animals from poaching – The fight against the illegal wildlife trade

  ...rought many species to the brink of extinction. In March 2016, the National Assembly called for stricter criminal sanctions against the illegal trade. Tier im Recht (TIR) welcomes this and urges the buyer and transit countries to better mee... ...re it is thought to have healing effects. Rhino horn is now being sold at higher prices than gold. The situation is also tragic for elephants: according to a current survey, an estimated 100'000 elephants were killed by poachers for their i... ...ducted and, even in case of overwhelming proof, they are oftentimes unsuccessfully concluded. Also, not all countries gi...

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• 2020 05 18 TIR analyzes the Federal Council’s rejection of video surveillance in slaughterhouses

  ...inion. May 18, 2020 Hidden video recordings from slaughterhouses in different Swiss cantons have repeatedly brought severe violations against animal welfare to light in the past. The recordings showed for example mistreatment in the form of extremely rough handling of sheep, pigs, calves and other animals as well as painful killing through improper and thus inadequate anesthesia, see for example the two criminal charges against two facilities in the canton of Vaud filed by TIR in October 2018. Between January 2018 and March 2019, the Federal Food Chain Unit (FFCU) conducted a nationwide invest...

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• 2018 08 07 How well-meaning volunteers working in Africa unintentionally support dubious animal farms

  ... Africa are advised to take special care when selecting projects and to avoid, by all means, farms that offer hunts. August 7, 2018 More and more peop... ...claim that the cubs have been rejected by their mothers and promise volunteers that the animals will be reintroduced into the wild. Reintroduction is ... ...d hunting, which is a special and morally highly questionable form of trophy hunting, whereby animals that have been bred solely for this purpose are ... ...argely because they pay to work there. Individuals seeking to do their part in species conservation would be well advised to choose projects that focu...

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• 2023 11 17 TIR Library Newsletter: Our Book Recommendation

  ...nventional approach to highlighting efforts to recognise the fundamental rights of non-human animals. November 17, 2023 Humans (Homo sapiens) occupy a special position compared to animals in terms of their mental abilities, as we learn from... ...primates and humans have the same ancestors and that we are biologically an animal species. It is obvious that there are... ...ocuments the moving case of Happy, a female elephant who has lived in New York's Bronx Zoo for 45 years. Like all elepha... ... reason, the German Criminal Code (StGB), for example, still refers to an injured or killed animal as damage to proper...

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• 2022 01 27 TIR supports the people’s initiative “Basic Rights for Primates” in the canton of Basel-Stadt

  ...h TIR's efforts for a continuous improvement of the relationship between humans and animals. January 27, 2022 Switzerland has a very progressive animal welfare legislation compared to the rest of the world. In 1992, for example, the recogn... ...products, as is the case everywhere in the world. Current legislation neither protects the life of animals nor adequatel... ..., which is why they have no general right to representation of their interests in administrative and criminal proceedings.Non-human primates too may be used and killed – provided that the minimum requirements of the animal welfare legislati...

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• 2024 10 22 TIR gives a talk at Animal Rights Conference in Albania

  TIR gives a talk at Animal Rights Conference in Albania At the beginning of October, the Foundation for the Animal in th... ...ion Animals Need Me to talk about their experiences in assessing criminal cases involving animal welfare. The conference, initiated and organised by Animals Need Me, was held at the Rogner Congress Hotel in Tirana and the talks were simulta... ...fen’ animal cruelty case (Canton of Thurgau), which made headlines far beyond Switzerland's borders.  TIR Managing Dir... ...snia, respectively (see the TIR news of 27 May 2022 and 20 June 2023).For TIR, the conference in Albania was concluded w...

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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 organizati... ...sk of extinction as a result of the growing international trade in live animals and animal products.... ...date, 183 countries have signed the agreement, which protects a total of around 5,800 animal species... ...ing as an observer (see TIR News Release of January 21, 2016) and it intends to continue following ... ...ucts thereof can be reduced significantly. However, this can only be achieved if the CITES provisions are applied and enforced effectively, which is oftentimes not the case. Also, it is important to k...

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