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2024 03 26 TIR presents Swiss premiere of "Food for Profit"
.... TIR looks back on an impressive, memorable evening and would like to thank Giulia Innocenzi and the 200 invited guests. March 26, 2024 The Italian journalist Giulia Innocenzi became known as a polit... ...e financial support from the EU almost everywhere in Europe. Together with an international team of experts conducting undercover research, Innocenzi impressively highlights the main problems of this industrial production method: Animal suffering, water pollution, exploitation of migrant workers, loss of biodiversity as well as the dangers posed by the use of antibiotics and the development of gen...
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2021 04 02 Egg consumption reaches new high – animal welfare lags behind
...ed 597 million eggs from abroad last year, which means that domestic production covered 64 percent of Switzerland's total egg demand. Last year's egg ... ...lay less eggs. From an economic point of view, they lose much of their profitability during this time, so the birds are discarded and replaced with young animals.In Switzerland alone, more than three million male chicks, are still killed on their first day of life as they are considered “industrial ... ...nking that they are buying meat from particularly animal-friendly production systems.The consumption of animal products like meat, eggs, milk, and hon...
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2019 01 18 CITES publishes proposals for CoP18
...Fauna and Flora) is an international agreement between governments aimed at ensuring that international trade in wild animals and plants does not thre... ...Colombo, Sri Lanka, from May 23 to June 3 this year, the parties will decide whether to accept or reject the applications. The conference of the parties is held every three years and is the main decision-making body of CITES. Many of the proposals sought to strengthen protection for certain species:... ...mation: CITES press release of January 4, 2019List of proposals by the member states
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2018 03 29 TIR criticizes insufficient legal protection for poultry
...g hens often suffer from bone fractures due to calcium deficiency as well as inflammations of the oviduct.Animal welfare law stipulates, among other things, that animal owners must regularly check on ... ...Fokus (see TIR news release from February 2, 2018). In Switzerland, around two million male chicks are gassed or shredded right after hatching every year as they are considered "industrial waste" b... ...g day-old chicks as an unwanted byproduct constitutes a complete disregard for their intrinsic value. Nevertheless, the Animal Welfare Ordinance allows this practice.For many years now, TIR has been f...
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2021 06 14 TIR supports “Ban Live Exports” campaign
...lfare organizations from all over the world are raising awareness for the enormous suffering of farm animals on long-distance transports. Tier im Recht (TIR; Foundation for the Animal in the Law) also supports the call for an end to long international transports of live animals. Animal transports th... ...an ethical point of view.Even though there is a lack of official information on the existence, quality, and capacity of inspection bodies in importin... ...ducts is one of the main reasons why this ruthless animal transport system is still in place despite the years of criticism brought against it. Furt...
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2016 09 20 Volume 15 of the TIR series on animal dignity protection has been published
...ld, is based on the view that animals have an intrinsic worth that is to be protected regardless of any physical or mental stress. According to this concept, animals are protected from humiliation, excessive instrumentalization, and far-reaching interference with their outer appearance or abilities. This means that they are also protected from stress that is not necessarily associated with pain, suffering, harm, or fear. Animal dignity protection is a milestone in animal welfare law and by granting animals a legally protected value regardless of their sentience it is an advance into a biocen...
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2025 11 07 The FEI changes the ‘blood rule’ – TIR criticises this decision
...r disqualification, from January 2026 onwards, an on-site assessment will be carried out to determine whether the horse is ‘fit to compete’ despite its injury. From TIR's point of view, this decision is a step backwards. November 7, 2025 In the run-up to the FEI vote on the ‘Blood Rule’, the TIR was asked to prepare a detailed assessment for The Carrot Post. It is reproduced below:From the perspective of the Foundation for Animals in Law (TIR), the current regulation must be retained in order to better guarantee the welfare of horses used in competition.Any bleeding constitutes an injury to th...
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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
...or misdemeanors. In view of the animal suffering often associated with these acts, the overall penalties for animal welfare-related offenses are still disproportionately low.As part of this year's ana... ...d with no access to an outdoor area. The evaluation of the case material showed that pigs are often treated with utter indifference by their keepers. The animals often suffered for long periods of ti... ...ersion of this news release. Die Schweine in der Schweiz brauchen rechtlichen Schutz.
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2017 11 29 TIR demands an import ban on products obtained by cruelty to animals - Council of States rejects proposal
TIR demands 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. The Stiftung für das Tier im Recht (TIR) is deeply disappointed that so little emphasis is p... ... in SwitzerlandNews release from June 8, 2017News release from October 20, 2017
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2024 07 03 Consultation on fur import ban and declaration requirements for animal products - TIR and three further organisations submit joint statement
... cruel manner. Such an import ban is the only way to prevent domestic demand from fuelling cruel production methods abroad, which are clearly rejected by a large proportion of the Swiss population. According to the draft ordinance, furs may only be imported into Switzerland in future if they originate from countries that legally prohibit cruel forms of production or if they were obtained on certif... ...ufficient. In their view, an import ban would also be appropriate from an animal welfare perspective with regard to the products affected by the labelling requirement, as the corresponding production ...