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• 2018 06 14 TIR supports "Stop Live Transport" campaign

  ...lfare organizations from all over the world are raising awareness for the enormous suffering of farm animals on long-distance transports. June 14, 2018 Every year, millions of animals are transported across Europe and other continents; this is due to an absurd subsidy system that creates incentives for live transport. In European countries, there are a number of provisions for the protection of an... ...uch products is the main reason why this ruthless animal transport system is still in place despite the years of criticism brought against it. Further information: "Stop Live Transport" websiteSwiss l...

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• 2017 08 29 Scandalous case of animal cruelty and lack of law enforcement in the canton of Thurgau

  ...e widely known when an offender with multiple convictions for animal welfare violations and owner of many horses (hereinafter referred to as Mr. U.K.), was once again reported to the police by concerned citizens who had seen dead and emaciated horses on his property. What was particularly shocking was the fact that Mr. U.K. was still keeping well over one hundred horses on his property without any intervention from the authorities despite his multiple previous convictions for animal cruelty and other offenses. August 29, 2017 For years, the Stiftung für das Tier im Recht (TIR) had openly criti...

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• 2025 07 10 TIR Library Newsletter: Our Book Recommendation

  ...ner take readers on an exciting journey into the world of sharks - and dispel myths and Hollywood clichés in the process. With over 35,000 documented shark encounters and well-founded analyses, they s... ...for example, ranges from minor grazes on a surfboard to serious injuries. However, the latter are extremely rare, with an estimated number of about ten deaths per year. On the other hand, around 10... ...y under threat. The main causes are overfishing, habitat loss and climate change. Yet sharks are indispensable for the ecological balance of the oceans. Their decline jeopardises entire ecosystems - w...

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• 2022 10 07 TIR Library Newsletter: Our Book Recommendation

  ...ls in the world. At an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, Tesson questions our existence on earth and the restlessness of our lives that leaves little room for appreciation of nature and its beauty. ... ...the energy set free from being so close to nature. With its pristine snowy landscape, the Tibetan mountains have a meditative effect.The main reason for the snow leopard’s impending extinction is habitat loss. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists the snow leopard as "endangered" on its "Red List" of threatened species. The German Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Unio...

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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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• 2017 03 13 TIR campaign wins "Poster of the Year" award again!

  ... Year" award again! An awareness-raising campaign by Tier im Recht (TIR) has won the prestigious "Swiss Poster of the Year" award again. Last Thursday, the campaign "Animals as Trash" was selected as the winner in all categories at the APG|SGA Poster Night. Like in 2013, the campaign was once again designed by the creative agency Ruf Lanz. March 13, 2017 On March 9, the best Swiss advertising poster campaigns of 2016 were honored at the "APG|SGA Poster Night" at the Samsung Hall Zurich in front of about 400 guests. The jury, consisting of 20 professionals from the fields of advertisement, cult...

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• 2020 12 07 TIR is happy to announce the appointment of Gieri Bolliger as a Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics

  ...e Oxford Centre is an independent institute dedicated to improving the ethical status of animals through research and education. Since 2006 it has been promoting animal welfare through academic stu... ... a hundred Fellows from nineteen different countries. The Oxford-Fellows are academics who conduct research in the natural sciences or humanities and who have made outstanding contributions in the ... ... Animal EthicsPress release of December 2, 2020Short biographies of the Oxford Fellows

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• 2018 09 21 World Rhino Day is on September 22, 2018

  ... rhinos has fallen from 500,000 to less than 30,000. Four of the five rhino species are considered threatened; three of them are even classified as critically endangered.The threat to the world's rhino population can be attributed to a variety of causes: An important factor is the limitation of its habitat due to the progressive use and development of such land by humans. Mainly, however, po... ... Clemence (see News Release of September 21, 2015 (currently only available in German)). Bryce Clemence is the director and trainer of the Anti-Poaching and Tracking Specialists (ATS). He and his team...

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• 2024 07 05 Internship in Animal Welfare Law at TIR

  ...internship and gain an insight into everyday working life at TIR. A three-month internship has also been offered since 2023. July 5, 2024 Although animals are highly valued in our society, current leg... ...he reasons for this loophole lies in the fact that access to animal protection law and its practical application is difficult. Currently, only the University of Bern offers a lecture on animal-related... ...med at law students from all over Switzerland with a Bachelor's degree,  but also at lawyers who have already completed their studies, as well as students from abroad. A number of students from Europe...

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• 2019 04 04 Criminal complaint against slaughterhouse in Avenches: TIR disappointed at excessively lenient sentence

  ...the form of killing an animal in a cruel manner pursuant to article 26 paragraph 1 litera b AWA.   In the fall of 2018, TIR filed a criminal complaint with the competent public prosecutor's office against the slaughterhouses of Avenches and Moudon  (see TIR news release of October 15, 2018). In February 2019, the Vaud authorities sentenced a slaughterhouse worker to a fine of 250 francs for violat... ... the video sequence from 01:04 to 01:31.While attempting to stun a goat, one slaughterhouse employee fails to correctly place the electric stun gun between the animal's eyes and ears in order to ensur...

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