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• 2022 05 27 TIR speaks at training conference for law enforcement agencies in Kosovo

  ...d of animal welfare criminal law. The goal of the full-day training was to support the authorities in Kosovo in ensuring that animal crimes like abuse and neglect are effectively investigated and sanctioned.The presentations by TIR Executive Director Dr. Gieri Bolliger and TIR lawyers Vanessa Gerritsen and Katerina Stoykova focused on familiarizing participants with the concept and specifics of Swiss animal welfare law. Emphasis was placed on typical animal cruelty cases and how to identify and prosecute such cases in practice. The connection between animal cruelty and crimes against humans an...

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• 2020 10 19 Newsletter TIR Library: TIR presents reading tip of the month

  ...mption in ways that go beyond paleo diets and protests from some animal rights organizations. We need to look at the deeply entangled economic and political lives of humans and animals in the past, present and future. The book "The Meat Question" is available in stores and, moreover, can be viewed by appointment during open hours at the TIR library. Reading and work stations are available. Recent additions to the TIR Library are featured in the TIR Library newsletter. Further information Book "The Meat Question" by Josh BersonRecent additions to the TIR library: TIR Library newsletterLib...

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• 2021 10 20 Stiftung für das Tier im Recht (TIR) announces international partnership with renowned British animal rights activist, author, and scholar Kim Stallwood

  ...enting a program to make its collection accessible to an international audience. Kim Stallwood is one of the pioneers of the most recent historical development: the animal rights movement. Back in the 1970s, after working in a chicken slaughterhouse, he gave up animal products to become a vegan. This was at a time when a purely plant-based lifestyle was neither trendy nor widely understood. Stallwood spent the next 45 years studying the full range of human-animal relations, serving in advisory and leadership positions in various international animal welfare and animal rights organizations (suc...

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• 2018 12 14 SRG ombudsman supports complaint submitted by TIR regarding a cooking show

  ...ssary to explicitly make viewers aware of this practice of "crab cleaning" and its animal welfare-related implications. From a journalistic standpoint, it would have been necessary for the SRG to distance itself from the method shown in the program and to explain that the practice is part of the Indian cuisine but is legally considered animal cruelty in Switzerland. Read the ombudsman's full report here (in German).

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• 2016 09 20 Volume 15 of the TIR series on animal dignity protection has been published

  ...echt", TIR wants to make selected monographs, surveys, and specialist articles on legal and ethical aspects of the human-animal relationship available to the broader public. The individual volumes are meant to serve as a source of information for academics, students, practitioners, and enforcement bodies on subjects relating to animal welfare law and animal ethics and also to contribute to scientific discourse. "Animal Dignity Protection in Swiss Law - Status Quo and Future Perspectives " will be available for purchase in bookshops (now also on Amazon) for 59 Francs or directly at TIR as of Se...

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• 2024 03 26 TIR presents Swiss premiere of "Food for Profit"

  ... that the film will make an important contribution to educating the public about the connections between the meat and dairy industry, political decision-makers and lobbyists. Further information: Website Food for Profit: www.foodforprofit.comWatson article (in German): Schweine mit 6 Beinen Daphne Chaimovitz interviews Giulia InnocenziPicture gallery of the film premiere Panel discussion Presenter Salar Bahrampoori with the film director Giulia Innocenzi Christine Künzli (TIR) Dr. Gieri Bolliger with Giulia Innocenzi TIR team at the "Food for Profit" film premiere Welcome to the film premi...

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• 2022 02 25 TIR Library Newsletter: 2022 Book Recommendation

  ...voking. Such images make global warming more visible and give us an idea of its profound consequences. The book featured in the current newsletter, "Slime - How Algae Created Us, Plague Us, and Just Might Save Us," addresses not only the history and unique properties of algae, but also their potential benefits in the fight against climate change. Ruth Kassinger describes how vital algae are, as well as how, if used and cultivated wisely, they could help us out of the climate crisis. Ruth Kassinger describes how vital algae are, as well as how, if used and cultivated wisely, they could help us ...

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• 2019 09 02 TIR attends 18th CITES Conference of the Parties in Geneva

  ...working groups, and make recommendations for action to improve the effectiveness of the Convention. In addition, the Parties may make provisions that are necessary for the Secretariat to function effectively.At this year's conference, around 101 working documents and 56 proposals to amend Appendices I and II were on the agenda (the full program of the conference can be found here). Many proposals to include animal species in the CITES Appendices or to strengthen the protective status of species were accepted, some even by consensus (i.e. without the need for a vote). From an animal and species...

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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

  ...imal products would make sense.Another weak point of the proposed labelling requirement is the distribution of the burden of proof. The authorities should only be able to object to missing labelling if they can prove that the products in question were actually obtained using a method that requires labelling. To do this, however, they would have to inspect the production facilities located abroad, which would involve disproportionate effort on the one hand and legal difficulties on the other. This would make it largely impossible to seriously check the compliance with the labelling obligation. ...

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• 2024 07 01 TIR Library Newsletter: Our Book Recommendation

  ...hods to drive wasps away, if necessary. For example, the neighbourhood can be made wasp-friendly by creating nesting places for the animals or planting insect-friendly shrubs for the wasps to feed on. Lavender, peppermint oil or lemon also help as natural wasp repellents. Wasps also dislike the smell of smouldering coffee grounds. Bees, wasps and hornets are not protected species in Switzerland. However, 296 species of wild bees are protected under nature and cultural heritage conservation legislation. They are on the Red List of endangered species published by the relevant federal off...

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