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2025 05 30 Fur import ban and declaration obligation for animal foodstuffs - TIR welcomes new regulations, but also points out shortcomings
Fur import ban and declaration obligation for animal foodstuffs - TIR welcomes new regulations, but also points out shortcomings Last Wednesday, the Federal Council passed a ban on the import of fur products produced in a cruel manner as well as a declaration requirement for foie gras products and certain animal foodstuffs obtained abroad using painful procedures without analgesia. The ban on fur imports in particular is a milestone from an animal welfare perspective, which the Foundation for the Animal in the Law (TIR) and other organizations have been working towards for a long time. However...
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2022 06 03 TIR Library Newsletter: Selected Reading Tip
...his "animal welfare service". Another little-known fact is that mother cows and calves are separated shortly after birth. Cows give birth to their calf after nine months of pregnancy – just like humans. When mother cow and calf are allowed to remain together, they usually develop a lifelong bond.Thomas Stollenwerk's book also addresses the health risks resulting from increased consumption of milk and dairy products. In 2005, a scientific article caused a stir in the dermatological community after researchers at Harvard University described a possible link between the consumption of milk and ac...
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2018 03 15 Presentation of petition in Berne: "No wild animals in the circus"
...sage was written on 26 boxes: No wild animals in the circus. This is the demand made in Berne today, initiated by ProTier, the Stiftung für das Tier im Recht (TIR), and FOUR PAWS and signed by 70,676 individuals. The petition calls on the Federal Council to ban wild animals from circuses and variety shows, an action long overdue and based on scientifically justified concerns.The Swiss Animal Welfare Act is often considered exemplary by international standards. The fact is though that 26 European countries have already imposed severe restrictions or bans on circuses carrying wild animals or ani...
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2017 12 12 High Court of Zurich convicts pigeon breeder of disregarding animal dignity
... meaning of article 26 paragraph 1 litera b of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) as well as of deliberate and unnecessary overexertion of the pigeon by exposing it to massive stress when locking it out of the pigeon loft. In this context, the prosecutor even spoke of "abandonment" of the pigeon (abandoning an animal constitutes an act of animal cruelty according to article 26 paragraph 1 litera e of the AWA). What is truly remarkable and exemplary about the court's decision is the fact that the pigeon breeder was also convicted of deliberately disregarding the dignity of the pigeon, which i...
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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
...land a significant site for the documentation of a movement that is growing in importance globally. The need to preserve and collect materials in a constantly growing historical archive and expanding library of contemporary materials is central to TIR’s mission.‘The recognition of animal personhood, including moral and legal rights for animals, is one of the greatest challenges in human history,’ says Kim Stallwood. TIR has also engaged Stallwood as a consultant to advise on the expansion of its library, the acquisition of further collections of essential importance, and improve the v...
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Library
Library - Online Database The database of the TIR library contains about 24'000 books, essays, and movies on the animal within the law, ethics, and society. All listed works are also physically available at TIR's office. The TIR library is a reference library. Copying facilities are available. Opening hours: Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. till 12 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. till 5:30 p.m. (or upon request). In order to visit us, please contact us beforehand: Tel. +41 (0)43 443 06 43.New additions will be available on the Swiss Library Service Platform (SLSP) from January 2026.
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2019 05 06 TIR excited about the opening of the Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law
...ay 6, 2019 On April 26, 2019, the Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law was inaugurated with a launch event at the Cambridge Faculty of Law. The institute sees itself as an independent academic competence center that will focus on researching and promoting fundamental rights of non-human animals. While animal welfare law has advanced significantly throughout the world in recent decades and has increasingly established itself as a legal discipline in its own right, the question of whether animals should be granted actual rights has not yet been comprehensively researched on a legal level. The ...
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Wildlife
...well as directly on site. However, such wildlife interactions can cause considerable stress for the animals involved. Furthermore, many animals are taken from the wild to meet the demand for these experiences, which can lead to negative effects on the wild populations of some species. In the interest of animal protection and species conservation, certain wild animal attractions should therefore be avoided completely. Important background information on tourist attractions with wild animals can be found here. Tips How to spot a responsible sanctuary: The sanctuary makes great efforts to create ...
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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
...n of Basel-Stadt (0.26 cases per 10'000 inhabitants), the canton of Ticino (0.48 cases per 10'000 inhabitants), the canton of Jura (0.82 cases per 10'000 inhabitants), the canton of Geneva (0.83 cases per 10'000 inhabitants), and the canton of Fribourg (0.89 cases per 10'000 inhabitants). In 2017, 56.3 % of the recorded case material related to offenses committed against companion animals. Cases relating to farm animals made up a little over a quarter of the proceedings. Once again, dogs were the most commonly affected animals accounting for 790 cases. However, 14.8% of the proceedings concern...
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2021 05 10 Illegal dog training aids
...TIR news from March 26, 2021: Illegal training aids in dog training series “Canine Intervention”Position paper of the initiative for force-free dog training (in German) Initiative for force-free dog trainingScientific publications on canine science