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2021 12 14 TIR thrilled that National Council supports import ban for fur products derived from animal cruelty
...from animal cruelty At yesterday's National Council meeting, Matthias Aebischer's (SP/BE) motion for an import ban on fur derived from animal cruelty was passed by a large majority. The Stiftung für d... ...on of fur products. All fur products offered for sale must indicate the animal species from which the fur originates, where the animal lived and how it was kept or hunted. In TIR's opinion, however, simply declaring the animal's origin is not enough. According to Swiss animal welfare law, the fur production methods commonly used abroad constitute clear cruelty to animals. Therefore, furs and fur p...
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International Conventions
...vention, which aims at the conservation of migratory animals, or the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats. Animals cannot choose in which country they want to live or where they are kept, making their protection a cross-border task.Like most legal fields, animal welfare law is becoming increasingly globalized. Special mention should be made of the five animal welfare conventions of the Council of Europe, all of which have been ratified by Switzerland and incorporated into national law. The individual conventions relate to the welfare of animals during t...
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2024 05 17 Fire safety measures could save lives - a chronology of efforts to protect farm animals from TIR’s perspective
...of animals bred and kept for human consumption are affected every year, last year even around 1000. The risks have long been recognised, but there are still no effective guidelines for preventive meas... ...letely helpless and at the mercy of the catastrophe, which often ends in a cruel death by suffocation. In addition, the construction and technology of livestock housing systems regularly fulfil mainly... ...isational measures, all of which must urgently be included in the construction of animal stables.In 2020/2021, TIR, PETA Switzerland and Swiss Animal Protection STS approached the Association of Canto...
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2019 03 19 It's Poultry Day and TIR would like to take this occasion to shed light on the insufficient legal protection for chickens
...ich the animals are kept and killed hardly ever get any public attention. Animals in the poultry and egg industry are subjected to extremely harsh living conditions. Sadly, the authorities responsible... ...ckens as it does to all other vertebrates. Their wellbeing and dignity are equally protected as are those of dogs, cats, and cows, which is why chickens must be respected for their own sake in their i... ...re bred to lay eggs at an extremely high rate and tend to produce only little meat, which is why they are of little use to meat producers. This highly questionable practice in clearly contradicts the ...
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2025 10 31 Visit by international animal welfare pioneers to TIR
...village vegetarian’ at the age of 16, making him a pioneer of his time. His own impressive collection is part of the Animal Rights and Animal Welfare Special Collection at North Carolina State University (NCSU) Libraries. His research into the origins of World Animal Day on 4 October led him to our library archives. During his visit, he told the TIR team about the first documented World Animal Day gathering on 24 March 1925 at the Sportpalast in Berlin, which was attended by over 5,000 participants from all over the world. It was only later that 4 October, the anniversary of the death of Fra...
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2004 04 05 Animal Cloning and Animal Welfare Legislation in Switzerland
Animal Cloning and Animal Welfare Legislation in Switzerland Animal Cloning and Animal Welfare Legislation in Switzerland A Report by the Stiftung für das Tier im Recht, CH-Berne/Zurich, elaborated by Antoine F. Goetschel, JD, Director and Attorney-at-Law for the Symposium at the University of Lueneburg, Germany. January 28 – 30, 2000 April 5, 2004 Further information:Report (PDF)
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2016 03 16 20 Years Tier im Recht – TIR celebrates its anniversary and bestows TIR Animal Law Award for the first time
... Law Studies (CALS) at the Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland (Oregon/USA). March 16, 2016 TIR has been committed to a continuous improvement of the legal protection for animals since 1996. We have become the largest animal welfare organization in Europe with a focus on legal aspects of the hu... ... to sincerely thank all the benefactors, friends, and people who have backed us in various ways during the last twenty years. Without your help, TIR would not have become what it is today: an organization committed to improving the legal protection for animals through well-founded groundwork and a g...
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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
... how the animal was kept or hunted. However, as the declaration requirement has been disregarded by sales outlets across the board since it was introduced, the Federal Council announced around two years ago that it would ban the import of fur products produced in a cruel manner (see news from 14.4.2... ...be cruel to animals.At the same time as the aforementioned amendments at ordinance level, the Federal Council also published its dispatch on the "Fur Initiative", which was submitted by Alliance Animale Suisse (AAS) in December 2023 and calls for a ban on the import of fur products obtained in a cru...
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2019 06 06 Ban wild animal in circuses: Animal welfare organizations launch second campaign image
... 2019 Together with 26 other organizations and 70,676 citizens, TIR is calling on the Federal Council and Parliament to ban wild animals in circuses in Switzerland once and for all. This demand was submitted to the Federal Council on March 15, 2018, as part of a petition in Berne. Nevertheless, the Federal Council still refuses to issue a ban.For this reason, ProTier, VIER PFOTEN, and TIR launched a new campaign this year, which drew a lot of attention in the German-speaking part of Switzerland at the beginning of March. The second campaign, presented in the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
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2016 08 10 TIR files complaint against Circus Royal for animal dignity violation
...ls. This applies to all the animals presented in the circus ring and is particularly true for the lions, which are forced to perform unnatural and degrading tricks.The focus is on demonstrating human dominance over wild animals. First, the trainer uses a whip and a stick to make the lions appear to ... ...ment. .The lion act at Circus Royal gravely disregards the inherent worth of the lions, while equally humiliating and instrumentalizing them. Therefore, on August 9, TIR filed a detailed criminal complaint with the responsible prosecution office in the canton of St. Gallen and requested an immediate...