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2018 06 21 TIR supports the (anti) factory farming initiative
...as launched in Bern on June 12, 2018. The Stiftung für das Tier im Recht (TIR) supports the initiative's request to abolish factory farming in Switzerland. June 21, 2018 On June 12, 2018, animal welfa... ...tically violated in their wellbeing. Systematic violation of the animals' wellbeing means, for example, keeping animals in large groups in confined spaces, altering their appearance in order to keep a... ... defined in article 26 of the Animal Welfare Act. This contradiction between the legislative and executive levels of lawmaking is untenable. TIR therefore welcomes the demands of the popular initiativ...
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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
Consultation on fur import ban and declaration requirements for animal products - TIR and three further organisations submit joint statement Last April, the Federal Department of Home Affairs (FDHA) launched the consultation on the revision of several animal welfare-related ordinances. The planned a... ...ion guidelines. In their statement, however, the four organisations also point out various shortcomings in the planned ban. From an animal welfare perspective, for example, it is incomprehensible that furs from animals hunted with snap traps are to be exempt from the import ban according to the Fed...
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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
...ouncil 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 welfar... ... criticized. Due to their unreliable mode of action, such traps often lead to the slow, painful death of the animals, which is why their use is a clear act of cruelty to animals. They also carry a high risk of false catches, which makes them questionable from a species conservation perspective. In S...
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2024 02 07 Lack of fire protection measures on livestock farming - TIR calls for clear legal provisions
...protection measures on livestock farming - TIR calls for clear legal provisions Fires on livestock farms are not uncommon and often result in a shockingly high number of animal fatalities. The reason is to be found in the lack of specific, expressly prescribed preventive obligations that every lives... ...oisoning or fire in their stables. Rescuing individual animals in the event of a fire is practically impossible, especially in the case of difficult-to-access barn compartments or very large numbers of animals, which is why precautions against such losses are particularly important. Nevertheless, in...
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2022 11 16 New reference work on the balancing of interests in animal experiments
New reference work on the balancing of interests in animal experiments The Stiftung für das Tier im Recht (TIR; Foundation for the Animal in the Law) is pleased to announce the latest publication in its book series "Schriften zum Tier im Recht" ("Writings on the Animal in the Law"). The outstanding doctoral thesis by Dr. iur. Vanessa Gerritsen, published as volume 23, is comprehensively dedicated to animal experimentation law. November 16, 2022 The book "Güterabwägung im Tierversuchsbewilligungsverfahren" (book available in German only) presents a comprehensive review of Swiss animal experimen...
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2022 02 08 Update on TIR campaign to ban the import of hunting trophies
Update on TIR campaign to ban the import of hunting trophies Following the National Council's adoption of the proposal, TIR hopes the Council of States too will approve the ban on the import of hunting trophies. Tier im Recht (TIR; Foundation for the Animal in the Law) has supported this issue, which is important from both an animal welfare and species protection point of view, by collecting signatures for an open letter to the Council of States since late last year and by recently printing a flyer on the topic. February 8, 2022 In trophy hunting, the goal is to preserve the hunted wild animal...
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2005 10 04 NZZ (online edition) of October 4, 2005: Stricter penalties demanded for animal abusers
NZZ (online edition) of October 4, 2005: Stricter penalties demanded for animal abusers NZZ (online edition) of October 4, 2005: Stricter penalties demanded for animal abusers Cruelty against animals needs to be punished more harshly according to animal protection advocates in Switzerland, who say that many cases go unreported October 4, 2005 Further information:Full article "Stricter penalties demanded for animal abusers" in the online edition of NZZ of October 4, 2005
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2024 12 16 TIR calls for a ban on animal transports to high-risk animal welfare countries
TIR calls for a ban on animal transports to high-risk animal welfare countries Time and again, horrific images of unsustainable conditions during international animal transports reach the public. Most recently, 69 heavily pregnant cattle from Germany died or were senselessly killed at the Turkish bo... ...mals and to respect their dignity as sentient beings. The demands centre on stricter regulation, in particular a ban on transports to high-risk animal welfare countries. The TIR is also pushing for a significant restriction of long-distance transport and the use of regional slaughterhouses for meat ...
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2021 05 10 Illegal dog training aids
... legally sold while their use is prohibited in Switzerland. May 10, 2021 The Swiss animal welfare legislation clearly prohibits, among other things, to mishandle, neglect or unnecessarily overwork a d... ...Further information on this and the resulting initiative can be found here.It is prohibited to use aversive dog training devices that give an electric shock, emit unpleasant sounds for the animal or d... ...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...
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2018 08 07 How well-meaning volunteers working in Africa unintentionally support dubious animal farms
...pecies conservation on site. However noble voluntary work is, it can prove counterproductive when volunteers helping in the rearing of lion and tiger cubs unintentionally promote trophy hunting. Animal farm owners often falsely claim that the cubs have been rejected by their mothers and promise volunteers that the animals will be reintroduced into the wild. Reintroduction is almost impossible, especially with regard to wild felines that have become so accustomed to humans. Instead, after rearing, the animals are used for canned hunting, which is a special and morally highly questionable form o...