3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (794+ words) New KORA data show: what happens between the Jura and the Alps will decide whether two genetically depleted populations become a viable Swiss lynx population. «An old promise resonates in the forest» The lynx is spreading across the Swiss plateau,…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (602+ words) Research by the Lega Abolizione Caccia, based on officially issued hunting licences, shows that only 0.8 percent of Italian citizens residing in the country were entitled to hobby hunting in the 2025/26 season. Hobby hunting is also losing relevance in the long…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (374+ words) Wild beim Wild is documenting the 2026/27 hunting season in Valais on an ongoing basis. The ticker features official announcements, incidents, violations, kills and other notable events – updated chronologically. Valais officially opens the 2026/27 hobby hunting season on 21 September and intends to…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1690+ words) Anyone who rejects the killing of animals on principle must nevertheless tolerate hobby hunting on their own land. A ruling from Bern shows how Switzerland is falling behind several European states that have long given legal weight to the ethical…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (549+ words) How the Jura hunting president demonstrates that hobby hunting systematically undermines its own animal welfare and nature conservation claims. One and the same man serves as the figurehead of his association for this obligation, publicly opposes the return of wolf…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (486+ words) Wildtierschutz Deutschland accuses the German Hunting Association of presupposing the legitimacy of hobby hunting rather than examining it. In July 2026, at the Federal Hunters' Day in Suhl, the German Hunting Association adopted a new position on hunting ethics that seeks…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (696+ words) Between law and morality: why the debate about animals, killing and animal rights is not settled. Is hobby hunting «murder»? This question cannot be answered in a single sentence, either legally or morally. The lynx is genetically at its limit,…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (402+ words) While an emblematic species of the pre-Alps disappears from the canton of Fribourg, the hobby hunting lobby is demanding more night vision devices and an earlier roe deer buck hunt. Two reports from the canton of Fribourg do not fit…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (434+ words) The Government Council is instructed to amend the cantonal hunting legislation so that the release of captive-bred animals of huntable species for hunting purposes is prohibited throughout the entire canton. In the alternative, the Government Council is instructed to set…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (801+ words) The Susten Pass and Rouchgrat are becoming the shooting backdrop for hobby hunting – complete with a festival catering tent, a weapons trade fair and young hunters. And later, the very same circles complain about “too much disturbance” to the wildlife....