4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (236+ words) In the Trophy hunting this connection becomes even clearer: the public display of killed animals functions as a status signal that simultaneously generates widespread rejection across society. Hobby hunters face no such consequences, even though the basic principle is identical:…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (771+ words) A lawyer from Lucerne has filed petitions against fox hunting in over 12 cantons – with watertight scientific evidence. The media and animal rights groups are failing. An analysis. A lawyer from Lucerne named Pascal Wolf has submitted petitions in more than…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (242+ words) The lion was not killed with a rifle but with bow and arrow, a method regarded among hobby hunters as particularly “challenging”, but which in fact carries a higher risk of an imprecise, agonisingly slow death for the animal. Between…...

6+ mon, 5+ hour ago   (185+ words) The government council is instructed to actively advocate at the federal level for a national import ban on hunting trophies. In particular, it is instructed to We are committed to an ethical understanding of wildlife and hunting, following the example…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago   (639+ words) Despite this high density of regulations, the online display of dead wild animals remains largely unregulated. Animal welfare laws protect animals from pain and suffering, but do not explicitly regulate how their bodies may be presented in the media after…...

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,…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (271+ words) TopCC relabels dates, hobby hunting slaps mountain names on it. Both are mislabelling. Wholesalers such as TopCC are making headlines with expired, relabelled meat; Kassensturz speaks of «meat fraud». Less visible, but just as systematic, is the way the hunting…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (161+ words) Enter a search term above and press Enter to start the search. Press Esc to cancel. The cantonal government is tasked with actively advocating at federal level for a national import ban on hunting trophies. In particular, it is tasked…...

5+ mon, 4+ day ago   (389+ words) Lynx populations in the Simme-Saane region are recovering. In recent years, individual animals have been sighted repeatedly. The majestic lynx is a rare sight in the forests surrounding the Simme-Saane region in the Bernese Oberland. Yet thanks to intensive conservation…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (372+ words) More on this topic: Killing as a leisure activity: What the Ticino hunting law really reveals and Dossier Hunting in Switzerland More on this topic: Psychology of hunting in the canton of Ticino and alternatives to hunting: What really helps…...