5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (649+ words) Enter a search term above and press Enter to start the search. Press Esc to cancel the process. Hunting Act revision: Species protection sacrificed for the hunting lobby. The gradual revision of the Swiss Hunting and Protection Act (JSG) and…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (396+ words) With Tarzisius Caviezel, the most prominent hobby hunter in Grisons took his leave from the top of the cantonal licence hunters’ association at the delegates’ meeting on 23 May 2026 in Disentis/Mustér, yet the change is unlikely to do much to…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (351+ words) A single training evening is enough for hobby hunters to be allowed to shoot wolves in future. The Schwyz cantonal government has revised the cantonal hunting and wildlife protection ordinance. The canton writes that the interested hunters will be «trained…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (314+ words) Grisons bans night vision technology and the baiting of cloven-hoofed game as unsporting. Yet for wild boar hunting the canton authorises precisely this technology, for foxes it permits bait sites and night hunting, and the mobile phone, once prohibited, is…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (363+ words) The cantonal press release uncritically adopts the celebratory rhetoric of the hobby hunting lobby. At Waldegg Castle in Feldbrunnen, on 9 July 2026, 15 graduates of the Solothurn hunting course were ceremonially welcomed into the ranks of active hobby hunters. Head of the…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (519+ words) In Macerata, Federcaccia representatives installed nest boxes for wild birds together with schoolchildren – five environmental and animal welfare associations demand that environmental education be left to specialists, not to the hobby hunting lobby. At three primary schools in Macerata, the…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (337+ words) The ban enters into force on 1 July 2025, marking a historic step: Switzerland is the first country in Europe to enshrine such a ban. At its meeting on 28 May 2025, the Federal Council adopted the dispatch on the popular initiative «Yes to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (614+ words) As long as the shooting continues in the canton, others bear the risk and the wild animals pay the price. It is high hunt season again in the canton of Grisons, and with it comes the annual guide on how…...

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+ mon, 3+ week ago   (870+ words) Since 2012 the canton of Grisons has spent over 17 million francs on fences, nets and plastic tubes to protect the forest from cloven-hoofed game. A motion in the cantonal parliament now demands that all follow-up costs be disclosed. What no one…...