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Osprey breeding in Switzerland again after 112 years
19+ hour, 30+ min ago (422+ words) After 110 years, an osprey pair is breeding in Switzerland again for the first time. Three chicks already hatched in May; their return is thanks to an eleven-year reintroduction project. Eleven years after the launch of a reintroduction project, an osprey…...
Tomcat Nino found: What wild animals need now in the heat
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (418+ words) It is one of those stories that show what people are capable of when they stand together. On Saturday, 8 August 2026, on the A2 near Mezzovico-Vira, a car collided with the campervan of a Spanish family. Seven people were injured, and one…...
DJV hunting ethics: the killing question remains unanswered
3+ day, 23+ hour 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…...
Hobby hunting and murder: law versus morality in comparison
2+ week, 2+ day 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,…...
Capercaillie extinct in Fribourg, hobby hunters demand night vision devices
3+ week, 2+ hour 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…...
Baltics: 410 wolves to be killed despite data criticism
3+ week, 2+ hour ago (700+ words) The country's own audit office classifies the forestry authority's population data as unverifiable, yet the kill figure rises regardless. Latvia has raised the permitted kill volume for wolves for the 2026/2027 season from 370 to 400 animals; the hunting season has been running…...
Wildlife damage Grisons: hobby hunting has missed its target since 1989
3+ week, 1+ day 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…...
Ban on the release of bred animals for hunting purposes
3+ week, 1+ day 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…...
Solothurn: 15 new hobby hunters, smallest cohort
1+ mon, 3+ 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…...
Hobby Hunter Kills Lion And Laughs: Outrage
1+ mon, 3+ 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…...