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This page documents all publications by IG Wild beim Wild, arranged chronologically and grouped by month. It serves as an ongoing record of our commitment to ethical wildlife protection in Switzerland.

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October 2026

24 Oct 2026New post
Denmark ends mink farming: the last farms will close by 2029
24 Oct 2026New post
Wolf kills Switzerland 2026/27: The counter by canton and pack
24 Oct 2026New post
Valais hunt 2026/27: incidents, violations and developments at a glance
23 Oct 2026petition
Petition: No firearm without a psychological suitability assessment
23 Oct 2026New post
Weapon confiscation in cases of domestic violence: consistently cover hunting weapons
23 Oct 2026New post
Ticino hunt 2026/27: incidents, violations and developments at a glance
22 Oct 2026New post
11:11 a.m. on 11 November: A minute of silence for wild animals
22 Oct 2026New post
Grisons hunt 2026/27: incidents, violations and developments at a glance
21 Oct 2026New post
Chöpfenberg pack: Schwyz kills four pups, not the proven culprits of the kills
21 Oct 2026New Template Text
Template text: No recreational hunting at dusk and at night
21 Oct 2026New post
Hunting statistics 2000 to 2025: half as many foxes killed, red deer population keeps growing
21 Oct 2026New dossier
Swiss Hunting Statistics 2021: What the Federal Figures Show
21 Oct 2026New dossier
Swiss Hunting Statistics 2022: What the Federal Figures Show
21 Oct 2026New dossier
Swiss Hunting Statistics 2023: What the Federal Figures Show
21 Oct 2026New dossier
Swiss Hunting Statistics 2024: What the Federal Figures Show
21 Oct 2026New dossier
Swiss Hunting Statistics 2025: What the Federal Figures Show
21 Oct 2026New post
Clock change: why the week after 25 October is dangerous for wild animals
21 Oct 2026New post
Fireworks bans in Switzerland: where loud fireworks are already restricted
20 Oct 2026New post
Recreational hunters on private land: Ticino Grand Council members demand clarity
20 Oct 2026New post
Bird poaching near Brescia: Thousands of songbirds in nets and cooking pots every year
20 Oct 2026New Template Text
Disposal of animals killed by hunters: disclose the costs and examine polluter-pays financing
19 Oct 2026Press Release
Hubertusschiessen in Wassen: the saint is unfit to serve as a patron of marksmen
19 Oct 2026Press Release
Naturhorntage Beatenberg: The church must not lend legitimacy to hunting culture
19 Oct 2026Press Release
Hubertus celebration in Hinterkappelen: the church must not sanctify recreational hunting
19 Oct 2026Press Release
Hubertus Mass in Eich: The Church must not sanctify recreational hunting
19 Oct 2026Press Release
Hubertus Mass in Fislisbach: the Church must not sanctify recreational hunting
19 Oct 2026Press Release
Hubertus Mass in Sennwald: the Church must not sanctify recreational hunting
19 Oct 2026Press Release
Hubertus Mass at St. Peter in Zurich: The church must not sanctify recreational hunting
19 Oct 2026Press Release
Hubertus celebration in the Pfynwald: the Church must not sanctify recreational hunting
19 Oct 2026New post
Sumvitg: CHF 1.5 million for a fence around 25 hectares of protection forest
18 Oct 2026New Podcast
Podcast episode: Hunting, wolves and animal welfare
18 Oct 2026New post
Fences as animal traps: 73 wild animals entangled in Grisons
18 Oct 2026petition
Petition: Electric netting must not be a death trap for wild animals
17 Oct 2026New post
High seats destroyed: the 2026 sabotage cases in Germany
17 Oct 2026New post
Fox hunting ban: hunting protection president calls vaccination 'extreme'
17 Oct 2026New post
Injured wild animals: vets pay, Zurich calls state support “not sensible”
17 Oct 2026New post
Suspected poaching in the Parco del Ticino: police seize 46 firearms, silencers and night-vision optics
16 Oct 2026New post
Sheep in wildlife habitat: the figures behind the wolf dispute
16 Oct 2026New post
Recreational hunting of the fox: Pascal Wolf's initiative reaches the European Parliament
16 Oct 2026New post
Zug: fact check on Charly Keiser's references to studies and Geneva figures
15 Oct 2026New post
Robotic lawnmowers kill hedgehogs: German cities ban night-time operation, Bern and St. Gallen wave it away
15 Oct 2026New post
PFAS in wild boars: All 114 liver samples above the maximum level, one in eight meat samples too
14 Oct 2026New post
15 assurances to the Council of Europe: what wolf management practice makes of them
14 Oct 2026New post
Wolf kills in spring: Zug wants to scrap the FOEN's approval
14 Oct 2026New post
Mountain biker shot dead: verdict against recreational hunter
13 Oct 2026New post
Saint-Ursanne: wildlife wardens shoot the football fox
12 Oct 2026New post
Thousands of hunting offences, barely any animal cruelty convictions: what two sets of statistics show
12 Oct 2026New post
Solothurn recreational hunter mistakes red deer hind for roe deer: the animal suffers for two days
12 Oct 2026New post
Wolf regulation: IG Wild beim Wild demands files and oversight from the FOEN
12 Oct 2026New post
Autumn wildlife collisions: hunting stress also named as a contributing cause
11 Oct 2026New post
Wolf regulation: what the FOEN assures the Council of Europe in writing
11 Oct 2026New Podcast
Podcast episode: hunting, wolves and wild animals
11 Oct 2026New post
Zug: Federal Supreme Court rejects urgent application, follow-up search obligation remains for now
10 Oct 2026New page
Yes, for wild animals: Fireworks Initiative on 29 November
10 Oct 2026New post
Wolves in the Jura: calm in Vaud, kills in Neuchatel
10 Oct 2026New video
A la chasse!
10 Oct 2026New post
Neuchatel permits hunting of endangered brown hares, Fribourg opens fauna fund to shooting ranges
10 Oct 2026New post
Vaud plans 612 red deer kills: the largest quota is at Mont Tendre
10 Oct 2026New post
Raccoons in Zurich: More sightings, but no special plan
9 Oct 2026New post
Berngau: Two dead during weapons inspection of a recreational hunter
9 Oct 2026New Template Text
Template text: Monitoring and disclosing follow-up searches
9 Oct 2026New Template Text
Template text: No wolf kills in game reserves or during the denning period
9 Oct 2026New Template Text
Template text: No kill bounties for wild animals
9 Oct 2026New post
Vitznau: First wild boar shot, Canton of Lucerne reports hardly any damage so far
9 Oct 2026New post
Wolf kills: federal government approves before pups are confirmed
9 Oct 2026New post
Valais high hunt 2026: More chamois killed despite additional protection rules
9 Oct 2026New post
St. Gallen petition calls for 300 to 400 additional red deer stag kills
8 Oct 2026New post
WWF Report 2026: The balance after 100 years of «game management and care»
8 Oct 2026New post
Why red deer shed their antlers every year
8 Oct 2026New post
Five Weeks of Wolf Regulation 2026: At Least 26 Wolves Killed
7 Oct 2026New post
Arjeplog: Norwegian Dies During Recreational Hunt, Hunting Companion Under Suspicion
7 Oct 2026New post
Schwyz: basic protection was lacking in three out of four kill events
7 Oct 2026New post
Toggenburg recreational hunter mistakes red deer for roe buck: 200-franc fine
7 Oct 2026New post
Fireworks initiative on 29 November: what's at stake for wild animals
7 Oct 2026New post
Göschenen: Recreational hunter convicted of threatening a hunting warden
7 Oct 2026New post
Spain: Fewer recreational hunters, more kills than ever
6 Oct 2026New video
"Why are you hunting me"
6 Oct 2026New video
“Ban Broken”
6 Oct 2026New post
Romania doubles kill quota: 969 brown bears approved for killing
6 Oct 2026New post
Shortage of herders on the alpine pastures: who protects the herds?
6 Oct 2026New post
Wolf kills chamois in Luthern: natural predation in the Napf region
6 Oct 2026New post
Beavers in the Rhine Valley: The FDP wants to regulate, but the question of space remains unresolved
5 Oct 2026New video
Four Pups
5 Oct 2026New video
No Fence, No Shepherd
5 Oct 2026New video
Smile, Please
5 Oct 2026New post
Fox hunting: Four cantonal governments leave 30 questions unanswered
5 Oct 2026New post
Halden: Two recreational hunters shot dead, former group member confesses
5 Oct 2026New post
More wolves, more forest damage? Parliament is mistaking the culprit
5 Oct 2026New post
Val Russein: 82 sheep plunged to their deaths, office finds no indication of a wolf
4 Oct 2026New post
Low-ground hunt 2026: What Grisons, Ticino and Valais are releasing for the kill
4 Oct 2026New Podcast
Podcast episode: Hunting, wolf and politics
3 Oct 2026New post
500 francs per wolf: Ticino pays a bounty for every wolf kill
2 Oct 2026New post
Hunting licence raffle at RTR: What the ethics assessment overlooks
2 Oct 2026New post
Parliament enshrines ban on fur produced through animal cruelty in law
2 Oct 2026New post
Bearded vulture record: lead from recreational hunting remains dangerous
2 Oct 2026New post
Nanz pack approved for total kill: Valais plans to kill the next wolf family
1 Oct 2026New post
Hunting season in Aargau: What the recreational hunters' leaflet leaves out
1 Oct 2026New post
Cross-country skier Valerio Grond and recreational hunting: what the sports portrait leaves out
1 Oct 2026New post
IWC Hobart: Switzerland withdraws its own dolphin resolution
1 Oct 2026New post
Roe deer hunting in the canton of Bern: what Platform J's portrait of a recreational hunter leaves out
1 Oct 2026New post
St. Gallen plans to abolish red deer management associations: what the canton holds against recreational hunters

September 2026

30 Sep 2026New post
Hunting barometer 2025: What JagdSchweiz's survey leaves out
30 Sep 2026New post
Recreational hunter from Grisons poses with dead roe deer: over 500 comments and criticism from game wardens
30 Sep 2026New post
Wildlife sanctuaries: Why wolf kills hollow out the very idea of protection
30 Sep 2026New post
The hunting swamp is everywhere: how FACE and the recreational hunting associations do politics
29 Sep 2026New post
RTR: SRG broadcaster raffles hunting licence and crowns the “most beautiful” trophy photo
29 Sep 2026New post
Italian psychologist: What drives people to recreational hunting
29 Sep 2026New post
Hunting pulpits in the Aare valley: the canton waves it off, the questions remain
29 Sep 2026New post
Thurgau wants to ban barbed wire fences
28 Sep 2026New post
Eschenberg Forest: recreational hunter portrays bikers as the only source of disturbance
27 Sep 2026New post
Farmers in parliament: high direct payments, a hard line against the wolf
27 Sep 2026New post
Hunting Act: Consultation on wolf kills during the whelping season and in hunting ban areas runs until 16 October
27 Sep 2026New Podcast
Podcast Episode: Hunting, Lobby and the Wolf Dispute
26 Sep 2026New post
Zug recreational hunters challenge follow-up search obligation and abolition of fox bounties before Federal Supreme Court
26 Sep 2026New post
Flims, Klosters, Sedrun: Three dogs that recreational hunters in Grisons mistook for foxes
25 Sep 2026New post
Federal Supreme Court: CHWolf may not sue against wolf kills
25 Sep 2026New post
Valais: University of Bern study counts 37 lynx instead of the claimed 80
25 Sep 2026New post
JagdSchweiz argues against itself: An overview of the umbrella association's contradictions
25 Sep 2026New post
Special hunt in Grisons: protected in September, cleared for killing in December
24 Sep 2026New post
Emmental and Entlebuch: More hinds in the crosshairs, orphaned calves cast out
24 Sep 2026New post
Valais permitted to kill young wolves: Three packs still await total removal
24 Sep 2026New post
«More than shooting»? The Valais High Hunt between Image Film and Red Deer Rut
24 Sep 2026New video
«More than shooting»? The Valais High Hunt between Image Film and Red Deer Rut
24 Sep 2026New post
FACE: How the hunting lobby rewrites EU official reports and hollows out lead bans

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