«For Professional Wildlife Protection» / «Pour une gestion professionnelle de la faune sauvage»

Constitutional initiative in the form of a fully drafted proposal / Initiative constitutionnelle rédigée de toutes pièces

Based on Art. 41 of the Constitution of the Canton of Fribourg of 16 May 2004 and on the Law on the Exercise of Political Rights

Submitted by the initiative committee [date of submission]

Note: The Canton of Fribourg is bilingual. For submission, the initiative text must be available in both German and French. The French version must be verified by a legal expert prior to submission.

Initiative text

The undersigned persons entitled to vote in the Canton of Fribourg submit the following constitutional initiative:

The Constitution of the Canton of Fribourg of 16 May 2004 shall be supplemented by the following articles:

Art. [new] Professional Wildlife Management

1 The practice of hunting by private individuals (licensed hunting, hobby hunting) is prohibited throughout the entire territory of the Canton of Fribourg.

2 The protection, care and, where necessary, the regulation of wild animals shall be the exclusive responsibility of professionally trained wildlife managers in the service of the canton.

3 The culling of wild animals is permitted only as a last resort, when all other appropriate measures for damage prevention or hazard mitigation have been exhausted or proven insufficient. It requires prior authorisation from the Wildlife Commission.

4 The canton shall establish an independent Wildlife Commission composed of representatives of animal and nature conservation associations, the scientific community, and the relevant authorities. The Commission shall oversee wildlife management and decide on regulatory measures.

5 The canton shall promote the natural regulation of wildlife populations, the connectivity of habitats, and the coexistence of humans and wildlife.

6 The details shall be governed by law.

Art. [new] Protection of Threatened and Protected Wild Animal Species

1 The canton shall refrain from submitting applications for preventive population regulation of protected wild animal species under the Federal Act on Hunting and the Protection of Wild Mammals and Birds, in particular wolf, lynx, bear, beaver, otter, golden jackal, golden eagle, goosander, and other species protected under federal law.

2 It promotes the coexistence of humans and wildlife, passive damage prevention, the ecological enhancement of habitats, and the scientific monitoring of wildlife presence.

3 Measures against individual wild animals that pose an immediate and significant threat to humans remain reserved. They are to be kept to a minimum and carried out by the competent cantonal authority.

4 The canton actively advocates, within the framework of intercantonal cooperation and vis-à-vis the federal government, for the protection and preservation of endangered wildlife species.

Transitional Provision

1 The State Council shall issue the necessary implementing provisions within two years of the adoption of this constitutional amendment.

2 Existing hunting licences expire upon the entry into force of the implementing provisions. Licence fees already paid for the current hunting season will be reimbursed on a pro-rata basis.

3 The State Council ensures the continuity of wildlife management during the transitional period.

Explanatory Notes

1. Background

In the canton of Fribourg, a bilingual canton on the border between Romandy and German-speaking Switzerland with approximately 330’000 inhabitants across 1’671 km², today’s hobby hunting is a system that serves neither species protection nor contemporary wildlife management. It is the practice of a bloody leisure pursuit at the expense of sentient beings, legitimised by outdated narratives that do not withstand scientific scrutiny. The claim that without hobby hunting the ecological balance would collapse has been empirically refuted by the Geneva model for over 50 years (see the comprehensive dossier on the Geneva hunting ban at wildbeimwild.com).

Hobby hunting in Fribourg is organized as a licence-based system. Private individuals obtain a cantonal licence and hunt without fixed territorial responsibility. Contrary to the widely held claim, licence holders assume no ecological responsibility; rather, they act within the framework of cantonal culling plans primarily aligned with the interests of forestry and agriculture (see the psychology of hobby hunting in the canton of Fribourg as well as the critical analysis of hunting education at wildbeimwild.com).

In parallel, an increasing number of protected wildlife species are coming under pressure at the federal level. With the revision of the Hunting Act in December 2022, the preventive regulation of wolves was introduced. Beavers may be shot upon cantonal request since February 2025. Political pressure on further species such as lynx, European otter, and goosander is steadily increasing. The canton of Fribourg is directly affected by the return of wolves: wolf presence has been documented in the Fribourg Pre-Alps (Gruyère, Schwarzsee). The lynx is native to the canton. The beaver has colonized the Saane and its tributaries (cf. the analysis of hunting policy on wildbeimwild.com and the wolf policy on wildbeimwild.com).

The canton of Fribourg has the opportunity to send a clear signal here: not only for professional wildlife management instead of hobby hunting, but also for the consistent protection of endangered wildlife species at the cantonal level. As a bilingual canton on the language border, such a signal would serve as a bridge between Romandy and German-speaking Switzerland.

2. The Model: Canton of Geneva

On 19 May 1974, approximately two thirds of voters in the canton of Geneva voted to abolish recreational hobby hunting. Prior to the ban, large game in the canton had been virtually eradicated: deer and wild boar had disappeared for decades, and only a few dozen roe deer remained. Around 300 hobby hunters released large quantities of pheasants, partridges, and hares for hobby hunting.

The experiences since the hobby hunting ban are unequivocal:

– Biodiversity has increased markedly. The number of overwintering waterfowl has multiplied from a few hundred to around 30’000. Geneva today is home to the largest hare population and one of the last partridge populations in Switzerland.

– The roe deer population has settled at a healthy level, with an annual special cull by professional wildlife rangers of only 20 to 36 animals. The population remains at a density compatible with the available forest area.

– In 2005, in a renewed referendum, 90 percent of Geneva's electorate voted in favor of maintaining the hobby hunting ban. In 2009, a motion to reintroduce hunting was rejected in the cantonal parliament by 70 votes to 7.

– The total costs of professional wildlife management in Geneva amount to approximately 1.2 million francs annually, divided into around 600’000 francs for personnel (approx. three full-time positions, distributed among around a dozen environmental officers), 250’000 francs for prevention and 350’000 francs for damage compensation. This corresponds to approximately 2.40 francs per resident per year.

Geneva's fauna inspector Gottlieb Dandliker, responsible for wildlife management since 2001, describes the ban on hobby hunting as the most financially favorable alternative for the canton. A detailed account can be found in the dossier «Geneva and the hunting ban» on wildbeimwild.com. For the French-speaking part of the canton, the cultural and linguistic proximity to Geneva is a particular advantage: the Geneva experience is directly accessible.

The efficiency of the Geneva model is evident in direct comparison: a professional game warden in Geneva requires an average of 8 hours and a maximum of 2 rounds of ammunition for a sanitary cull of a wild boar. A hobby hunter in the canton of Zurich requires 60 to 80 hours and up to 15 rounds of ammunition for the same task. The brown hare density in Geneva is 17.7 animals per 100 hectares (the highest in Switzerland), while in the canton of Zurich it is only 1.0 per 100 hectares (cf. Fact check Cantonal Government of Zurich).

3. The concept: Professional wildlife wardening instead of hobby hunting

The initiative does not replace hobby hunting with a vacuum, but with professional wildlife management based on the game warden model. This model is founded on the following principles:

Professional competence instead of recreational pastime. Professional wildlife managers act on a scientific basis, with biological training and within the framework of a cantonal service mandate. Their objective is the conservation of healthy wildlife populations, not the maximisation of kill numbers (cf. the critical analysis of hunting training on wildbeimwild.com).

Ultima ratio principle. A cull is only permissible when all non-lethal measures have been exhausted. These include electric fences, deterrence, habitat management, relocation, taste repellents and structural protective measures. In Geneva, fruit trees are protected with nets to prevent deer and hares from gnawing the bark. For wild boar, the canton provides farmers with electric fences.

Democratic oversight through a wildlife commission. The independent commission prevents political pressure from diluting wildlife management. The initiative enshrines the permit requirement in the constitution.

Natural self-regulation as a guiding principle. The experience from Geneva, from national parks and from numerous scientific studies demonstrates: wildlife populations regulate themselves in most cases independently. Recreational hunting disrupts this natural process by destroying social structures, artificially increasing reproduction rates and altering migration patterns.

4. Why Freiburg?

The canton of Freiburg is particularly suited for the introduction of professional wildlife protection for several reasons:

Bilingual bridge canton. Freiburg is bilingual: approximately two thirds of the population speak French, one third German. The initiative connects the German-speaking Swiss and French-speaking Swiss debates at the language border. In the French-speaking part of the canton, the Geneva experience is culturally and linguistically directly accessible. In the German-speaking Sense district and Lake district, the initiative can draw on the experiences of the German-speaking Swiss initiative series. Freiburg is the only canton besides Bern and Valais that can serve as a bridge between the language regions.

Wolf policy in the Gruyère region. The wolf has been documented in the Freiburg pre-Alps (Gruyère region, Schwarzsee). The controversial wolf culls have politicised the debate. The initiative offers a constitutional answer: professional wildlife management instead of politically motivated culls (cf. the wolf policy on wildbeimwild.com).

Lynx in the pre-Alps. The lynx is native to the canton and naturally regulates the roe deer population. Professional wildlife management protects the lynx and utilises its ecological function.

Beaver along the Saane. The beaver has been documented along the Saane and its tributaries. Since February 2025, it may be culled throughout Switzerland upon cantonal request. The initiative protects the beaver in the canton (cf. wildbeimwild.com on predators).

6’000 signatures. With 330’000 inhabitants, 6’000 signatures represent 1.8 percent of the population. Signatures can be collected efficiently in Freiburg, Bulle, Murten, Düdingen and Villars-sur-Glâne. The collection must be organised in both languages (cf. wildbeimwild.com on wildlife in residential areas).

Patent hunting = straightforward system change. No lease agreements, no municipal compensation. Existing licenses expire and fees already paid are refunded on a pro-rata basis.

Proximity to Geneva. Fribourg does not directly border Geneva, but the cultural closeness of the Romandy region makes the Geneva experience immediately relevant for the French-speaking part of the canton. «Genève le fait depuis 50 ans» is no abstract reference here, but lived neighborliness.

5. On the Initiative Text

Paragraph 1 – Ban on Hobby Hunting

The prohibition of patent hunting by private individuals is the core of the initiative. It corresponds to the Geneva model. The cantonal competence to do so is undisputed: the federal hunting act (JSG) expressly leaves the organization of hunting operations to the cantons (Art. 3 para. 1 JSG). The three hunting systems in Switzerland – patent hunting, district hunting, and state or managed hunting – are equivalent. The canton of Geneva has been practicing managed hunting in conformity with federal law since 1974. Unlike cantons with district hunting systems, Fribourg does not need to dissolve hunting lease agreements or compensate municipalities.

Paragraph 2 – Professional Wildlife Management

Instead of hobby hunters, professionally trained wildlife managers employed by the canton take over all tasks of wildlife stewardship and, where necessary, population regulation. In Geneva, this system has proven its worth for over 50 years.

Paragraph 3 – Culling as a Last Resort

Culling is not the rule, but the exception. Passive measures take priority. In Geneva, approximately 250 wild boar are shot by wildlife wardens each year (according to BAFU hunting statistics), primarily juveniles, with lead animals explicitly spared.

Paragraph 4 – Wildlife Commission

The independent wildlife commission is modeled on the Geneva example. It ensures that animal and nature conservation organizations have a say and prevents the cantonal government from granting exceptions on its own authority. The inclusion of science guarantees evidence-based decisions (cf. wildbeimwild.com/jagd-fakten).

Paragraph 5 – Natural Regulation and Coexistence

The promotion of coexistence in Fribourg encompasses in particular the protection and interconnection of wildlife corridors along the Saane and its tributaries, the ecological enhancement of the pre-Alpine landscapes in the Gruyères region, and public education on how to behave around wildlife (cf. wildbeimwild.com on wildlife in residential areas).

Transitional Provisions

The two-year period gives the State Council sufficient time to develop the implementing legislation, hire professional wildlife managers, and constitute the wildlife commission. The existing Office for Forests and Nature (WNA) can serve as an institutional basis.

6. On the Second Article: Protection of Threatened and Protected Wildlife Species

The second article is of particular relevance to Fribourg. The wolf is present in the Pre-Alps. The lynx is native to the canton. The beaver inhabits the Saane. The “in particular” formulation is designed as a dynamic reference to federal law and also protects future returning species, in particular the otter, whose return to western Switzerland is anticipated (cf. the Wolf policy on wildbeimwild.com).

7. Cost Implications: Concrete Budget for Fribourg

The Geneva Reference Budget

In Geneva, which at 282 km² is approximately six times smaller than Fribourg and has a population of around 500’000, the total costs of professional wildlife management amount to approximately 1.2 million francs annually: around 600’000 francs for personnel, around 250’000 francs for prevention, and around 350’000 francs for damage compensation.

Conservative Extrapolation for Fribourg

For Fribourg, with an area of 1’671 km² and a population of around 330’000, the following deliberately conservative cost estimate is derived. This calculation is generous and takes into account the Pre-Alpine regions (Gruyères, Schwarzsee, Jaun), the development of herd protection, and transitional management:

Personnel costs: 720’000 to 1’260’000 francs annually. Between 6 and 9 full-time positions are required. A full-time position in cantonal service costs approximately 120’000 to 140’000 francs annually, including social security contributions and ancillary employer costs. Fribourg is six times larger than Geneva and topographically diverse: the Mittelland in the north, the Pre-Alps in the south (Gruyères, Schwarzsee, Jaun). The wolf has been documented in the canton and requires specialised large predator management.

Operating costs: 150’000 to 260’000 francs annually. Equipment, vehicles, monitoring infrastructure, herd protection materials, structural protective measures, and public relations work in two languages (German and French).

Damage compensation: 80’000 to 200’000 francs annually.

Herd protection start-up investment: 400’000 to 700’000 francs. One-time investment in livestock protection infrastructure for the Greyerz region and the Schwarzsee area over three to five years: livestock guardian dog programs, mobile fences, night enclosures, shepherd training. Not necessary in the Fribourg Mittelland.

Total costs: 950’000 to 1’720’000 francs annually (gross). That corresponds to approximately 2.90 to 5.20 francs per inhabitant per year.

Compensatory reproduction and transitional management

Compensatory reproduction – the artificially elevated reproduction rate caused by hunting pressure – also affects the canton of Fribourg. After the transition to a new system, targeted transitional management will be required during the first three to five years, which is already factored into the higher staffing figures (cf. Studies on wildbeimwild.com).

Savings and counter-financing

These costs are offset by considerable savings: no hunting examinations, no license administration, no culling planning, no hunting supervision. A single wolf killed needlessly costs the public approximately 35’000 francs (helicopter deployments, coordination, legal proceedings).

Loss of revenue

With the abolition of hobby hunting, license fees estimated at 700’000 to 1’000’000 francs annually will no longer be generated. However, these are offset by the never-accounted external costs of militia hunting – wildlife accidents, hunting-related browsing damage in protective forests, administrative burden, police and court deployments – which amount to a multiple of that revenue. In the canton of Geneva, this revenue has been absent since 1974 – without financial problems: before the hunting ban, over 400 hobby hunters were active; today, three full-time positions do the same work more effectively. Sanitary and therapeutic culling by professional wildlife wardens is not the same as regulatory hunting based on hunters’ lore or the misguided “nature experience” of hobby hunters. A full-cost accounting shows: militia hunting costs taxpayers significantly more than it generates (cf. «What hobby hunting really costs Switzerland» on wildbeimwild.com).

Hobby hunters in politics vote against nature conservation. The hobby hunting lobby systematically opposes biodiversity and species protection concerns. In 2024, it campaigned against the Biodiversity Initiative (63 percent No). In 2020, the hunting law it helped shape was rejected at the ballot box (51.9 percent No). In 2016, the Ticino Hunters' Association torpedoed the Parc Adula national park. During the 2015 to 2019 legislative period, hobby hunters in parliament voted predominantly against environmental concerns. Anyone who claims that hobby hunters are conservationists is ignoring their voting record (cf. Ticino Hunters' Association: 30 Years of Nonsense and Cost Dossier).

The net additional costs are likely to be between 500’000 and 1’100’000 Swiss francs per year, which corresponds to approximately 1.50 to 3.35 francs per inhabitant. Even calculated generously: that is less than one coffee per person per year. For a canton with a total budget of approximately 4.3 billion francs (2024 state accounts, FFA), that amounts to less than 0.03 percent (cf. Hunting Myths Fact-Check on wildbeimwild.com).

8. Compatibility with Higher-Level Law

First Article: Abolition of Hobby Hunting

The initiative is in conformity with federal law. The federal hunting act (JSG) expressly leaves the cantons to regulate hunting authorisation, the hunting system, hunting areas and hunting supervision (Art. 3 para. 1 JSG). The three hunting systems are of equal standing. The canton of Geneva has practised state-managed hunting since 1974 and has never faced a federal legal challenge in over 50 years.

Second Article: Protection of Protected Species

Art. 7a JSG enables cantons to carry out preventive regulation, but does not oblige them to do so. Refraining from such regulation violates neither federal law nor the Bern Convention.

Unity of Subject Matter

The initiative upholds the unity of subject matter, as all provisions of both articles relate to cantonal wildlife management and the protection of wild animals.

9. Anticipating Foreseeable Objections

«Fribourg has pre-Alpine regions and alpine farming – the Geneva model does not fit»

The facts: Geneva likewise has a rural hinterland with viticulture and agriculture. The largest part of the canton of Fribourg is the Mittelland (Lake District, Sense District, Broye) and is directly comparable to Geneva. The pre-Alpine region (Gruyères) is more sparsely populated with fewer conflict zones. Alpine farming requires professional herd protection, not hobby hunting. Herd protection is already managed today by professionals and not by hobby hunters (cf. the Psychology of Hobby Hunting in the Canton of Fribourg).

Concise communicative formula: «The Fribourg Midlands is the same landscape as Geneva. And in the Pre-Alps, professional herd protection is needed, not hobby hunting.» / «Le Plateau fribourgeois est le même paysage que Genève. Et dans les Préalpes, il faut une protection professionnelle des troupeaux, pas la chasse de loisir.»

«The wolf needs hobby hunting»

The facts: The wolf regulates. Hobby hunting disrupts. Geneva has proven this for 50 years. Professional wildlife management enables the wolf to fulfil its ecological function while simultaneously protecting livestock herds through professional prevention.

Concise communicative formula: «The wolf regulates. Hobby hunting disrupts. Geneva has proven it for 50 years.» / «Le loup régule. La chasse de loisir perturbe. Genève le prouve depuis 50 ans.»

«Costs are rising – ultimately the taxpayer foots the bill»

The facts: 1.50 to 3.35 francs per inhabitant per year. At or below the Geneva level. Geneva has been doing it for 50 years, at 2.40 francs per capita, and 90 percent of the population want to keep it.

Concise communicative formula: «Around 2 francs per person per year. Comparable to Geneva. And 90% of Geneva’s residents want to keep it.» / «Environ 2 francs par personne et par an. Comparable à Genève. Et 90% des Genevois veulent le garder.»

10. Summary

This initiative gives the population of Fribourg the opportunity to express their support for modern, evidence-based wildlife management and comprehensive protection of threatened wildlife species. The first article follows the Geneva model, proven over more than 50 years, and replaces hobby hunting with professional wildlife protection. The second article protects in particular the wolf in the Gruyères region, the lynx in the Pre-Alps, and the beaver along the Saane. As a bilingual canton on the language border, Fribourg has a unique bridging function: the initiative connects the Geneva experience of Romandy with the German-speaking Swiss debate.

Initiative committee «For professional wildlife protection» / «Pour une gestion professionnelle de la faune sauvage»

[Name 1], [Name 2], [Name 3] …

(Committee members in accordance with cantonal law, resident in the Canton of Fribourg)

Contact address: [Committee address]

Appendix: Further Documentation

The following dossiers and sources support the arguments of this initiative and are available as attachments:

The Geneva Model in Detail: wildbeimwild.com/dossiers/genf-und-das-jagdverbot – Comprehensive overview of Geneva's wildlife management since 1974.

Scientific studies: wildbeimwild.com/studien – Collection of scientific studies on the self-regulation of wildlife populations.

Hunting in Switzerland: wildbeimwild.com/jagd-in-der-schweiz – Continuously updated overview of Swiss hunting policy.

Psychology of recreational hunting in the Canton of Fribourg: wildbeimwild.com – Psychologie der Hobby-Jagd im Kanton FR – Canton-specific analysis.

Psychology of recreational hunting: wildbeimwild.com/category/psychologie-jagd – Cross-cutting articles.

Wildlife in residential areas: wildbeimwild.com/category/wildtiere-im-siedlungsgebiet – Coexistence of humans and wildlife.

Hunting myths: wildbeimwild.com/dossiers/jagdmythen – Fact check.

Cantonal popular initiative Basel-City: Model text of the initiative in the Canton of Basel-City – The template for the entire initiative series.

Note on procedure

The initiative committee submits the initiative text in German and French to the State Chancellery of the Canton of Fribourg for preliminary review before the signature collection begins. 6’000 valid signatures are required for the initiative to come into effect. The submission modalities are governed by the Law on the Exercise of Political Rights.

Strategic briefing for activists

Popular initiative «For professional wildlife protection» – Canton of Fribourg Internal working document – Status March 2026

Summary

Fribourg is the strategic bridge canton of the initiative series. As a bilingual canton on the language border, it connects the Geneva experience of Romandy with the German-speaking Swiss debate. The cultural and linguistic proximity to Geneva makes the Geneva experience immediately accessible in the French-speaking part of the canton. 6’000 signatures out of 330’000 inhabitants are achievable. The per capita costs are at or below the Geneva level. The patent hunting system change is administratively straightforward. Wolf, lynx and beaver are present in the canton.

1. Why Fribourg specifically?

Bilingual bridge canton. Connects Romandy and German-speaking Switzerland. The Geneva experience is culturally close in the French-speaking part.

Wolf policy in the Gruyère region. Wolf documented in the pre-Alps. Species protection clause mobilises support.

6’000 signatures out of 330’000 inhabitants. 1.8 percent. Achievable.

Patent hunting = straightforward system change.No lease agreements, no municipal compensation.

Proximity to Geneva. «Genève le fait depuis 50 ans» is no abstract reference here.

2. Lessons from Zurich: What we will do differently

Positive headline. «For professional wildlife protection» / «Pour une gestion professionnelle de la faune sauvage».

Concrete budget calculation. Approximately 2 francs per capita. Comparable to Geneva.

Secure party support early. Engage SP, Greens, GLP, Centre gauche in both linguistic regions at an early stage.

Bilingual campaign. Materials in German and French from the outset.

3. Analysis of opposition arguments and prepared responses

Counter-argument 1: «Fribourg has pre-Alpine regions and Alpine farming»

The facts: The Fribourg Midlands are the same landscape as Geneva. In the pre-Alpine regions, professional herd protection is needed, not hobby hunting.

Key communication formula: «The Fribourg Midlands are Geneva. The pre-Alps need herd protection, not hobby hunting.»

Counter-argument 2: «The wolf needs hobby hunting»

The facts: The wolf regulates. Hobby hunting disrupts. Geneva has proven it for 50 years.

Key communication formula: «The wolf regulates. Hobby hunting disrupts.» / «Le loup régule. La chasse de loisir perturbe.»

Counter-argument 3: «Costs will rise»

The facts: Approximately 2 francs per resident per year. Comparable to Geneva.

Key communication formula: «Around 2 francs. Geneva has been doing it for 50 years.» / «Environ 2 francs. Genève le fait depuis 50 ans.»

4. Communication strategy: The three core messages

«Geneva has been leading the way for 50 years.» / «Genève le fait depuis 50 ans.»

«Professional rather than hobby.» / «Professionnel au lieu de loisir.»

«Around 2 francs per person per year.» / «Environ 2 francs par personne et par an.»

5. Timeline and next steps

Phase	Content	Timeframe
Committee formation & preliminary text review	Engage a lawyer; translation into French; committee members with Fribourg residence from both linguistic regions	Month 1–4
Submission for preliminary review	State Chancellery of Fribourg (German and French text)	Month 4–5
Publication & start of signature collection	Target: 7’500+ signatures as a buffer; collection in both languages	Month 5
Party contacts & coalition building	SP, Greens, GLP; Pro Natura Fribourg; BirdLife Fribourg; WWF; Fondation Franz Weber	Month 1–12
Submission of signatures	State Chancellery, official verification	After collection deadline
Grand Council debate	Parliamentary anchoring; bilingual media work	Subsequent months
Referendum campaign	Bilingual mobilization, Geneva experience, wolf argument	Before the vote

6. Campaign materials

• The Geneva dossier on wildbeimwild.com as the central body of arguments.
• The Psychology of hobby hunting in the canton of Fribourg as background material.
• Local media: Freiburger Nachrichten, La Liberté, La Gruyère, Murtenbieter, Radio Fribourg.
• Infographic: Bridge Romandy–German-speaking Switzerland, wolf in the Gruyère region, beaver on the Saane. Cost comparison FR vs. GE.
• All campaign materials bilingual (DE/FR) from the outset.

7. Further sources

• Geneva hunting ban in detail
• Scientific studies
• Hunting in Switzerland
• Psychology of hobby hunting in the canton of Fribourg
• Hunting myths fact-check
• Federal hunting statistics (FOEN)
• Cantonal popular initiative Basel-Stadt

This document is a model text by IG Wild beim Wild. It may be freely used and adapted to the circumstances in the canton of Fribourg by activists, organizations, or initiative committees.

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