Cantonal popular initiative: Canton of Fribourg

«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 Articles 41 and 42 of the Constitution of the Canton of Fribourg of 16 May 2004 and on the Act 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 professional prior to submission.

Text of the initiative

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 is supplemented with the following article:

Art. [new] Professional wildlife protection

1The exercise of hunting by private individuals (licence hunting, recreational hunting) is prohibited throughout the entire territory of the Canton of Fribourg.

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

3 The killing of wild animals is only permitted as a last resort, when all other suitable measures for preventing damage or averting danger have been exhausted or are insufficient. It requires prior approval by the Wildlife Commission.

4 The canton shall establish an independent Wildlife Commission, composed of representatives of animal welfare and nature conservation organisations, the scientific community and the authorities concerned. 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 wild animals.

6 Further details shall be regulated by law.

Art. [new] Protection of endangered and protected wild animal species

1 The canton refrains from regulating populations of protected wild animal species pursuant to Art. 7a of the Federal Act on Hunting and the Protection of Wild Mammals and Birds and does not grant kill permits for individual animals of protected species pursuant to Art. 12 para. 2 of this Act, in particular not for wolf, lynx, bear, beaver, otter, golden jackal, golden eagle, goosander and other species protected under federal law. Paragraph 3 remains reserved.

2 It relies on fostering coexistence between humans and wild animals, passive damage prevention, the ecological enhancement of habitats and the scientific monitoring of wild animal presence.

3 Measures against individual wild animals that pose an immediate and significant danger to humans remain reserved. They are to be limited to the minimum necessary and carried out by the canton's competent specialist authority.

4 The canton actively advocates for the protection and preservation of endangered wild animal species within the framework of inter-cantonal cooperation and towards the Confederation.

Transitional provision

1 The Council of State 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. Patent fees already paid for the current hunting season will be reimbursed on a pro-rata basis.

3 The Council of State shall ensure the continuity of wildlife management during the transitional phase.

Explanatory notes

1. Starting position

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

Recreational hunting in Fribourg is organised as licence hunting. Private individuals purchase a cantonal licence and hunt without fixed responsibility for a hunting ground. Contrary to the widespread claim, licence holders do not assume ecological responsibility, but instead act within the framework of cantonal kill quotas that are primarily geared towards the interests of forestry and agriculture (see the Psychology of recreational hunting in the canton of Fribourg as well as the critical analysis of hunting training on wildbeimwild.com).

In parallel, an increasing number of protected wild animal species are coming under pressure at federal level. The revision of the hunting act in December 2022 introduced preventive regulation of the wolf. Since February 2025, cantons have been able to authorise the killing of individual beavers that cause significant damage (Art. 9d JSV). Political pressure on other species such as the lynx, otter and goosander is steadily increasing. The canton of Fribourg is directly affected by the return of the wolf: wolf presence has been documented in the Fribourg Prealps (Gruyère region, Schwarzsee). The lynx is native to the canton. The beaver has settled along the Saane and its tributaries (see the analysis of hunting policy on wildbeimwild.com and the wolf policy on wildbeimwild.com).

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

2. The role model: canton of Geneva

On 19 May 1974, a good 70 percent of voters in the canton of Geneva voted to abolish militia-style recreational hunting. Before the ban, big game in the canton had been practically wiped out: red deer and wild boars had been absent for decades, and only a few dozen roe deer remained. Over 400 recreational hunters released large numbers of pheasants, grey partridges and hares for recreational hunting.

The experience since the recreational hunting ban has been unequivocal:

Biodiversity has increased markedly. The number of overwintering waterfowl has multiplied from a few hundred to around 30,000. Geneva is now home to the largest brown hare population and one of the last grey partridge populations in Switzerland.
The roe deer population has settled at a healthy level, with an annual special kill by professional game wardens of only 20 to 36 animals. The population moves within a density that is sustainable for the forest area.
The ban has been in force continuously for over 50 years. Geneva has never repealed it.
The total cost of professional wildlife management in Geneva amounts to around 1.2 million francs annually, split into approximately 600,000 francs for personnel (around three full-time positions, shared among roughly a dozen environmental officers), 250,000 francs for prevention, and 350,000 francs for damage compensation. This corresponds to around 2.40 francs per resident per year.

The long-serving Geneva fauna inspector Gottlieb Dandliker (2001 to 2025) described the recreational hunting ban as the most financially favourable 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 becomes clear in a direct comparison: a professional game warden in Geneva needs on average 8 hours and a maximum of 2 cartridges for a sanitary kill of a wild boar. A recreational hunter in the canton of Zurich needs 60 to 80 hours and up to 15 cartridges for the same task. The density of brown hares in Geneva is 17.7 animals per 100 hectares (the highest in Switzerland), whereas in the canton of Zurich it is only 1.0 per 100 hectares (cf. fact check by the Zurich Cantonal Council).

3. The concept: professional wildlife wardens instead of recreational hunting

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

Professional expertise instead of leisure pursuit. Professional wildlife managers act on a scientific basis, with biological training and within the framework of a cantonal service mandate. Their goal is the preservation of healthy wildlife populations, not the maximisation of kill numbers (see the critical analysis of hunting training on wildbeimwild.com).

Last-resort principle. A kill is only permissible once all non-lethal measures have been exhausted. These include electric fences, deterrence, habitat design, relocation, taste repellents and structural protective measures. In Geneva, fruit trees are protected with netting so that roe deer and hares cannot gnaw the bark. For wild boars, 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 approval requirement at the constitutional level.

Natural self-regulation as a guiding principle. Experience from Geneva, from national parks and from numerous scientific Studies has proven: wildlife populations regulate themselves in most cases. Recreational hunting disrupts this natural process by destroying social structures, artificially increasing reproduction rates and altering migratory movements.

4. Why Fribourg?

The canton of Fribourg is particularly well suited to introducing professional wildlife protection for several reasons:

Bilingual bridge canton. Fribourg is bilingual: around two thirds of the population speak French, and a good quarter speak German. The initiative connects the German-Swiss and French-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 the Lake district, the initiative can draw on the experience of the German-Swiss series of initiatives. Fribourg 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 is documented in the Fribourg Prealps (Gruyère region, Schwarzsee). The controversial wolf kills have politicised the debate. The initiative offers a constitutional answer: professional wildlife management instead of politically motivated kills (cf. the wolf policy on wildbeimwild.com).

Lynx in the foothills of the Alps. The lynx is native to the canton and naturally regulates the roe deer population. Professional wildlife management protects the lynx and makes use of its ecological function.

Beaver on the Sarine. The beaver is documented along the Sarine and its tributaries. Since February 2025, cantons have been able to authorise the killing of individual beavers that cause significant damage. The initiative protects the beaver in the canton (cf. wildbeimwild.com on predators).

6,000 signatures in 90 days. With 330,000 inhabitants, 6,000 signatures represent 1.8 per cent of the population. Signatures can be collected efficiently in Fribourg, Bulle, Murten, Düdingen and Villars-sur-Glâne. The collection must be organised in both languages.

Licence hunting = a simple change of system. No lease agreements, no compensation for municipalities. Existing licences lapse, and fees already paid are reimbursed on a pro-rata basis.

Proximity to Geneva. Fribourg does not border Geneva directly, but the cultural closeness of French-speaking Switzerland makes the Geneva experience immediately relevant to the canton's French-speaking part. «Genève le fait depuis 50 ans» is not an abstract reference here, but lived neighbourly experience.

5. On the text of the initiative

Paragraph 1: Ban on recreational hunting

The ban on licence hunting by private individuals is the core of the initiative. It corresponds to the Geneva model. The cantonal authority for this is undisputed: the federal hunting act (JSG) explicitly leaves the organisation of hunting operations to the cantons (Art. 3 para. 1 and 2 JSG). Switzerland's three hunting systems (licence hunting, territorial hunting and state or regie hunting) are equivalent. The canton of Geneva has practised regie hunting since 1974 in compliance with federal law. Unlike in territorial-hunting cantons, no hunting lease agreements need to be dissolved in Fribourg, and no municipalities need to be compensated.

Paragraph 2: Professional wildlife management

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

Paragraph 3: Kill as a last resort

A kill is not the rule, but the exception. Passive measures take priority. In Geneva, around 250 wild boars are killed annually by game wardens (according to FOEN hunting statistics), mainly young animals, with lead animals explicitly spared.

Paragraph 4: Wildlife commission

The independent wildlife commission is modelled on the Geneva system. It ensures that animal welfare and nature conservation organisations have a right to be consulted, and prevents the Council of State from independently approving exceptions. The involvement of science guarantees evidence-based decisions (cf. Hunting myths fact-checked).

Paragraph 5: Natural regulation and coexistence

The promotion of coexistence in Fribourg includes, in particular, the securing and networking of wildlife corridors along the Saane and its tributaries, the ecological enhancement of the pre-Alpine landscapes in the Gruyère region, and the education of the population on how to behave towards wild animals.

Transitional provisions

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

6. On the second article: protection of endangered and protected wild animal species

The second article is particularly relevant for Fribourg. The wolf is present in the pre-Alps. The lynx is native to the canton. The beaver inhabits the Saane. The phrase “in particular” is designed as a dynamic reference to federal law and also protects future returning species, especially the Eurasian otter, whose return to French-speaking Switzerland is expected (cf. the wolf policy on wildbeimwild.com).

7. Cost Implications: A Concrete Budget for Fribourg

The Geneva reference budget

In Geneva, which at 282 km² is about six times smaller than Fribourg and has around 500,000 inhabitants, the total cost of professional wildlife management amounts to around 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 Cost Projection for Fribourg

For Fribourg, with an area of 1,671 km² and around 330,000 inhabitants, the following deliberately conservative cost estimate applies. It calculates generously and takes into account the pre-Alpine regions (Gruyère, Schwarzsee, Jaun), the build-up of herd protection, and transitional management:

Personnel costs: 720,000 to 1,260,000 francs annually.6 to 9 full-time positions are required. A full-time position in cantonal service, including social security contributions and employer overheads, costs around 120,000 to 140,000 francs annually. Fribourg is about six times larger than Geneva and topographically diverse: lowlands in the north, pre-Alps in the south (Gruyère region, Schwarzsee, Jaun). The wolf is documented in the canton and requires specialised management of predators.

Material 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-off investment in herd protection infrastructure for the Gruyère region and the Schwarzsee region over three to five years: livestock guardian dog programmes, mobile fencing, night pens, training of herders. Not required in the Freiburg Mittelland.

Total costs: 950,000 to 1,720,000 francs annually (gross, excluding the one-off herd protection start-up investment). This corresponds to roughly 2.90 to 5.20 francs per resident per year.

Compensatory reproduction and transition management

Compensatory reproduction (the artificially increased reproduction rate caused by hunting pressure) also affects the canton of Fribourg. After the system change, targeted transitional management is needed for the first three to five years, which is already factored into the higher staff numbers (see studies on wildbeimwild.com).

Savings and counter-financing

Set against this are considerable savings: no hunting examinations, no licence administration, no kill quota planning, no hunting oversight. In addition, there are the costs for wolf kills (helicopter deployments, coordination, legal proceedings).

Lost revenue

With the abolition of recreational hunting, the licence fees of an estimated 700,000 to 1,000,000 francs annually are eliminated. However, these revenues are offset by the never-accounted-for external costs of recreational hunting (wildlife collisions, hunting-related browsing damage in protective forests, administrative expenses, police and court deployments), which are likely to significantly exceed this income. In the canton of Geneva, this revenue has been forgone since 1974 without any financial problems: before the hunting ban, over 400 recreational hunters were active; today, three full-time positions do the same work better. Sanitary and therapeutic kills by professional game wardens are not the same as regulatory hunting based on hunters' lore or a misunderstood "experience of nature" on the part of recreational hunters. A full cost accounting shows that recreational hunting costs taxpayers significantly more than it brings in (see «What recreational hunting really costs Switzerland» on wildbeimwild.com).

Recreational hunters in politics vote against nature conservation. The recreational hunting lobby systematically opposes biodiversity and species protection concerns. In 2024, it fought against the Biodiversity Initiative (63 per cent No). In 2020, the hunting act it had helped shape failed at the ballot box (51.9 per cent No). In 2016, the Ticino hunting association torpedoed the Parc Adula national park. During the 2015–2019 legislative period, recreational hunters in parliament voted predominantly against environmental concerns. Anyone who claims that recreational hunters are nature conservationists is ignoring their voting behaviour (cf. Ticino Hunting Association: 30 Years of Nonsense and Cost dossier).

The Net additional costs are likely to be between 500,000 and 1,100,000 francs annually, which corresponds to around1.50 to 3.35 francs per resident corresponds to. Even calculated generously, that is less than a cup of coffee per person per year. For a canton with a total expenditure of over 4 billion francs, that amounts to less than 0.03 per cent (see Hunting myths fact check on wildbeimwild.com).

8. Compatibility with superior law

First article: Abolition of recreational hunting

The initiative is compliant with federal law. The federal hunting act (JSG) expressly leaves it to the cantons to regulate hunting entitlement, the hunting system, the hunting territory and hunting oversight (Art. 3 para. 1 and 2 JSG). The three hunting systems are of equal standing. The canton of Geneva has practised state-run hunting since 1974 and has never had a complaint under federal law in over 50 years.

Second article: Protection of protected species

Art. 7a JSG allows cantons to carry out preventive regulation, but does not obligate them to do so. The same applies to kill permits for individual animals under Art. 12 para. 2 JSG. Refraining from doing so violates neither federal law nor the Bern Convention.

Unity of subject matter

The initiative preserves 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 also has a rural hinterland with viticulture and agriculture. The greater part of the canton of Fribourg is lowland (Lake District, Sense District, Broye) and directly comparable with Geneva. The Pre-Alps (Gruyère region) are more sparsely populated with fewer conflict zones. Alpine farming requires professional herd protection, not recreational hunting. Herd protection is already carried out today by professionals and not by recreational hunters (cf. the Psychology of recreational hunting in the canton of Fribourg).

Short communicative formula: «The Fribourg lowlands are the same landscape as Geneva. And in the Pre-Alps, what is needed is professional herd protection, not recreational 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 recreational hunting»

The facts:The wolf regulates. Recreational hunting disrupts. Geneva has proven it for 50 years. Professional wildlife management allows the wolf to perform its ecological function while protecting livestock herds through professional prevention.

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

«Costs will rise, and in the end the taxpayer pays»

The facts: 1.50 to 3.35 francs per resident and year. Within the range of Geneva's level. Geneva has been doing it for 50 years, at 2.40 francs per capita, and has never lifted the ban.

Short communicative formula: «Around 2 to 3 francs per person and year. Comparable to Geneva. And Geneva has never lifted the ban.» / «Environ 2 à 3 francs par personne et par an. Comparable à Genève. Et Genève n’a jamais aboli l’interdiction.»

10. Summary

This initiative gives the population of Fribourg the opportunity to speak out in favour of modern, evidence-based wildlife management and comprehensive protection of threatened wild animal species. The first article follows the Geneva model, which has proven itself for over 50 years, and replaces recreational hunting with professional wildlife protection. The second article specifically protects the wolf in the Gruyère region, the lynx in the Pre-Alps and the beaver on the Saane. As a bilingual canton on the language border, Fribourg has a unique bridging function: the initiative connects Geneva's experience from French-speaking Switzerland with the debate in German-speaking Switzerland.

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 appendices:

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: Psychology of recreational hunting in the canton of FR. Canton-specific analysis.

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

Wild animals in settlement areas: wildbeimwild.com/tag/stadtwildtiere. Coexistence of humans and wild animals.

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

Cantonal popular initiative Basel-Stadt: Template text of the initiative in the canton of Basel-Stadt. The template for the entire initiative series.

Note on the procedure

The initiative committee submits the text of the initiative in German and French to the State Chancellery of the Canton of Fribourg for preliminary review before the collection of signatures begins. 6,000 valid signatures are required for the initiative to come into effect. They must be collected within 90 days of publication in the official gazette (Art. 42 para. 2 KV FR). The submission procedures are governed by the Act on the Exercise of Political Rights.

Strategic briefing for activists

Popular initiative “For professional wildlife protection”, Canton of Fribourg Internal working document, as of March 2026

Summary

Fribourg is the strategic bridge canton of the initiative series. As a bilingual canton on the language border, it links the Geneva experience of French-speaking Switzerland with the German-speaking 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 in 90 days works out to around 67 per day. With a bilingually prepared collection, this is achievable. The per-capita costs are in the same range as the Geneva level. The switch away from the licence hunting system is administratively straightforward. Wolf, lynx and beaver are present in the canton.

1. Why Fribourg of all places?

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

Wolf policy in the Gruyère region. Wolf presence documented in the pre-Alps. The species protection clause mobilises support.

6,000 signatures in 90 days. Around 67 per day. Achievable.

Licence hunting = a simple change of system. No lease agreements, no compensation for municipalities.

Proximity to Geneva. «Genève le fait depuis 50 ans» is not an abstract reference here.

2. Lessons from Zurich: What we are doing differently

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

Concrete budget calculation. Around 2 to 3 francs per person. Comparable to Geneva.

Secure party support early. Engage SP, Greens, GLP, Centre gauche early in both language regions.

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

3. Opponent analysis and prepared responses

Counter-argument 1: “Fribourg has pre-Alps and alpine farming”

The facts: The Fribourg Mittelland is the same kind of landscape as Geneva. In the pre-Alps, professional herd protection is needed, not recreational hunting.

Short communicative formula: “The Fribourg Mittelland is Geneva. The pre-Alps need herd protection, not recreational hunting.”

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

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

Short communicative formula: “The wolf regulates. Recreational hunting disrupts.” / «Le loup régule. La chasse de loisir perturbe.»

Counter-argument 3: «Costs will rise»

The facts: Around 2 to 3 francs per resident per year. Comparable to Geneva.

Short communicative formula: “Around 2 to 3 francs. Geneva has been doing it for 50 years.” / «Environ 2 à 3 francs. Genève le fait depuis 50 ans.»

4. Communication strategy: The three core messages

«Geneva has been demonstrating it for 50 years.» / «Genève le fait depuis 50 ans.»

«Professional instead of hobby.» / «Professionnel au lieu de loisir.»

“Around 2 to 3 francs per person per year.” / «Environ 2 à 3 francs par personne et par an.»

5. Timetable and next steps

Phase	Content	Timeframe
Committee formation & preliminary text review	Involve a lawyer; translation into French; committee members with FR residence from both language regions	Month 1–4
Submission for preliminary review	Fribourg State Chancellery (German and French text)	Month 4–5
Publication & start of signature collection	Goal: 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 the collection period
Grand Council debate	Parliamentary anchoring; bilingual media work	Following months
Voting campaign	Bilingual mobilisation, Geneva experience, wolf argument	Before the vote

6. Campaign material

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

7. Further sources

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

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