Template text: Reporting obligation for all recreational hunting victims

1. Motion

The cantonal government is instructed to introduce a comprehensive, mandatory reporting obligation and a publicly accessible database for all personal injuries, property damage and animal injuries in connection with recreational hunting. In particular, it must be ensured that

• every incident in which a person is injured, endangered or killed by recreational hunting must be reported within 24 hours
• property damage to third-party property caused by hunting activities is subject to a reporting obligation
• injuries and deaths of hunting dogs must be reported to the veterinary office
• erroneous shooting of protected animal species is recorded as a separate category
• the canton establishes a central, publicly accessible database
• failure to comply with the reporting obligation is prosecuted as a hunting offense

2. Brief justification

Hunting victims in Europe are not systematically recorded. In Switzerland, there is no central database that consolidates all damage caused by recreational hunting. Hunting accidents are registered as individual police cases – no comprehensive analysis exists. This lack of transparency is not accidental. A complete database would place the public debate on a factual foundation.

• Dossier Hunting victims in Europe
• Dossier Hunting accidents in Switzerland