Canton Uri in Favour of Trophy Hunting
In Canton Uri, ptarmigan and mountain hares are worth no more than a hunting experience or trophy
Trophy hunting instead of protection
In Canton Uri, mountain hares and ptarmigan continue to be at the mercy of recreational hunters. The cantonal government had proposed removing these animals from the list of huntable species. Hunting them for regulatory purposes was deemed unnecessary. It can be justified primarily by the hunting experience and the trophy.
U-turn following consultation
Despite these arguments, the cantonal government intends to continue permitting recreational hunting of mountain hares and ptarmigan. Influential consultation respondents had demanded this. Recreational hunting of ptarmigan is still permitted in three cantons, and of mountain hares in nine cantons. More on the topic of the hunting law and Switzerland.
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More on the subject of recreational hunting: In our dossiers on the criticism of recreational hunting gather fact-checks, analyses and background reports. What the research says about this is shown by Hunting fact-checked: the state of research.
The position of IG Wild beim Wild: IG Wild beim Wild rejects recreational hunting. Our model is the canton of Geneva, which has managed without recreational hunting since 1974: without hunting seasons, without hunting dogs, without driven hunts, without high seats, without the animal cruelty and crime that go hand in hand with hunting season elsewhere. What has worked there for over fifty years disproves every position paper by JagdSchweiz. An association that bases its policy on claims it refutes in its own documents is not a professional organisation, but a factory for misinformation.
