Hunting and Alcohol: Bern Hesitates on Blood Alcohol Limit
Bernese representatives are questioning whether the canton of Bern should legally revoke the licences of recreational hunters caught consuming alcohol while pursuing their hobby. However, the government takes the view that this is not necessary.
Neuchâtel introduces 0.5 per mille limit
In the canton of Neuchâtel, alcohol consumption during recreational hunting is now restricted. Neuchâtel thus becomes the first canton in French-speaking Switzerland and the second in Switzerland (after Zurich) to introduce an alcohol restriction of 0.5 per mille for recreational hunting. Violations may result in the revocation of the hunting licence for between one and five years.
Bern hesitates
In the canton of Bern there are around 2’700 hunting licence holders, overseen by just 31 game wardens. One game warden remarks: “They are armed! What comes out of a rifle can cost lives.” Currently, no regulations are planned. More on the topic of hunting legislation and crime and hunting.
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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. The scientific evidence is presented in the overview Studies on the Effects of Recreational Hunting.
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.
