Federal Council examines fur import ban
Planned fur import ban is insufficient – mandatory labelling for frog legs and foie gras products misses the mark.
The Federal Council is examining an import ban on fur and fur products produced through animal cruelty. The Swiss Animal Protection STS demands: An import ban must cover all fur products.
100 million animals per year for fur
Every year, 100 million animals die for the fur industry. The recreational hunting of free-living wild animals for the fur industry is also cruel. Traps are frequently used.
Federal Council diverts from the goal
The Federal Council is diverting attention from the actual goal with niche products such as frog legs or foie gras. The STS has identified around 20 production methods that are cruel to animals. Only an import ban can influence trade. More on the topic of animal rights and animal welfare.
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More on the subject of recreational hunting: In the dossier The Role and Criticism of Recreational Hunters we shed light on the training, power and self-image of recreational hunters. 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.
