Protest action against Federal Councillor Rösti approved
The competent authorities have now granted permission for animal welfare supporters to protest at the Pfeffinger Forum.
Federal Councillor Albert Rösti is expected in the Baselland municipality of Pfeffingen by Hunt Watch at the end of October.
The animal rights organisation Hunt Watch has now been granted a permit by the municipality for a protest action at the prominent political event.
Almost every year, a member of the Federal Council can be encountered at this forum. The Minister of Transport will discuss the question «Infrastructure at its limit?» on 28 October with National Councillors Marcel Dettling (SVP, SZ), Roger Nordmann (SP, VD), Stefan Müller-Altermatt (Mitte, SO), Aline Trede (Greens, BE) and Susanne Vincenz-Stauffacher (FDP, SG).
The animal welfare advocates around the well-known Basel activist and police officer Olivier Bieli plan to raise the issue of Rösti’s wolf regulation policy. The current policy of wolf regulation through the culling of entire packs will be the magistrate’s responsibility to account for. «In this regard, we wish to take a counter position», explains hunting opponent Oliver Bieli.
«The presence of Mr Rösti in Pfeffingen gives us the opportunity to voice our criticism. «Otherwise, we rarely have the chance to come into contact with such an influential figure», says Bieli. The group intended to welcome the Federal Councillor with a stand-based action on the Allmend near the entrance to the multipurpose hall where the forum is taking place.
The municipality initially did not grant permission for the use of loudspeakers and megaphones, as it is a private event on private grounds, and referred the organizers to the relevant parties for clarification. The municipality in turn passed the matter back to the organizers, as the stand itself is planned on common land.
Following the municipal council meeting, it has now been decided that the stand action by the animal welfare advocates will be approved subject to conditions.
Participatory action: Petition your municipality for a tax remission on federal and cantonal taxes, citing the disastrous policies of Federal Councillor Albert Rösti (SVP) in connection with the recently approved culling of wolves in Switzerland. You can download the template letter here: https://wildbeimwild.com/ein-appell-fuer-eine-veraenderung-in-der-schweiz/
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. 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.
