Valais: Trophy hunting of ibex by foreigners
Killing animals for trophies is in some cases criminal, but always wrong – a barbaric practice.
Hunting tourism targeting ibex
Following their ban since 2021, foreign recreational hunters in the Valais could soon be allowed to take aim at the ibex again. The Grand Council approved a motion by the SVP and Centre party. Shooting an ibex cost up to 12’000 francs.
70’000 signatures against hunting tourism
Media reports about wealthy foreigners hunting in the Valais triggered a public outcry in 2019. 70’000 people signed a petition calling for its abolition. The Greens opposed the reintroduction. More on the topic of recreational hunting, hunting legislation and species protection.
Dossier: Wolf in Switzerland: Facts, politics and the limits of 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. 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.
