The Federal Intelligence Service has registered a growing number of violent incidents in 2018 compared with the previous five years, according to a report in the Tages-Anzeiger newspaper group.
It also mentions a major incident in the German-speaking part of Switzerland last November when more than 100 animal rights activists blocked a slaughterhouse of the leading Bell food group for a day.
The protest prompted calls by the meat processing industry for tougher sanctions against militants.
However, a recent opinion poll commissioned by an animal rights group, Tier im Fokus, found only 17% of respondents supporting a closure of all slaughterhouses in Switzerland.
But three out of four respondents came out against intensive livestock breeding, according to the Tages-Anzeiger.
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Public slaughter pits Swiss tradition against modern thinking
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A village butcher gives a public demonstration of slaughtering a pig – to a mixed reaction.
Switzerland will deliver rubble removal equipment to Ukraine
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Thirty rubble removal machines and thirty fire-fighting pumps: this is the equipment that Switzerland will be delivering to the Ukraine in the next few days. The total value of these goods is 5.6 million Swiss francs.
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Animal rights groups seek to ban foie gras, other imports
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“The Swiss Animal Alliance is working to quickly launch an initiative to stop the import of products that constitute animal abuse,” Michael Gehrken, head of the Alliance, told the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper. He said that initial conversations about launching the initiative had already taken place and that the process of gathering the necessary signatures…
Activists submit petition to ban ‘cruel’ fur imports
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The petitionExternal link, which gathered almost 30,000 signatures, was handed in on Tuesday and was addressed to the cabinet as well as both houses of parliament. It states that certain commercial fur imports violate Switzerland’s Animal Protection Act as they come from overcrowded farms with up to 100,000 animals or involve poaching or the use of…
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