Campaign against the intensive animal farming initiative in Switzerland

Published 2022년 6월 13일

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An alliance in Switzerland is opposing a popular initiative, "No to intensive farming", which seeks to add organic standards for animal protection in the Constitution. The initiative would set criteria for animal accommodation, care, slaughter, and barn group sizes. However, opponents argue that the initiative could make food more expensive and could potentially violate World Trade Organization rules and Switzerland's free trade agreements. The right in Switzerland has rejected the initiative in Parliament and has concerns about the potential loss of jobs and reduction in meat production. The initiative has only found support among the Greens and some Socialists.
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The right and the food industry do not want new standards on animal husbandry in Switzerland. An alliance said Monday, June 13 all the evil it thinks of the popular initiative "No to intensive farming" in vote on September 25 (photo SP). The text "No to intensive farming", launched by the president of the Franz Weber Foundation, Vera Weber, the national councilor Bastien Girod (Greens / ZH) and Greenpeace, wants to anchor organic standards in the Constitution with regard to the protection of animals. The text asks the Confederation to set criteria on accommodation and care that respect animals, access to the outside, slaughter and the maximum size of groups per barn. Swiss agriculture is characterized by a very high level of animal welfare, said national councilor Markus Ritter (Centre/SG) at a press conference in Bern. The law on the protection of animals is of a unique severity in the world. This law already limits numbers for chickens, pigs and calves. There are very effective ...
Source: Agrihebdo

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