Swiss Voters Reject Lawyers For Animals
March 8th, 2010
…The Alpine country already has among the most stringent animal rights laws in the world.
It recently changed its constitution to protect the “dignity” of plant life and made a law last year establishing rights for creatures such as goldfish and canaries. Pigs, budgies and other social creatures cannot be kept alone; horses and cows must be regularly exercised outside their stalls and dog owners are required to take a training course to learn how to properly care for their pets.
If citizens had voted for the initiative, each canton would have appointed a lawyer to act on behalf of animals at taxpayers’ expense…
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