Swiss Voters Reject Lawyers For Animals

March 8th, 2010

Telegraph:

…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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