Monday, 08 March 2010 13:06

MADRID, Spain As debate ban on bullfighting, Swiss voters Sunday in a referendum curious about whether animals can be abused or not a lawyer. The 70.5 percent of citizens voted against the entire nation to extend a system in place in the city of Zurich since 1992.

Switzerland tightened its animal protection laws two years ago and is now among the most stringent in the world as to control the care of pets and farm concerns. Pigs, fish, parakeets and other pets can not be reared in solitude. While horses and cows should regularly exercise outside their stables.

 

Also, dog owners have to conduct a workshop to learn how to care for your pets.
The rejection at the polls has sat like a bucket of cold water to animal advocates. Tiana Angelina Moser, the liberal Green Party, said he will seek other ways to ensure that laws against animal abuse are applied and that those who breach them unpunished.

The only animal Swiss lawyer, Antoine Goetschel, lamented that the public defenders not know animal rights and that no charges of abuse usually present, often by timidity. Goetschel said represents between 150 and 200 pets each year in Zurich.