Switzerland could become the first country to completely ban medical testing on animals. Voters head to the polls on Sunday (February 13) after animal rights groups gathered enough support to stage a ...

Proponents argue a ban would protect the environment by reducing farms’ reliance on soya-based animal feed that has been linked to widespread deforestation. Animal rights groups have also championed ...

More than 25,000 animals were abandoned in Switzerland in 2024, according to the Swiss Animal Protection Society (PSA), which warns of a worrying rise in the number of pets left behind. Photo: Sept ...

Previously unknown species of dolphin swam the oceans 20 million years ago, including in waters that covered Switzerland, today a landlocked country at the heart of Europe, researchers said Tuesday.

They may not be meowing, barking or mooing their way through depositions anytime soon, but if Switzerland’s animal-rights activists get their way, domestic creatures may be given the constitutional ...

New rules requiring labels on food packaging to indicate whether animals were subjected to painful procedures without anaesthesia are now in effect across Switzerland. The regulation, which took ...

Humans share their homes and lives with a wide variety of nonhuman animals (animals). However, globally, companion animals (aka pets) are considered to be objects under existing laws. Regulations and ...

Switzerland will hold a referendum in March to determine whether animals should have the right to be represented in court. According to The Daily Telegraph, if the referendum is passed each Swiss ...

Voters in Switzerland Sunday overwhelmingly rejected an initiative attempting to impose a complete ban on all kinds of experimentation on humans and animals. The initiative also included a ban on the ...

Voters in Switzerland will decide on Sunday whether to become the first country to ban animal testing in a referendum that will also consider tightening controls on cigarette advertising. ZURICH, Feb ...