I am excited and hope this works. I want to be a slight party pooper by noting that the number of animals slaughtered in Switzerland might reduce because of this measure, but it will likely reallocate at least slightly to other countries without such strict regulation.
But I think it is still an amazing measure to ensure animals live in more humane conditions and I would love to know of any organizations I can support for this.
I very much understand your concerns. However, perhaps they are not necessary in this particular case, as the initiative also requires the same strict regulations for all imported meat. Switzerland itself exports practically no meat abroad. In the best case it could even have the opposite effect and even “export” the improved animal welfare regulations, because traders will then look for “cheaper” goods, but they still have to comply with the animal welfare regulations.
Just imagine what kind of impact such a change in the law would (will?) have in a really big economy like Germany, for example. Not that I would consider that anywhere near realistic at the moment....
I am excited and hope this works. I want to be a slight party pooper by noting that the number of animals slaughtered in Switzerland might reduce because of this measure, but it will likely reallocate at least slightly to other countries without such strict regulation.
But I think it is still an amazing measure to ensure animals live in more humane conditions and I would love to know of any organizations I can support for this.
I very much understand your concerns. However, perhaps they are not necessary in this particular case, as the initiative also requires the same strict regulations for all imported meat. Switzerland itself exports practically no meat abroad. In the best case it could even have the opposite effect and even “export” the improved animal welfare regulations, because traders will then look for “cheaper” goods, but they still have to comply with the animal welfare regulations.
Just imagine what kind of impact such a change in the law would (will?) have in a really big economy like Germany, for example. Not that I would consider that anywhere near realistic at the moment....