This is really helpful and thoughtful. I agree with you that bans are probably the way to go but I worry they may be difficult to enforce. I think importers could easily circumvent restrictions through relabelling. There’s already widespread mislabelling of frog species—though, to be fair, much of it doesn’t appear to be intentional.
I think Switzerland’s new welfare labelling law will be interesting to watch. Many of the practices now required to be documented are already banned locally, so the law will primarily affect imports. It may offer useful lessons on enforcement (or lack thereof).
This is really helpful and thoughtful. I agree with you that bans are probably the way to go but I worry they may be difficult to enforce. I think importers could easily circumvent restrictions through relabelling. There’s already widespread mislabelling of frog species—though, to be fair, much of it doesn’t appear to be intentional.
I think Switzerland’s new welfare labelling law will be interesting to watch. Many of the practices now required to be documented are already banned locally, so the law will primarily affect imports. It may offer useful lessons on enforcement (or lack thereof).