Militant animal rights activities are on the increase in Switzerland but only a minority want to shut slaughterhouses. The Federal Intelligence Service has registered a growing number of violent incidents in 2018 compared with the preceding five years,according to a report in the Tages-Anzeiger newspaper group. The report does not give detailed figures but points out that militants are particularly active in the French-speaking part of the country. It also mentions a major incident in the German-speaking part of Switzerland final November when more than 100 animal rights activists blocked a slaughterhouse of the leading Bell food group for a day. The protest prompted calls by the meat processing industry for tougher sanctions against militants. However, a recent opinion poll commissioned by an animal rights group, and Tier im Fokus,found only 17% of respondents supporting a closure of all slaughterhouses in Switzerland. But three out of four respondents came out against ...
Source: swissinfo.ch