Switzerland Animal Lawyers
source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/switzerland/7120931/Switzerland-to-hold-ref...
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Switzerland will hold a referendum next month on whether domesticated animals should have the right to be represented by lawyers in court.
Farmers and the government are against the proposal, but the issue will be put to a nationwide vote after animal rights activists collected enough signatures to put the measure on the ballot.
"Animal rights advocates are useless to animals," a committee composed of members of various political parties and called No to the Useless Animal Lawyers' Initiative told The Sunday Times.
"They can't prevent animal abuse because they only get involved after it has been perpetrated."
But Antoine Goetschel, a lawyer who in 2007 was appointed the "animal advocate" of Zurich, disagrees.
"Humans accused of animal cruelty can hire a lawyer or get one assigned but animals can't," he said. "Which is where I come in."
"Pet keepers think that a so-called love for a guinea pig is enough," he told The Sunday Times. "But this ignores the animal's needs as a species, such as having a companion."
Farmers and the government are against the proposal, but the issue will be put to a nationwide vote after animal rights activists collected enough signatures to put the measure on the ballot.
"Animal rights advocates are useless to animals," a committee composed of members of various political parties and called No to the Useless Animal Lawyers' Initiative told The Sunday Times.
"They can't prevent animal abuse because they only get involved after it has been perpetrated."
But Antoine Goetschel, a lawyer who in 2007 was appointed the "animal advocate" of Zurich, disagrees.
"Humans accused of animal cruelty can hire a lawyer or get one assigned but animals can't," he said. "Which is where I come in."
"Pet keepers think that a so-called love for a guinea pig is enough," he told The Sunday Times. "But this ignores the animal's needs as a species, such as having a companion."
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Hardly surprising, since most lawyers are swine.
- 2 years ago
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