by Hubi | May 20, 2025 | blog
Today is World Bee Day. Last year, we reported on the cruelty of beekeeping and pointed out a few simple ways in which everyone can do something for the bees. This year we want to draw attention to bee mortality. Bee mortality is not just an abstract environmental...
by Renato Werndli | May 16, 2025 | blog
A report in the Tagesanzeiger of May 8, 2025 reports that Swiss farmers are producing “original milk” and asks whether this is better milk or just marketing hype. Our letter to the editor was published yesterday: It is incomprehensible that the dairy industry is now...
by Renato Werndli | Mar 9, 2025 | blog
A report in Der Bund on March 5, 2025 showed on the one hand that animals have various amazing properties, and on the other hand, in the same article, mice are presented as very suitable for animal experiments. This is the rebuttal: The report shows that science is...
by Renato Werndli | Mar 3, 2025 | blog
An article in the WOZ of February 6, 2025 suggests that too many pigs are killing the fjord in Denmark. Here is our letter to the editor: Of course, it is not the completely innocent pigs that are killing the fjords, as the title suggests. It is us humans who, despite...
by Renato Werndli | Mar 3, 2025 | blog
On Friday, February 14, 2025, the St. Galler Tagblatt published a celebratory article about xenotransplantation of pig kidneys into humans. The letter to the editor about this was printed in last Friday’s edition. The promoters of the transplantation of animal...
by Hubi | Feb 10, 2025 | blog
On February 2, 2025, the NZZ am Sonntag had a report about Paul McCartney’s daughter because she rejected leather and fur as a fashion designer back in the 1990s. The letter to the editor about this was printed in yesterday’s edition. It’s great that...