Association against animal factories files criminal charges against SF
The Swiss Association Against Factory Farming (VgT) accuses Swiss television executives of animal cruelty. The VgT takes issue with a fishing game featuring live trout that aired on the show «Heimspiel» last Friday evening.
The Swiss Association Against Animal Factories (VgT) accuses those responsible for Swiss television of cruelty to animals. The VgT is offended by a fishing game with live trout in the program "Heimspiel", which was broadcast last Friday evening on SF 1.
Trout were caught by hand in a small pool during the game. The fish were unnecessarily panicked and frightened to death "for the sheer amusement of the public", writes VgT President Erwin Kessler in a criminal complaint that he submitted to the Zurich-Limmat public prosecutor on Saturday.
Kessler argues that putting an animal in a state of fear constitutes animal abuse under the Animal Welfare Act.
Trout were caught by hand in a small pool during the game. The fish were unnecessarily panicked and frightened to death "for the sheer amusement of the public", writes VgT President Erwin Kessler in a criminal complaint that he submitted to the Zurich-Limmat public prosecutor on Saturday.
Kessler argues that putting an animal in a state of fear constitutes animal abuse under the Animal Welfare Act.
