25. February 202224. February 2022

Basel Zoo says “Thank you Basel!”

Published on zoobasel.ch the 13.02.2022.

The Primate Initiative has failed: around 75% voted against fundamental rights for primates. A very clear vote against animal rights populism.

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30. January 202229. January 2022

animal welfare, conservation, media-echo, research

Basel: Primate Initiative is harmful to animal welfare, conservation, and the research centre

Published on tierschutz-statt-menschenrechte.ch the 11.01.2022.

In Switzerland, a broad alliance of political and practical experts, also from the zoo world, stands against the animal rights industry’s primate initiative.

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22. November 2021

anti-zoo-initiatives, conservation, history, media-echo

Parliament recommends dismissal of the Primate Initiative: «Let us leave monkeys be monkeys»

Published on bzbasel.ch the 17.11.2021. | By: Silvana Schreier

Monkeys should stay monkeys and not turn into quasi-humans: That is why the majority of the Grand Council of Basel has taken a stand against the Primate Initiative.

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