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All over the world, countless animals in overcrowded shelters live sadly or struggle for their survival in wild colonies. Day after day, even today, animals that have become inconvenient are still abandoned, deported or mistakenly kept for lack of better knowledge. The Susy Utzinger Animal Welfare Foundation contributes with effective means to the fact that animal suffering can be reduced or even prevented sustainably.

This animal welfare work is based on four pillars:

1. Competence Centre Animal Shelter: Animal shelters become high-quality transition stations for homeless animals, where animals are kept and promoted in a way that is appropriate for their species and finally transferred to good new places.

2. Neutering campaigns: Braking the animal misery

3. Education and training of specialists: Specialists are given the opportunity to optimise their knowledge and improve animal welfare.

4. Education of the population: love of animals with heart and mind

These four elements form the important basis for sustainable animal welfare projects.

Those animals that are not yet able to benefit from the effects of this reconstruction work and have been born into a world where they are not wanted need the emergency aid of SUST.

Emergency aid as a basis for sustainable animal welfare projects: saving lives of animals

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STOP FUR: Please do without fur products!

October 2021

It will soon be autumn and the first people are already taking care of their autumn and winter wardrobe. Although the majority of the Swiss population clearly rejects the cruel methods of keeping, catching and killing animals, the sale of fur products is booming.

After wearing fur was frowned upon, especially in the 1990s, sales of fur products have risen sharply again in Switzerland in recent years. Today, fur is produced cheaply in large masses and is almost only used to decorate textiles and fashion accessories. As a result, real fur is often not even noticed and the immense animal suffering behind it is not recognized. Although there has been a declaration obligation for fur products since 2014. However, consumers hardly pay attention to the corresponding information because the focus is on the chic appearance. Investigations have also shown that the animal cruelty fur products are often poorly declared.

"Fur is often produced in such a cruel and cheap way that it is even cheaper than fake fur. Many consumers don't know that they are wearing real fur - and they don't know that dog and cat fur is also used for their collars and accessories" explains Susy Utzinger, CEO of the Susy Utzinger Animal Welfare Foundation.

Country:
  • Switzerland
5 Pillars:
  • Information to the public
STOP FUR: Please do without fur products!
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