I was intrigued by this Salon piece, about a referendum in Switzerland that would grant animals the right to court-appointed representation. According to the article, Switzerland is already incredibly protective of animal-rights, requiring social pet animals to be kept in pairs, prohibiting dog ownership without completion of a training course, and even (as of 2013) outlawing tying up a horse inside a stall.
The Swiss Animal Protection (STS) league, which gathered the 100,000 signatures required for the referendum to be held, hopes that appointing attorneys to represent animals in court will lead people to take infringements upon animal rights and animal abuse more seriously.All of this sounds great to me (my cats would kill me in my sleep if I suggested otherwise), but the best part comes at the very end of the article, where we learn what a court-appointed animal rights attorney might earn! Whoa Nellie, I am practicing in the WRONG JURISDICTION.
0 comments:
Post a Comment