Switzerland prepares to hold referendum on animal rights amendments to constitution

The Swiss government said on Thursday that it opposed proposals to constitutionally ban imports of foie gras and fur from mistreated animals, but the Swiss people will still vote in a referendum. The government said in a statement after a meeting that it had offered counterproposals to two initiatives put forward by the Swiss Animal Alliance that it acknowledged were "understandable" from an animal welfare point of view. Both counterproposals modify the law, rather than the constitution as put forward by the Alliance which has collected enough signatures to hold a referendum. No date has yet been set for the "popular initiative" vote.
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