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Switzerland is a world leader in animal welfare. Its constitutional protection of the "dignity of the creature", the strict requirements of the Swiss Federal Animal Protection Act, and the employment of a public animal welfare lawyer are all exceptional measures that have no equivalent in Canadian or U.S. law.

Please join the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund at 9I制作厂免费 for a presentation by Dr. Antoine F. Goetschel who will speak on advancements in animal welfare legislation in Switzerland as well as his role as the world's first and only public animal welfare lawyer in Zurich, Switzerland. In court, Dr. Goetschel acts much like a public prosecutor, safeguarding the interests of animal victims in criminal cases. It is his job to enforce the Swiss Federal Animal Protection Act, enacted in 2008, which is generally regarded as one of the most progressive pieces of animal protection legislation in the world.

In addition, Dr. Goetschel will speak on the current Swiss popular initiative that proposes to compel all 26 cantons of Switzerland to appoint a public animal welfare lawyer which would give domesticated animals the right to be represented by a lawyer in court. On March 7th, 2010 the entire Swiss population will vote in a referendum on whether to accept this initiative that aims to give unprecedented legal protection to animals.

Specializing in the field of human-animal relationships in the law since 1984, Dr. Goetschel has been instrumental in drawing up animal welfare legislation in Switzerland. He is a visiting lecturer on animal welfare legislation at Zurich Law School, and was the Founding Director of the Foundation for the Animal in the Law (). Since 1994, he has been managing his own law firm in Zurich which works on approximately 150 cases of animal mistreatment per year (). Dr. Goetschel's many publications include: "The Animal in the Law Transparent"; "The Dignity of Animals"; "Legal Commentary on the German Animal Wel颅fare Act"; and "Law and Animal Welfare". He is frequently called upon by national and international organizations to present on the relationship between humans and animals in the law and has addressed the German Judges Academy, the European Biomedical Research Association, and the Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science As颅so颅ci颅at颅ions.

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