SWISS voters have rejected a proposal to ban intensive livestock farming, with a public referendum held at the weekend.
According to Reuters the “no” vote was easily the most popular, with more than 60 percent voting against the proposed laws. The referendum was to give animals the right to not be factory farmed – a ban which would have affected the local beef industry and imports.
The vote has been a rare win for the European farming community in recent times, with governments in the The Netherlands and Ireland implementing potentially herd-reducing emissions legislation and a…
