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From: Brumar89	3/9/2010 7:30:48 PM
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Those heartless Swiss - voted not to let fish sue fishermen: .... Today, in good news on the animal lawyers front, Switzerland rejected granting animals the constitutional right to legal representation when animal abuse is charged. From the story: The result was emphatic: Swiss voters don’t think abused animals need to have their own lawyers. ..... Indeed, the Wall Street Journal did a report on Switzerland’s only animal lawyer recently, and it tells a warning tale. From the story: Last month, Antoine Goetschel went to court here in defense of an unusual client: a 22-pound pike that had fought a fisherman for 10 minutes before surrendering. Mr. Goetschel is the official animal lawyer for the Swiss canton of Zurich, a sort of public defender who represents the interests of pets, farm animals and wildlife. He wound up with the pike as a client when animal-welfare groups filed a complaint alleging animal cruelty in the fish’s epic battle with an amateur angler… firstthings.com

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