Animal experiments should not be banned in Switzerland, according to the Swiss government, which submitted its views to Parliament on the initiative “Yes to a future without animal experiments”. This comes three years after a similar text was widely rejected by the Swiss people. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The initiative calls for a total ban on animal experiments and on the breeding of and trade in animals for such experiments. The ban would come into force in stages. Experiments involving severe constraints and those carried out in the fields of basic research, teaching and training would be banned as soon as the initiative is accepted. All other experiments would be banned after seven years at the latest. The initiative was submitted in November 2024 by an association with over 127,000 signatures. According to the committee, animal experiments are ineffective and ethically unacceptable. Serious consequences In a press release, the federal …