You can't have just one guinea pig – Swiss law requires having at least two, as they are social animals. For lonely guinea pigs, there are even “companion rental” services.

He was also ordered to a pay a fine of 2,000 Swiss francs (£1,772), Bild reported. Detectives tracked him down after seeing the videos and discovered he owned other images of animal pornography.

the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) announced on Friday. The microphones filter out background noise. Algorithms then recognise the sounds made by certain animal species.

Researchers in Lausanne are using an intelligent microphone to make the animal world audible. The microphone automatically records animal sounds ove ...

To this end, it has adopted the ETH Zurich Policy on Animal Experimental Research. The Swiss Animal Welfare Act definition of animal experiments covers experiments on living animals to investigate, ...

During a routine examination of our department's animal husbandry unit, we found a female Swiss albino mouse with an extremely distended abdomen (Fig. 1). This 6-month-old mouse, which was ...

According to the Swiss Animal Welfare Legislation, the minimal enclosure area for macaques of the size of rhesus or cynomolgus monkeys for experimental purposes is 15 cubic meters. In such an ...

Sander said “we have miserable coverage for what was among the most giant animals on Earth.” Sander said the limited record makes any discovery of giant ichthyosaur fossils exciting. In this study, ...

Here’s why. Read more: How well are Swiss animals protected? The keeping and treatment of experimental animals will also be modified to enhance their welfare. The extension of mandatory ...