Recreational fishing banned in Switzerland

New animal cruelty laws in Switzerland deem recreational fishing as animal cruelty.

The law ban catch and release fishing as the authorities have found that this fishing technique is morally wrong as it in facts is the practice of torturing animals for fun. You will however still be able to fish if you kill and/or eat the fish you catch as this is not consider recreational fishing as it has another purpose than just your enjoyment. The new law also outlaws using live fish as bait. It does not appear to regulate other types of live bait items.

This new laws make the Swiss fishing laws some of the most strict / if not the strictest, in the world today.