The Local Switzerland

Dogs and cats 'still eaten in Switzerland'

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:18:00 +0100

Some Swiss people still regularly eat dog and cat meat, a newspaper investigation has shown - and the practice remains legal in the country.

Swiss pastor follows in hermit's footsteps

Wed, 30 May 2012 13:52:07 +0200

A young pastor from St. Gallen in Eastern Switzerland has decided to spend three months living in the woods like the hermit Gallus did 1,400 years before.