Publications

I am the author of numerous books and essays in the field of animal welfare legislation (both in the Swiss and international law) as well as co-author of many publications. For example:

• the Legal Comment on the Swiss Animal Welfare Act (1986)
• the Compendium of the Swiss Animal Welfare Law (1987)
• his legal thesis on Animal Welfare Law and Fundamental Rights (1989)
• the „Bill Regarding the Human Animal Relationship" (1993)
• the opinion for a "Lawyer for Animal Welfare in Criminal Cases in the Canton of Zurich (1994)
• the book "Our Dog" (2001)
• the book "The Dignity of Animals" (2002)
• the Legal Comment on the German Animal Welfare Act (2002)
• the book "The Animal in the Law - 99 Aspects of Human-Animal-Relationship" (2003)
• and more than thirty scientific contributions, essays and legal opinions, on cantonal, national, German, Austrian, and European animal welfare legislation.

They can be accessed at www.tierimrecht.org/de/bib/ with Autor = 'Goetschel A'.

The following are some of the articles that have been published about me:

• „Den Bergtiger fangen“, in: Läufer, Mietmaul, König - Anwälte an der Schnittstelle von Recht und Macht, 17 Porträts, Bruno Glaus / Karl Lüönd (ed.), Zurich 2005
• Zurichsee-Zeitung from 27 July 2006
• Article in the tenth edition of the newspaper "Der Arbeitsmarkt" / October 2006
• Weshalb ein neues Tierschutzgesetz, in Coop-Zeitung from 22 June 2005