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Courtepin, 25 February 2026 — Haflinger-Pentagon Sàrl-GmbH, represented by Hansruedi Vonlanthen

 

Regulations governing horse breeding in Switzerland in 'backstage' mode!

 

 

⇒ Backstage = the area behind the stage.

⇒ On the theatre stage, the strategist (commander) at the Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG) announces to his followers, to whom only like-minded people have access, the strategy (art of war) he intends to use to implement the completely revised Animal Breeding Ordinance.

⇒ Agricultural Policy 2022 – AP22 plus, to come into force on 1 January 2026 after five years. – A brilliant achievement in terms of innovation.

⇒ In the area of breeding programmes, the focus of the evaluation is on breeding characteristics. Together with herd book keeping, breeding can be promoted with federal subsidies. Promised in the package of regulations, but only for the Freiberger horse breed (les Franches Monagnes).

Swiss Haflinger horse breeding was first documented in 1952 and recognised as Swiss breeding in 1960. The Freiberger storytellers, the head and person responsible for implementing the ordinance, have caused enormous damage to thoroughbred breeding by claiming that only the Freiberger (les Franches Monagnes) breed is a Swiss thoroughbred and therefore eligible for federal subsidies, has caused enormous damage to thoroughbred breeding.

⇒ In this milieu, the storytellers are the group of actors and other individuals who are loyal to the command centre, the strategist in the BLW-WBF department, and who, as employees, are very successful in their efforts to withdraw the qualification from a forward-looking, high-quality product that originated in Switzerland as a Swiss breeding product.

⇒ The work ethic in the BLW department misleads and allows loyal employees to work less than 60% of their employment hours due to super well-paid employment wages. Knowing that the consequences could be very painful without 100% allegiance.

— The stated objective of the horse regulation policy is still seemingly on the right track, but its implementation contradicts the policy 180°.

 

The BLW is signalling right and turning left at a speed that is bound to lead to an accident. Stop the dirigisme.

 

⇒ We, Haflinger Pentagon Sàrl-GmbH, are not a breed organisation in which the representation of the breed is dictated by a single organisation that maintains the stud book, but rather by the diversity that exists within the breed, which gives breeders the freedom to choose what is right for their Punto in terms of pedigree and suitability.

⇒ Preserving the representation of the breed in all its diversity is a legitimate task that cannot be undermined by untenable demands on the part of a state official acting on behalf of the state.

⇒ The claim for damages arising from the refusal to grant a licence to practise a profession, caused by the Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG) – the head of the Breed Horse Breeding Ordinance Office – will be sent on 31 March 2026. For the time being, compensation per month for the de facto work ban imposed on Haflinger-Pentagon Sàrl-GmbH, with the option of claiming damages on the basis of incorrect decisions made by the responsible party against a private individual or private individuals.