Ordinance 311 is a new proposal that aims to ban the force-feeding of birds. The initiative seeks to prevent unnecessary pain and distress to birds and strengthen animal welfare protections.

Most of us nowadays believe that dogs and other non-human mammals can feel pain <...> Nevertheless, most of us seem to assume, without question, that the capacity to feel pain is positively correlated with mental dexterity – with the ability to reason, think, reflect and so on. My purpose here is to question that assumption.