Other Animals on Swiss Farms
Swiss farmers could well produce more milk and beef and pork meat, but the market is saturated. Accordingly, many farmers look for alternative production possibilities. Several hundred farmers keep fallow-deer and thus produce a part of the deer meat consumed in Switzerland which would otherwise have to be imported. In the last years, farmers have constantly found new niches. That is why some Swiss farms now keep rather exotic animals such as ostrich, lamas, Scottish highland cattle and even bison.