Swiss Civil Code

¹In the event of dis­putes over own­er­ship of an­im­als kept as pets rather than for in­vest­ment or com­mer­cial pur­poses, the court will award sole own­er­ship to whichever party of­fers the bet­ter con­di­tions of an­im­al wel­fare in which to keep the an­im­al.

²The court may or­der the per­son to whom own­er­ship of the an­im­al is awar­ded to provide ap­pro­pri­ate com­pens­a­tion to the oth­er party; the court de­term­ines the amount at its dis­cre­tion.

³The court shall take all ne­ces­sary pro­vi­sion­al meas­ures, in par­tic­u­lar in re­la­tion to the an­im­al’s care in the in­ter­im.