Key legal question
Whether failure to have a dog microchipped within the statutory deadline justified conviction for a Tierseuchengesetz violation.
Extracted holding
Yes. The conviction was upheld because the appellant had to have the dog chipped and her refusal breached Swiss law.
Extracted reasoning
The court relied on the cantonal veterinary report, which accepted only a possible slight local shift of the chip but found no adverse health consequences. The appellant did not show that this assessment was wrong; therefore her health-risk argument failed.