Summary

2010 - 2011

• First letters to the Federal Parliament
• First media reports
• First Horn festivity

2012

• National Council rejects the promotion of horned animals
• The Horn-Frank petition is launched
• First Horn-calendar

2013

• Poster campaign in 40 stations
• First Midnight-Newsletter
• Submitting the petition

2014

• The Federal Council does nothing in favor of the horns
• The Horn-Cow initiative is launched
• The website www.hornkuh.ch goes online

2015

• Signatures are collected
• First international media reports
• Despite concerns, there are 96,257 signatures at the end of the year

2016

• The initiative comes about
• The Federal Council rejects the horn cow initiative
• The horn calendar 2017 is sold out before the end of the year

2017

• The Council of States rejects the horn cow initiative
• The initiative gets very big media presence
• The 7th Horn festivity takes place in Appenzell

2018

• An indirect counterproposal does not work out
• The National Council rejects the initiative
• On November 25th, the initiative comes to vote