A referendum calling for subsidies to keep cattle and goat horns has been voted down by 54.7 per cent in Switzerland.
The man who persuaded the government to hold the vote said cattle and goats would be happier if they could keep the horns they grow.
The government and farmers said it would cost too much – about $40 million a year.
But Armin Capaul, who is a small-scale farmer and who proposed the referendum, said it worked to make more people aware of animal welfare.
