Switzerland: Ban Urged on Eating Cats and Dogs An animal rights group has petitioned the Swiss government to ban a traditional, if rare, practice of eating cats for Christmas dinner and turning dogs into sausages. Tomi Tomek, president of the animal rights group SOS CHATS Noiraigue, said 3 percent of the population still eats cat and dog. "You can't report it to the police because there's no law against it," he said.