Head of the Animal Welfare Division
Kaspar Jörger studied veterinary medicine at the universities of Neuchâtel and Zürich, and obtained his doctorate at the University of Bern in 1987. Following assistantships in various large animal practices and at the Institute of Veterinary Pathology in Zürich, he became a partner in a private veterinary practice.
In 1990, he moved to the veterinary public health service, initially as an official veterinarian for the city of Chur working in meat and food inspection. He joined the Veterinary Office of the Canton of Graubünden in 1995 and became cantonal veterinarian in 1999. From 2005 to 2007, he was Head of the Graubünden Office for food safety and veterinary service.
In 2007, he assumed responsibility for Cantonal coordination at the Swiss Federal Veterinary Office (FVO). From 2010 to 2013, he was responsible for the Monitoring division and was a member of the FVO Executive board. Since 2014, he has been Head of the Animal Welfare Division of the Swiss Federal Office for Food Safety and Veterinary Affairs (FSVO) and a member of the Executive Board. In this role, his responsibilities include supervision of animal experimentation licensing and acting as an adviser to cantonal animal welfare offices and animal experimentation commissions. From 2014 until 2018, he was a member of the Administrative board of the 3R Research Foundation Switzerland.