"Swiss town denies passport to Dutch vegan because she is ‘too annoying’"

From Yahoo News:

A Dutch vegan who applied for a Swiss passport has had her application rejected because the locals found her too annoying.

Nancy Holten, 42, moved to Switzerland from the Netherlands when she was eight years old and now has children who are Swiss nationals.

However, when she tried to get a Swiss passport for herself, residents of Gipf-Oberfrick in the canton of Aargau rejected her application.

Ms Holten, a vegan and animal rights activist, has campaigned against the use of cowbells in the village and her actions have annoyed the locals.

The resident’s committee argued that if she does not accept Swiss traditions and the Swiss way of life, she should not be able to become an official national.

Ms Holten told local media: “The bells, which the cows have to wear when they walk to and from the pasture, are especially heavy....MORE

The Swiss Bovine Special Forces are practicing air-mobile vertical insertion techniques should Ms Holten prove obstreperous:

Note identifying bell (and more disconcertingly, lack of diaper)