Content by tag : Animal welfare
A new wolf has arrived in Flanders, the Agency for Nature and Woodlands (ANB) confirmed this week. The animal was first spotted by a jogger in the neighbourhood of Oudsbergen, in Limburg.
Belgium’s animal rights organisation Gaia has joined 16 other associations in penning an open letter to the new Brussels government demanding a ban on the slaughter of livestock without first stun
During World War One, British troops in Belgium asked what they should do with their sick or injured animals.
Brussels has followed Ostend and Antwerp in suspending horse-and-carriage rides for tourists, because of the heatwave.
The use of antibiotics in livestock in Belgium decreased by 12.8% last year in comparison to the year before, the biggest annual fall since 2011.
Activists from 25 animal welfare groups protested outside Pairi Daiza animal park on Sunday against the planned arrival of polar bears.
A dog left out on a small second-floor balcony during this weekend's storms in Brussels has been taken into care and his owner questioned by police.
Hamsters from the Netherlands are being introduced to Flanders to top up the creatures’ gene pool.
Plans to develop a food label indicating the level of animal welfare involved in meat production in Flanders have been unveiled by the government.
