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On 3 April the Flemish Parliament unanimously approved the decree proposal that forbids the use of fireworks, crackers, carbide cannons and sky lanterns unless a municipal or city government has given express permission for their use.
Is it possible to produce real meat without slaughtering animals and as such without the mass killing of animals? That is precisely the point of ‘cell-based meat’ or ‘slaughter-free meat’, a technological revolution that GAIA is proposing by way of a new website: www.kweekvlees.be and www.viandecultivee.be.
Each year, about 1.6 million kangaroos are hunted and killed in particularly cruel conditions. This statistic makes the kangaroo the most hunted wild animal in the world. Unfortunately, Belgium is partly responsible for maintaining this commercial hunt, as it is the world's largest importer of kangaroo meat for human consumption.
On January 1, 2019, many things will change in terms of animal welfare.
The company made this decision in consultation with the animal rights organization GAIA. A first in the business world.
In Belgium, many puppies have been acquired from bad breeders. The young animals sold by these businesses are often sick, weak, unsocialized and have been separated prematurely from their mothers.
GAIA has launched a new campaign calling for a ban on surgical castration of piglets. It has been years that the political world and pig breeders’ organisations have been promising the end of this painful practice. It's time to evolve.
Across Europe, billions of animals are farmed in cages. The time has come to stand up and End the Cage Age.
GAIA welcomes the Parliament of Wallonia’s adoption this afternoon of the Walloon Code of Animal Welfare. The Animal Welfare Code is an initiative of Minister of Animal Welfare Carlo Di Antonio (cdH).
GAIA verlangt eine Kürzung der Mehrwertsteuer für die Sterilisierung von Katzen
"Finally! After more than 20 years of campaigning we've achieved our goal: GAIA's president Michel Vandenbosch is excited about the decision of the Flemish government to ban fur farming and force-feeding for the production of foie gras.
"It’s a good start and we’ve achieved one of our main goals as well, however a lot of work remains to be done"
Michel Vandenbosch: "Slaughter without stunning in temporary slaughterhouses was, is and will remain illegal"
GAIA welcomes several major advances for animal welfare in Wallonia, including a ban on battery caged hens – a first in Belgium!
"Supermarkets can stop this intolerable suffering"
A measure we have been urging for a long time, which will save thousands of cats from being abandoned in shelters
“Keep your promise to ban fur farming in Flanders"
“A significant and undeniable advance in animal welfare, without neglecting the festive spirit”
GAIA: ‘A first in Belgium, which brings hope for the tens of thousands of animals suffering in the laboratories of the Brussels region’
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