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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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GAIA considers that it’s high time that animal welfare, the appreciation of their dignity and interests, fundamental values in Belgian society, be recognised by the country’s highest institutions.
GAIA presents Bianca Debaets with a chocolate cat in celebration of the new law
GAIA offers chocolate sheep: “The fruits of 22 years of campaigning”
1.069.715 signatures: GAIA has just reached this landmark figure in its joint European campaign to end the suffering of nearly one billion poultry and 37 million cattle, equines, goats and sheep that are transported alive within the EU, as well as to Turkey and the Middle East.
Since 1992, GAIA has been acting on behalf of animals and working tirelessly towards ever better protection for these living creatures, who can feel both pain and anguish.
Michel Vandenbosch, President of GAIA: “This is a major day for animal welfare and for GAIA
GAIA offers chocolate sheep to Walloon Animal Welfare Minister and Members of Parliament
