This energetic French bulldog cross had been found abandoned in Brussels with her kibbles. As the 15-day deadline had passed and no one had come to claim Shiva, she was put up for adoption. We have given priority to analyzing puppy adoption applications received via our https://www.veeweyde.be/adopter-un-chiot After several appointments that went very well, we decided to entrust Shiva to a great couple who wi

Good news: it will no longer be possible to refuse a tenant because of their pet in Brussels. In future, landlords will need "reasonable grounds for refusal", thanks to a draft ordinance amending the Brussels Housing Code. This point enshrines the right for tenants to have a pet, and thereby recognizes that our pets are fully-fledged members of our households! Indeed, at the end of March 2024, the Brussels Parli

On Sunday March 31, our Refuge du Marais team went to Rebecq with the associations Animaux en Péril, Help Animals, le Rêve d'Aby and Opale, at the request of the police, to take charge of around 100 animals held in miserable conditions. Initially, walkers noticed goats, rabbits, hens, geese, ducks and birds held in tiny cages or bathing in pools of mud. The alarm was raised with the local Rebecq police, who we

Elise is one of our most indispensable volunteers. For two years, she has been taking care of the shelter dogs, once or twice a week. Rain or shine, she is always there. Elise has a gift with animals: it's her passion. Highly motivated, she juggles between volunteering at the shelter and her business ELIDOG, which she launched a few months ago in Brussels. At the shelter, she mainly handles the dogs' outings in t

This Tuesday, we witnessed the premature birth of Présumida's baby, one of the mares seized in January in the Charleroi region. The consequences of her deficiencies and atrocious living conditions before her rescue led to the early birth of her foal, and unfortunately, Présumida cannot provide her with milk. In urgency, we took the baby and her mother to the veterinary clinic where they have been hospitalized s

The Veeweyde Marais refuge went on Tuesday morning to the 4 Balzanes ASBL shelter to retrieve the 6 adult goats and 3 kids, taken in during the rescue operation in Maurage on Monday. We thank them for hosting these animals for a few days while the Veeweyde Marais shelter organized itself. They are now settled in their quarantine stable, warm and dry, and are slowly recovering. If you wish to help them in their

Following the call from SPA La Louvière and thanks to an order from the acting mayor Antonio Gava, our colleagues from other shelters mobilized for a new emergency intervention in Maurage, in the Walloon region. The scene on site was horrifying: 16 sheep, around thirty goats, and two ponies were kept in disastrous living conditions. On the ground, littered with debris, every step posed a danger to the animals.

A video from the Walloon Region's Animal Welfare Department sheds light on hypertypical animals via its website https://bienetreanimal.wallonie.be/hypertypes. An animal is considered hypertypic when certain distinctive traits of the breed are accentuated to the extreme: flattened nose, folds, size of the paws, specific color… However, accentuating these characteristics can cause discomfort, pain, or even suffer

At the end of February, our Marais shelter received a visit from internationally renowned equine dentist Sébastien Tirtey, accompanied by a specialist from Bordeaux and a veterinarian from the province of Liège, Théodora Staes, who wanted to deepen her knowledge in equine dentistry. The team stayed on-site for two days, and thanks to them, no less than 15 horses received care, free of charge for our shelter.