Important communication to our donors: Tax receipts for the year 2023 are currently being prepared. Please be patient, you will receive them by mail in the coming weeks. We take this opportunity to remind our members that their annual contributions do not entitle them to a tax receipt. Indeed, membership is not considered as a donation, nor is the purchase of the calendar. Please make sure to indicate "Memb

We have received 215 euros in financial donations for the purchase of harnesses for our shelter dogs and we would like to thank the donors for their gesture! THANK YOU! Thanks also to the generous individuals who have dropped off harnesses at the shelter. This will also be very useful to us. We still need about ten more! Y or X models with clear shouldersWith anti-pull feature in frontIn sizes M, L, and XLB

On Friday March 1, seven horses and two ponies discovered in deplorable conditions in Flanders were taken in by the associations Veeweyde Refuge du Marais, Animaux en Péril, Le Rêve d'Aby, Au Bonheur Animal, Equi Rêve and Silence Animal. Serious acts of negligence were observed by the Lokeren police at a stable, leading to this intervention. The owners, after several warnings, had tried to hide the equines by

In 2023, Bruxelles Environnement received 92 complaints of animal abuse, resulting in 42 seizures and involving a total of 133 animals in the Brussels region. The animals concerned included 54 dogs, 61 cats, 8 birds, 2 rodents, 1 rabbit, 1 equine and 6 spiders. These seizures are triggered in response to various offenses such as poor hygiene, neglect, underfeeding and unsanitized diseases. Since 2019, the number

Live this Wednesday, February 14th, on "On n'est pas des pigeons" - RTBF, Laura Noël from our Veeweyde Refuge du Marais in Coutisse testifies about the increasingly numerous cases of abuse and recurrences that we have been facing in the Walloon Region for several weeks. Cases too often closed without follow-up while shelters are saturated and struggle to find money to rehabilitate rescued animals!!! To revie

Rescuing, sheltering, and urgently treating animals in advanced states of emaciation, infested with lice, exhausted from infections, and living in disastrous conditions... The Marais shelter is currently saturated, with the number of rescued equines reaching 140, so numerous are the seizures in recent weeks. Poverty, depression, substance abuse, or alcoholism are the causes of neglect, but we also observe a lack

Rain can be soothing for some, but for our four-legged friends, it can often be a source of anxiety and fear. Many dog owners have already experienced their companion's resistance to going outside when it's raining. Why are dogs afraid of the rain? Understanding this reaction is essential to helping our friends overcome this fear. There are several reasons why dogs are afraid of rain: Auditory and olfactory

On Saturday, we were at the Animal Welfare Festival in 1070 Anderlecht with our dogs TOM and MINNIE, who we took out for a dog walk from the shelter. Thanks to our carers and volunteers, the "bodyguards team", who supervised them along the way! See Tom's profile here: https://www.veeweyde.be/adoption/tom/ And Minnie's: https://www.veeweyde.be/adoption/minnie/ The party continued at Astrid Park, with the pre