UPDATE – Closing of the fundraising campaign for Lana! Thanks to your exceptional solidarity, the full amount needed for Lana's surgery and post-operative care has been raised. The fundraising campaign for Lana is therefore officially closed 🙏 The funds raised will be used for the surgical procedure scheduled for January, post-operative care and the necessary veterinary follow-up during her recovery.

This Christmas for animals will remain a highlight at the shelter. All throughout the day, many of you crossed our doors to support our residents. As the hours passed, the results were clear:🛍️ The shop was a huge hit🎁 The personalized gifts for the animals were all snapped up🛒 The flea market received an amazing response🎟️ The raffle sold out by 2 PM!🥞🧀 The tasty stands delighted both t

As the holidays approach, we would like to remind everyone that the use of firecrackers, fireworks, and other pyrotechnic products has a real impact on animal well-being. Their hearing, much more sensitive than ours, makes the detonations particularly stressful for them. In the Brussels-Capital Region, setting off fireworks is prohibited, even on private property, since 2023. In certain Brussels municipalities

Every week, we receive numerous requests for visits, volunteering, or activities with our animals from schools, companies, and non-profit organizations. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for this interest: your desire to help means so much to us! In order to ensure the safety of everyone and the well-being of animals that are sometimes very vulnerable, here’s what is possible—and what is not—during th

In December 2024, our teams were involved in a case of abuse. It was from there that we rescued Belle and Balto: two starving dogs, covered in parasites, whom we immediately took in through our Veeweyde Refuge du Marais and then transferred to the Brussels shelter. Balto during his rescue. Belle But their rescue didn’t stop there. Despite their alarming condition, their former owners contested the sei