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 the young and the o

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

Recently, several people have come to our shelter after seeing fake online ads for cats supposedly available for adoption through our shelter. One woman even came to pay for a cat she had never seen! Warning: This is a scam. Malicious individuals are pretending to be us in order to steal money (through bank transfers, remote payments, special cards, etc.) in exchange for non-existent animals. Remember: We

Every year, our association publishes a calendar, and all the profits are fully dedicated to the well-being of the animals in our 4 shelters. The 2026 calendar was recently sent by postal mail to our members, as well as to several supporters and donors who have supported our efforts in recent months. This calendar is an invitation to support our work, but in no way an obligation to purchase. You can keep

At the beginning of August, our shelter took in Belfast Knight, a 27-year-old former international competition horse, and Ikar, 18 years old, who was suffering from a knee disability due to an old fracture. Both were voluntarily abandoned in a catastrophic state. Belfast Knight had traveled around the world and competed at the highest level. But we found him in a cachectic, exhausted, broken state. Despite we

On Friday 17 October, we had the immense honour of welcoming Her Excellency the Ambassador of Thailand to Belgium, accompanied by her husband and a delegation of more than 30 people, for a donation ceremony marked by respect and tradition. During this solemn ceremony, members of the Embassy made a collective donation to our shelter, representing a value equivalent to €1,300 in food, equipment and supplies f

A few days ago, we welcomed Tony Tony, a 5-year-old stray cat. A big thank you to the person who found him and wanted to help. But unfortunately, the mode of transport used could have cost him his life. Tony Tony arrived locked in an empty fish tank, with insufficient ventilation. He was lacking air, in a state of stress, and might not have survived the trip. Our team intervened just in time. Today, Tony To