#Act4 FarmAnimals Our Member Organisation GAIA have sent an open letter in Flemish newspapers calling on the Flemish Animal Welfare Minister to finally ban caged systems for laying hens in Flanders. They also launched a poster campaign throughout the region to raise extra visibility for the issue. GAIA calls on Flemish animal welfare Minister to free caged hens 10 May 2022 GAIA
#Act4 FarmAnimals Two disinfection firms in the Netherlands have been found liable for a 2017 food scandal that swept across Europe. Eggs were contaminated with the insecticide fipronil, which saw millions of chickens slaughtered. Dutch Court finds firms liable in fipronil egg-tainting scandal 25 May 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals On May 18, following the gradual release of the confinement measured imposed after the breakout of the COVID-19 crisis in Belgium, GAIA launched a campaign to ban cages for laying hens. New campaign: "Tired of being confined? They are too!" 25 May 2020 GAIA
#Act4 FarmAnimals GAIA welcomes the ministers’ adoption of the draft decree of Minister Carlo Di Antonio (cdH) regarding the Walloon Code of Animal Welfare. An ambitious Animal Welfare Code in Wallonia, including a ban on battery caged hens 27 April 2018 GAIA