Gaia gives Ben Weyts 16/20 for animal Welfare

Animals Flemish minister Ben Weyts has ridden a nice course in the area of animal welfare. That says Gaia. Now the legislature on its last legs runs, the N-VA'of the animal rights organisation a score of 16/20, and so there's a big distinction. "Under the impulse of minister Weyts, Flanders is well on the way to the diervriendelijkste region in the European Union", says Gaia chairman Michel Vandenbosch.

The power of animal welfare in 2014 regionalized in our country. Flanders and Wallonia were for the first time a full-fledged minister of Welfare, in the Brussels region, was that a secretary of state. "As the sixth reform of the state in one domain is very clearly a positive difference it has made, is in the area of animal Welfare," says Vandenbosch. the

The achievements of Weyts may be seen, according to Gaia. A selection from the list of realizations: a ban on anaesthetized slaughter, the ban on the breeding of fur animals for fur and dwangvoederen for foiegrasproductie, and mandatory kattensterilisatie. Last week reached Weyts an agreement on a by the majority and the opposition, carried the proposal of decree that the use of fireworks for the strong bands. "He was also the first minister in a slaughterhouse (that of Tielt, ed) for a while has closed," said Vandenbosch.

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Weyts got his report today delivered to the door of his cabinet on the Brussels martyrs ' square. He said the power with "passion and enthusiasm" to have exercised, but also with "many " métier". According to him, it was occasionally slow to get things done, and that time to use to "glitches". "I am also proud that we have things have been able to realize that is not at all in the Flemish coalition agreement were", was the.

However, according to Gaia still work points. There was no prohibition on surgical biggencastratie, however, a point that was in the coalition agreement. And also in the field of animal testing, the results are meager. "A vigorous policy, let alone of efficient and effective incentive and guiding measures for systematic reduction in the use of laboratory animals, there is no question," says the animal rights organisation.