Koen Margodt is an Belgian ethicist and is cochair of the Global Ethics Committee of the Jane Goodall Institute. Together with Dr. Goodall he has written an essay on factory farms.
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Go Wild !
Read moreAre you between 9 and 14 years old and ready to get wild with us? Then enter the Sauvage Contest!
And win a Wild Day at the Institute of Natural Sciences, with a member of your family, on Saturday February 22, 2025. You'll be able to watch a fascinating film. You'll discover our new exhibition Sauvage? and of course the Dinosaur Gallery and all the other rooms. A riddle trail and a delicious lunch complete the experience. But that's not all... a surprising challenge awaits you!
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No dolphinarium, including the one in Bruges, can comply
Read moreBrussels, Wednesday 6 March 2024 – This morning, the Animal Welfare Committee of the Flemish Parliament heard experts on the proposal for a decree “on the welfare of dolphins” submitted by Els Ampe (Voor U). Also on hand: none other than Dr Jane Goodall, the legendary UN peace ambassador and world-renowned authority anthropologist/biologist, whose research on chimpanzees in their own biotope provided groundbreaking scientific knowledge and revolutionised primatology. In a video message, Jane Goodall explained why she is fighting against keeping cetaceans in captivity and pleading for the phasing out of the keeping of dolphins at the Bruges’ Boudewijn Seapark dolphinarium: “No dolphinarium, including the one in Bruge, can meet the needs of these magnificent marine mammals!”
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