You don't have to be one of those traumatized as a child by the iconic Disney cartoon/movie Bambi, find that reason peculiar to say the least. Bambi's mother was killed by a hunter. Hunting is the killing and wounding of animals, frequently leaving them in horrendous pain, not the instant death of properly done shechita. The research I did twelve years ago showed that every single country that bans shechita permits hunting.
So, just to make sure I'm not mistaken, it was very easy to check if Belgium permits hunting, the epitome of cruelty to animals. Yes, of course hunting is legal in Belgium. Click the following links:
http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/hunting/HuntingRegulations_Belgium.pdfThat proves it. The new law forbidding shechita in Belgium has nothing to do with morality and animal protection. It's just to make life more difficult for Jews.
https://en.browning-blog.eu/the-belgian-hunting-permit-what-you-should-know/