From Parliament Hill to Capitol Hill to the Brussels Bubble — Who’s the Cutest Pet?

This first annual Global Cutest Pets Showdown, brings together pets and animal lovers from around the world in a contest to celebrate the bond between people and their animals. Featuring the winners of three popular contests –  Cutest Pets on Parliament Hill (CAN), Cutest Pets on Capitol Hill (US), and the Best Buddies in the Brussels Bubble (EU) – in one global competition to determine, once and for all: Who’s the Cutest?

As a partner in Pet Alliance Europe’s Best Buddies in the Brussels Bubble photo contest, AnimalhealthEurope joined together with the Canadian and American animal health associations to bring this year’s Best Buddies winners into the global sphere!

Representing the European Union, are the 2025 Best Buddies in the Brussels Bubble winners — now stepping up to the international stage as Team Europe! From the purring parliamentary advisor to the roving reporter, these pets are ready to charm the globe and prove that when it comes to cuteness, Europe is paws-down best in the world!

Get to know the pets flying the EU flag in this year’s showdown!

Meet Team Europe

Strudel – mostly called Strudi – is quite simply Brussels’ cutest cat!

Adopted from a shelter in Flanders, Strudel has been pawsitively instrumental in assisting Zita Massing, Policy Advisor to MEP Tilly Metz, during the preparations of the negotiations on the proposal for a Regulation on Cats and Dogs Welfare.

Sprouty, named after the humble vegetable: Brussels sprouts is definitely the cutest dog, and we’re not lying as we met him in the fur!

Also adopted from a local animal shelter in Brussels, he can now be seen trotting around the EU quarter with European Affairs journalist Ana Matos Neves.