The idea of World Animal Day was originated by Heinrich Zimmermann, a writer and publisher. He organised the first World Animal Day celebration on 24 March 1925 in Berlin, and 5,000 people attended!
In 1929, it was moved to October 4, the feast day of Francis of Assisi (the patron saint of ecology, including animals).
Every year, Zimmerman worked tirelessly on the promotion of World Animal Day. Finally, in May 1931, at a congress of the world’s animal protection organisations in Florence, Italy, his proposal to make World Animal Day on October 4 universal
was unanimously accepted.
Today, World Animal Day is celebrated in many ways around the globe!
In 1929, it was moved to October 4, the feast day of Francis of Assisi (the patron saint of ecology, including animals).
Every year, Zimmerman worked tirelessly on the promotion of World Animal Day. Finally, in May 1931, at a congress of the world’s animal protection organisations in Florence, Italy, his proposal to make World Animal Day on October 4 universal
was unanimously accepted.
Today, World Animal Day is celebrated in many ways around the globe!
Are YOU ready to make a difference for animals on #WorldAnimalDay?
Join the movement to recognise ALL species and let’s work together to help animals on October 4!
To learn more:
https://www.worldanimalday.org.uk/get-involved
Join the movement to recognise ALL species and let’s work together to help animals on October 4!
To learn more:
https://www.worldanimalday.org.uk/get-involved
We went to their website and got for a couple of hours reading about all the things that are happening around the world on Animal Day! Wowzers! Here is just one of the things we learned.
Wild Animals are all around us where we live. This year we have seen a moose walk down our street and the local wolves are now 3 packs. The deer population is only slightly larger, there is a herd of elk on Ingram Mountain (hanging around the hay farm). A small herd of mountain sheep has come into the lower valley because of the mitigation burning happening up on the hills around the valley and even though we have NOT seen the bears, we have seen their poop! There was an abundance of marmots - which made the new eagles happy. We have 3 new nesting pairs. There is a cougar that travels up and down the river (there could be 2 or more others) and lots of bobcats have been spotted. It is so nice to live in the wilderness and most of the people who live in the area appreciate it. We are glad we live in a community supports the wildlife initiatives and World Animal Day.
Hari OM
ReplyDeleteFangtabyoulush!!! Hugs and whiskeries, YAM-aunty xxx
We love all animals!
ReplyDeleteYou sure live in an animal friendly area. We have lots of wildlife around us too and love watching them move around our property.
ReplyDeleteYou sure have a lot of animals in your area.
ReplyDeleteYou have lots of wild animals. The most we get that are truly wild are deer and foxes.
ReplyDeleteYou have even more wild critters in your area than we do. XO
ReplyDeleteWe love all animals too! Well, maybe not the coyotes that killed some of our ferals.
ReplyDeleteJava Bean: "Ayyy, we are glad to see a day for the wild animals! Even if we do bark at them when they come by ..."
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