WORLD ANMAL DAY- SEPTEMBER-4

 

WORLD ANMAL DAY- SEPTEMBER-4

World Animal Day is an international day of action for animal welfare celebrated annually on October 4, the feast day of Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals.The World Animal Day movement is supported and endorsed by a number of celebrities.World Animal Day, was originated by cynologist Heinrich Zimmermann. He organized the first World Animal Day on March 24, 1925, at the Sport Palace in Berlin, Germany. Over 5,000 people attended this first event.[2] The activity was originally scheduled for October 4, to align with the feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals. However, the venue was not available on that day. The event was then moved to October 4 for the first time in 1929.Every year, Zimmermann worked tirelessly on the promotion of World Animal Day. Finally, in May 1931 at a congress of the International Animal Protection Congress in Florence, Italy, his proposal to make October 4 as World Animal Day universal was unanimously accepted and adopted as a resolution.Every animal plays an important role in maintaining the balance of nature. This World Animal Day, let’s appreciate the diversity of wildlife and renew our commitment to their care, welfare and conservation.

For centuries, animals have often been viewed primarily as property, commodities or resources for human use. But our understanding of animals has evolved significantly. Scientific evidence increasingly shows that many animals have complex cognitive and emotional lives and can experience a wide range of positive and negative states.Animals are not simply biological organisms responding to stimuli. They are sentient beings who experience their lives.

Understanding that animals are sentient beings can reshape how we relate to them in our daily lives. It can also help shape stronger animal welfare laws and policies that safeguard their wellbeing and interests.

 

Seeing our everyday choices through their eyes.When animals are recognised as sentient beings, public authorities have a responsibility to consider their welfare when developing and implementing policies. Institutions should be accountable for the impact of their decisions, while society should reflect on how everyday choices affect animals.This can mean supporting stronger animal protection laws, opposing cruel practices, questioning systems that cause unnecessary suffering and encouraging higher animal welfare standards. It can also mean making different choices in our own lives: adopting rather than buying animals, questioning harmful breeding practices, choosing cruelty-free products, avoiding entertainment that exploits animals, making more responsible food choices and supporting policies that protect animals. Individual action matters, too.This planet belongs to animals, tooOn World Animal Day, let us remember that animals feel and experience the world around them.They can experience fear and pleasure, pain and comfort, distress and wellbeing. They form relationships, respond to their surroundings, remember experiences and learn from them’The world we have created is largely designed around human interests. Recognising animal sentience challenges us to widen our perspective and consider the interests of the animals who share this planet with us.This is especially important as we confront biodiversity loss, climate change, wildlife crime and other growing pressures on animals and their habitats.

Protecting animals means recognising that they are not simply part of the environment or resources for human use. They are individuals with lives that matter to them.World Animal Day is an opportunity to celebrate animals and the people working to protect them. But awareness should not end on 4 October.At World Animal Protection we rely on kind supporters, people like you, to protect animals from cruelty and suffering around the world. Your support is so important. That’s why we are committed to protecting your personal information and being transparent about what we will use it for. This policy sets out how and why World Animal Protection collects and uses your personal data, and how we keep it private and secure.

Prof. John Kurakar