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  • ADDA-WAD-Pacific Demonstration-5 World Animal Day march and vigil in the Main Plaza of Cochabamba
    October 4, 2012
  • World Animal Day logo final 1700 pixels wide World Animal Day – 4 October – Get Involved
    October 4, 2012 12:01 am
  • SPANA Jordan celebrates World Animal Day 2012 SPANA Jordan celebrates World Animal Day 2012
    September 24, 2012 10:00 am
  • World Animal Day celebration in Kurdistan Region World Animal Day celebration in Kurdistan Region
    October 4, 2012 10:30 am

Welcome to World Animal Day

World Animal Day was started in 1931 at a convention of ecologists in Florence as a way of highlighting the plight of endangered species. October 4 was chosen as World Animal Day as it is the Feast Day of St Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals.

Since then, World Animal Day has become a day for remembering and paying tribute to all animals and the people who love and respect them. It's celebrated in different ways in every country, with no regard to nationality, religion, faith or political ideology.

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