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Location: MOROCCO - Al Hoceima
Event: Operation Delphis
Hosted by: Association de Gestion Integrée des Ressources (Association AGIR)
  
     
  Cetaceans Sensus Boat   Plancton  
     
  Rif   TV interview  
 
 
 
Location: GHANA - Volta Region, Accra
Event: Animal Welfare Messages via Churches & Schools / Radio Talk Show / Seminar x 2 / Annual General Meeting
Hosted by: Society for the Welfare of Animals - Ghana (SWAGH)
  
     
     
     
 
 
 
Location: MOROCCO
Event: SPANA Open Days Countrywide
Hosted by: SPANA Morocco
  
     
     
     
     
     
         
     
 
 
 
Location: TANZANIA - Islands of Zanzibar
Event: Donkey Competition/Animal Welfare Quiz/Painting Competition/Student Debate/March/Rabies Clinics/2 workshops
Hosted by: ZSPCA - World Animal Day Ambassador, Islands of Zanzibar, Tanzania
  
     
  Rabies Vaccination Clinic  
 
 
 
Location: SEYCHELLES
Event: Opening Event / Poetry & Photographic Competition / Sterilization Clinic / Street Collection / Animal Blessing Services / Launch of School Kindness Clubs / Animal-related TV & Radio Programmes / Cocktail Party & Auction
Hosted by: Seychelles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
  
     
     
   

Images:

Top left - A well-known singer perfoms a song she composed for the animals.

Top right - Launch of booklet "Easy Guide to Dog Training".

Middle left - Sterilization Clinic

Middle right - Visitors to the Sterilization Clinic visited the charity stall and helped raise funds for the SPCA.

Bottom left - Kevin Degenhard, RSPCA, carried out training courses.

  
 
 
 
Location: ZIMBABWE - Harare
Event: Woodland Dog Walk / Dog-Dipping / Animal Care Talk / Drama & Dance
Hosted by: Mukuvisi Woodland / ZNSPCA
  
     
  Free Dog Dipping   Ingonyama Dance Troupe performing a traditional dance  
    Woodland Dog Walk  
 
 
 
Location: SOUTH AFRICA, Montagu and Robertson
Event: Mutts March / Shelter Open Day / Fundraising & Awareness Event
Hosted by: Winelands SPCA
  
     
  Participants in the 'Mutts March' - Kerry with Teddy, 2009 Mutt of the Year.   Robertson Spring Show - talented youngsters prepare to dance for World Animal Day.  
     
  'Chutney' has appointed himself quality controller of all bedding sold in the Winelands SPCA shop - "It's a tough job but someone has to do it!"   Participants in the 'Mutts March' - How do you like my yellow bandanna?  
    An appreciative audience of farm workers at the Robertson Spring Show.  
 
 
 
Location: TANZANIA - Dar es Salaam
Event: Free Veterinary Treatment Day
Hosted by: Dar Animal Haven
  
     
  Repeat client from last year's camp when he was neutered.   Kinondoni Livestock Officer Maggie Minde returning dogs to their owners after sterilization.  
     
  Each dog is returned with a new collar and leash.   A happy reunion of a dog returning from being sterilized.  
 
 
 
Location: NIGERIA - Lagos
Event: Dog Show and Fun Day for All
Hosted by: Ruvela / Dog's World Magazine
  
     
 
 
 
     
   
 
 
 
 
Location: BOTSWANA - Kasane/Chobe, Northern Botswana
Event: World Animal Day Music Festival and Fundraising Event
Hosted by: Kasane SPCA
  
     
     
    In celebration of World Animal Day, the Kasane SPCA held the first Music Festival and Fundraising Event in Kasane's history!  
 
 
 
Location: EGYPT - Cairo
Event: Children's Awareness Event at SPARE's animal shelter + Film Show
Hosted by: AWARE & SPARE
  
     
     
  Disadvantaged children from the local community now know more about animal welfare issues in Egypt and the importance of World Animal Day.  
     
     
 
 
 
Location: ETHIOPIA - Addis Ababa
Event: Addis Ababa Celebrates World Animal Day
Hosted by: SAW / The Brooke / SPANA / Donkey Sanctuary
 
     
 
 
 
Location: MAURITIUS
Events: Several Events including mass sterilization of rescued stray animals
Hosted by: Protection of Animals Welfare Society (PAWS)
  
     
     
     
     
     
         
     
 
 
 
Location: SOUTH AFRICA - Vorna Valley, Midrand, Gauteng
Event: Fun Run/Walk/Walk the Dogs
Hosted by: The Society for Animals in Distress
  
 


   
  Arriving for the race   Start of race  
     
  Are we going to have to run or walk?   And they're off!  
     
  Doggy watering hole.   Running to the finish.  
 
 
 
Location: Sudan
Event: School Lectures / Church & Mosque Lectures / TV & Radio Programmes / Awareness Campaign
Hosted by: Sudanese Animal Care
  
     
  Despite working in very difficult and harsh conditions, Sudanese Animal Care still managed to conduct an extensive programme of World Animal Day events.  
 
 
   
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