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Location: UK - Uckfield, East Sussex
Event: Sponsored Dog Walk & Thanksgiving Service
Hosted by: International Animal Rescue
  
     
     
     
 
 
 
Location: UK - Reading
Event: World Animal Day Celebration of North American Wolves
Hosted by: UK Wolf Conservation Trust
  
     
  Our Open Day was dedicated to all things North American.  As well as wolves, other animals were on display such as birds of prey, huskies, and an assortment of British wildlife including bats, hedgehogs, dormice, and creepy crawlies.   
 
 
 
Location: UK - Bath
Event: Animal Blessing Service: Celebrating our Pets
Hosted by: Bath Cats & Dogs Home
  
     
     
         
     
    This was the first animal service Bath Abbey has ever held!  
 
 
 
Location: UK - Buckland-in-Dover
Event: Animal Blessing Service
Hosted by: St Andrew's Church
  
     
         
     
 
 
 
Location: UK
Events: The Queen's Royal Hussars rescue 'mascot pets'
Hosted by: Blue Cross / Society for the Welfare of Horses and Ponies / Baghdad Cat Rescue
  
     
  Sandbag with Lt. Corp. David McCabe   Emma and Sandbag  
     
  Sandbag, Dirtbag and Royal in the UK   Louise Hastie from Baghdad Cat Rescue with Hesco  
         
 
 
 
Location: ENGLAND - Bromley, Kent
Events: Information Stall
Hosted by: Passive Pressure Animal Welfare Group
  
     
  'Giving Animals a Voice' - "We were amazed by the positive response the stall received from the public. We feel people are becoming more aware that animal testing is not the way forward........"  
     
 
 
     
         
 
 
 
Location: SCOTLAND - Edinburgh
Event: Re-enactment Walk for the Animals
Hosted by: One o'clock Gun & Time Ball Association
  
     
  At the kirkyard Sarah Boyack, Edinburgh Central MSP, said a few words about the importance of World Animal Day and stressed the importance of animal protection. Sarah’s speech was followed by a tune from Pipe Major Anderson which inspired one of the dozens of tourists watching the event to dance a Highland fling!   
     
 
 
 
Location: ENGLAND - Gerrans, Portscatho, Cornwall
Event: Pet Service for Animals
Hosted by: St Gerrans Church & Cornwalls Voice for Animals (CVFA)
  
     
  A special slide show and dedication was given to Faith and her carer Jude Stringfellow. Faith, a chow mix, was born without front legs and has learned to walk upright, and now travels the USA serving as an inspiration for overcoming adversity.  
     
 
 
 
Location: ENGLAND - Ringmer, East Sussex
Event: Sponsored Dog Walk
Hosted by: Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare
  
    Walkers enjoying a welcome break  
 
 
 
Location: ENGLAND - South London & Kent
Event: Series of Fundraising and Educational Events
Hosted by: The Fox Project
  
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our World Animal Day fundraising events directly benefitted these little guys and gals, and others like them!

 
 
 
   
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