| Region |
Organiser |
Event Report |
| Humane Planet Expo: Planting the Seeds to Grow a More Compassionate World |
| USA - Palo Alto, California
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Palo Alto Humane Society (PAHS) |
The Palo Alto Humane Society is thrilled to create our 2nd annual Humane Planet Expo: Planting the Seeds to Grow a More Compassionate World event. Date: Saturday, October 2, 2010. Time: From 11am to 5pm. Place: Lytton Plaza (at Emerson and University). PAHS is bringing together 30 + groups to educate the community so to inspire the birth of a new compassionate paradigm. Join us for fun, inspiration, information and solutions as we celebrate 'World Animal Day' alongside organizations and individuals working to create a more just, sustainable, and compassionate world. Walk through this 2nd annual outdoor expo and visit with many participants to learn about a variety of issues, their interrelatedness, their solutions, and to get inspired to make real change within our communities. Share your vision via “genius-on-the-street” interviews! Engage in live art projects! Play “Match Game”! Try the most delicious raw food ever! Get creative inspiration from local artists and filmmakers! And more... You do not want to miss this community event. Erin Scott, Director of Organizational Development, Curator, Animal Art Gallery, Palo Alto Humane Society (PAHS). Tel: (650) 424-1901, Fax: (650) 462-0306. Address: PO Box 60715, Palo Alto, CA 94306
www.paloaltohumane.org |
| Information Stand |
| USA - Lehigh Valley, PA
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Susan Reiss, Animal Advocate |
On 3rd October I will be manning an information stand in my home town and collecting signatures on a petition calling for Stricter Laws Against Animal Abuse. www.voicesfromthewild.weebly.com |
| A Walk on the Wild Side: Answering the Call of the Wild |
| USA
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Wild Reiki and Shamanic Healing |
An event that will bring native wildlife and people together in dialogue and ceremony to co-create a sustainable vision for the future. Join me, Rose De Dan, for a three-day adventure from 1st -3rd October at the Earthfire Institute in Idaho, a truly lovely and unique location. The animals that make the Earthfire Institute their home are representatives of the native wildlife that populate the Yellowstone to Yukon Wildlife Corridor, an uninterrupted pathway along which plants and animals still migrate, keeping their genes flowing and their species strong. Earthfire's 40-acre sanctuary houses over 60 animals, including wolves, grizzly and black bears, bison, lynx, mountain lions, foxes, bobcats, coyotes, badgers and other wild creatures. The Earthfire Institute is a non-profit organization offering education on how to create a different relationship with wildlife. A large percentage of the fees charged will directly benefit Earthfire and a further percentage will be donated to wildlife organizations and the planting of trees. For more information please send an email to Rose De Dan: wildkingdomreiki@earthlink.net |
| Awareness Campaign |
| USA - Pennsylvania
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Bucknell University |
I am the president of the 'Students Helping Animals' club at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania. We are planning to celebrate World Animal Day and promote awareness of animal issues on campus. Our plans are currently being formulated and will be confirmed shortly. We plan to show some movies; set up an informative display and invite a speaker from a local animal rescue. We fundraise during the rest of the year so will focus on education for World Animal Day. Iohana Seserman. |
| Donkey Sanctuary Family Fun Day |
| CANADA - Guelph, Ontario
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Donkey Sanctuary of Canada |
Event: World Animal Day Celebration
Date: Sunday, October 3, 2010
Time: 10 am – 4 pm
Place: The Donkey Sanctuary of Canada, 6981 Concession 4, RR #6, Guelph, ON N1H 6J3.
Program: On WAD we will be celebrating dimensions of the human/animal relationship. Emphasis will be on positive stewardship and care. Destinations include: Pet Choices, Back Yard Stewardship/Wetlands, Human/Animal Communication, Why a Donkey Sanctuary? And a Craft table. A special guest has been invited as well to read from his books that are written about animals and people for primary age students. There will be several ‘destinations’ around the Farm with activities at each stop. Families will be given a ‘passport’ which will be stamped when a particular activity is completed. Further information to follow when available. Sandra Pady,
Executive Director. Email: sandra@thedonkeysanctuary.ca Website: www.thedonkeysanctuary.ca |
| 20th Annual Blessing of the Animals |
| USA - Pottstown, Pennsylvania
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Ryerss Farm for Aged Equines |
Ryerss Farm invites you to attend its 20th Annual Blessing of the Animals in celebration of World Animal Day on Sunday 3rd October at 2pm. There will be a short, non-denominational service held in our main barn for all the retirees and their friends. The service will be followed by an individual blessing for all animals in attendance. All pets must be on a leash or in a carrier. For more information please contact Ryerss Farm on (610) 469-0533. Contact: Sarah Barnshaw
Ryerss Farm, 1710 Ridge Road, Pottstown, PA 19465
(610) 469-0533 www.Ryerss.org
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| Fur Coat Drive |
| USA - Wheeling, West Virginia
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Ohio Valley SPCA |
On World Animal Day, the newly-formed Ohio Valley SPCA in Wheeling, WV, is collecting fur coats for the Ohio Wildlife Center in Powell, OH. Why? Because animals need their fur more than we do! Wearing fur was once considered a sign of wealth and style. These days, it’s more likely to be seen as a sign of animal suffering. Many people no longer wear fur but aren’t sure what to do with that old fur coat. That’s where The Ohio Valley SPCA Fur Coat Drive comes in. These fur items will be given to the Ohio Wildlife Center, who takes care of injured or orphaned wildlife until they can be released back into their natural habitats. They cut the fur coats, stoles, and gloves down to size and give them to baby bunnies, raccoons, and other orphaned critters. The animals then use them as burrows and blankets. Fur items can be dropped off between Noon and 5pm on October 4, which is World Animal Day, at Lifesaver's store in downtown Wheeling, WV. Call 304-905-8721 for directions or additional information. Contributions for the SPCA's programs can be sent to Ohio Valley SPCA, P.O. Box 3001, Wheeling, WV 26003. |
| Animal-themed Children's Activity Day |
| USA - Washington, DC
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National Geographic Museum |
On Saturday 16th October, the Museum and National Geographic Kids Entertainment (NGKE) will join forces to celebrate World Animal Day. Activities will include animal-themed crafts; book readings; music and movement classes; and screenings of the NGKE series "Mama Mirabelle," "Toot & Puddle," "Are We There Yet World Adventure" and "Iggy Arbuckle." The World Animal Day event is free. Venue: National Geographic Museum, 1145 17th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. For information please visit www.ngmuseum.org or telephone 202-857-5838. Contact: Stephanie Montgomery, National Geographic, smontgom@ngs.org |
| Amazing World Animal Day |
| CANADA - Edmonton, Alberta
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Edmonton Valley Zoo |
Date: October 3, 2010. Special Events: 12 – 4 pm. Location: Valley Zoo, 13315 Buena Vista Road, Edmonton, Alberta. Zoo Opening Hours: 9:30 am – 4 pm. Cost: Normal winter admission rates apply. Join us at the Valley Zoo to celebrate World Animal Day 2010 and enjoy an amazing array of activities for all ages!
Activities from 12 noon – 4 pm inclusive:
Enjoy the active animal games including: Leapin’ Lemur Inflatable (Makira) - perfect your Leapin’ Lemur bouncin’ skills; Toad-ily Awesome Adventure (Makira) - get active and hop like a toad-ily awesome toad; Wacky Facts Scavenger Hunt (Train Station) - take a trip around the Zoo and learn some wacky facts about World Animal Day and the animals that call the Valley Zoo home; Amazing Animal Facepainting (Learning Lair) – stop by and get your face painted with your favorite World Animal Day animal or receive a World Animal Day Caricature – have yourself transformed onto paper to take home and enjoy. For a change of pace, experience a variety of up close animal encounters (Inner Zoo) and educational talks (watch for the roving interpreters); Endangered Animal Touch Table (Learning Lair) - learn about endangered animals with this amazing touch table. After all this excitement, take a break and enjoy making a variety of World Animal Day Crafts including Animal Masks (Saito Centre) become your favourite animal and take it home too! You’ll also have an opportunity to visit the endangered animal touch table, enjoy sidewalk chalk art, as well as have a chance to win one of the huge prizes in the World Animal Day Prize Extravaganza (Saito) – loads of amazing prizes.
Time specific activities:
12 noon – 3 pm. Create your very own Animal Enrichment Surprise as a gift for one of the many Valley Zoo inhabitants (Saito). 12:30 pm Raptor Demonstration (Flight Meadow) - listen to an interpretive talk with a flight demonstration as you visit these magnificent raptors (weather dependent). 1 pm World Animal Day Cake (Saito Centre) Enjoy your very own slice of this tasty cake! (while supplies last!) 1 & 3 pm World Animal Day Interpretive Talk (Learning Lair) - learn interesting information about a variety of our animal friends. 2 pm Elephant Talk (Elephant Yard) - learn about the life of the elephant. 3:30 pm World Animal Day Musical Enrichment Parade (Saito) – join in the musical enrichment parade to take the surprise gift you created to the happy recipients and watch the animals dig in!
Mark this date in your calendar, this is a must attend event!
Tyler Pollock, City of Edmonton, Special Events Coordinator, Valley Zoo, (780)496-2982 (office) (780)983-6643 (cell)
tyler.pollock@edmonton.ca
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| Walk for Wolves Fundraiser |
| USA - Battle Ground, Indiana
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Wolf Park |
Wolf Park is having a Walk for Wolves fundraiser event on behalf of Wolves everywhere! It's taking place on September 25th from 9.00am until 12.00 noon. With YOUR help, our ambassador wolves can make a difference! Get your pack together for Wolf Park's annual sponsor-based fundraiser! Our success depends on everyone joining in on the fun — clubs, school classes, church groups, businesses, organizations, individuals and most of all YOU! Participants will form packs and collect donations, and then on the big day come out and walk laps around the loop trail at Wolf Park. One of our resident wolves will lead the first lap! For the rest of the morning walkers will stroll around this beautiful, unique park, seeing the wolves, foxes, coyotes and bison up close and personal — right here in Battle Ground, Indiana. Our Lap Sponsors will donate to Wolf Park for every lap walked!If you don't live close by or simply have no desire to walk — no problem! Go online and join the "Klinghammer Pack", named in honor of Wolf Park's Founder Dr. Erich Klinghammer! Help keep Dr. Klinghammer's vision to preserve wild places for wolves across North America by sending a donation today! That way you can feel good about supporting Wolf Park, without coming here in person. All donations help make sure our ambassador wolves educate the public about endangered species, conservation, and the role of predators in our environment. And donations are fully tax deductible! Every walker will get a Walk for Wolves t-shirt and decal, and your pack will have a chance to win fabulous prizes. "Virtual" participants, such as those supporting the Klinghammer Pack, will have a chance for some fabulous prizes too!
All participating walkers will receive FREE ADMISSION to Wolf Park for the remainder of the day, including our open hours from 1:00-5:00 pm and that night's Howl Night from 7:30-9:00 pm! Denise Pearson, Director of Development, Director of Development, Membership and Marketing Coordinator, Wolf Park
4004 E 800 N, Battle Ground, INDIANA 47920. For more information please visit our website: www.wolfpark.org |
| Rally - Animal Protection Legislation Reform |
| CANADA - Montreal, Quebec
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Canadian Volunteers for the Protection of Animals |
In celebration of World Animal Day, we will be having a rally in Montreal on Saturday October 2, 2010. We want to educate the public regarding the abuse of all animals and the need to have our animal laws changed under the Criminal Code of Canada, as well as the application of our animal laws in Quebec. Animal welfare in Quebec is not being addressed as it should be and it is very much in jeopardy.
We want harsher penalties for animal abusers. We want to stop the cruelty to farm animals, the ABOLITION of puppy mills, gas chambers, animals used in circuses, animal testing in laboratories, all forms of the cruel massacres of our sea creatures, as well as ALL forms of animal abuse for profit. We want horses to run free once again and not to be killed.
We firmly believe that all living creatures, sentient beings, have the right to a life that is peaceful and free from the cruelty at the hands of humans. We believe that if euthanization is necessary, an animal should have nothing less than a dignified, painless death. All this will be our focus for World Animal Day.
Thank You! Carol Waterman, Canadian Volunteers for the Protection of Animals. Email: cbwaterman@videotron.ca |
| Cats and Culture Tour of Italy |
| USA & ITALY
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Friends of Roman Cats |
Friends of Roman Cats helps feral and community cats in Italy and the Bay Area of San Francisco in the United States. We support an ever-growing number of groups in Italy that work to spay and neuter Italy's street cats. In the United States we advocate for no kill policies to be enacted so that every adoptable and treatable cat (or other companion animal) finds a home. We also help with some of the medical needs of San Francisco Bay Area's feral cats. From Oct 7th to Oct 19, Friends of Roman Cats offers a tour of Italy that focuses on some of the great Italian cat groups that work to spay, neuter and care for Italy's street cats. We feel it important to see how people are doing things to help animals in another country. Italy has been a No-Kill nation since 1991. We can see what is working, what needs improvement. Most of all we will meet dedicated individuals and the great cats they care for. The 'Cats and Culture' tour starts in Venice, then visits Padua, Florence, the Tuscan countryside, Arezzo, Siena and Rome. We will visit cats in Venice's main hospital, a Renaissance garden in Florence and cats living amid Roman ruins among other places. The tour only costs US $2,400 double occupancy. This does not include air fare, but includes lodging, transportation some meals, guides, entrance to the sites we visit. To find out more visit our website: www.friendsofromancats.org Email Susan: rappwheel@aol.com |
| 1st Annual Law-4-Paws, Hooves, Feathers and Fins Walk & Rally |
| CANADA - countrywide
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Canadians for Animal Welfare Reform (CFAWR) |
When: Saturday 2nd October @ 10am all time zones. This event will be held annually in cities across Canada until the country's current, grossly inadequate animal welfare law under the Criminal Code is replaced with a comprehensive Federal Animal Welfare Act. The Annual Walk & Rally will ensure this issue remains in the public eye until the organisation's goal is reached. The organisers are seeking animal welfare groups and passionate, committed individuals in all provinces to get involved. The CFAWR website will be launched on World Animal Day this year. If you are interested in getting involved, please send an email to Sarah West: cfawr@telus.net |
| Animal Blessing Service |
| USA - Florida, Sebring
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Heavens Gates Animal Ministries |
We will be holding our third annual Animal Blessing Service on 4th October at Highlands Hammock State Park in Sebring, Florida. Reverend George Miller of Emmanuel United Church of Christ will be conducting the service along with our group from Heavens Gates Animal Ministries. We will have three speakers, two pastors and one rabbi. Our candlelight service will begin at 6.00pm - there will be music and all animals are welcome. Gail Leavitt gail@animalministries.org
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| Worldwide Campaign calling for 'Stricter Laws Against Animal Abuse' |
| USA & CANADA
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Numerous Participants |
This is not a rally or even a protest, this is a Peaceful Worldwide Event to urge Governments to take animal abuse seriously by introducing stricter laws and more severe penalties.
We have from now until World Animal Day to collect at least 10,000 signatures in each participating country – at least this number of signatures are needed for Governments to sit up and take notice! On Sunday 3rd October, all participants are asked to hold a petition stand in their town to collect final signatures. Petition signatures will then be presented to Governments worldwide.
At the time of writing, there were already 129 cities around the globe participating in this ‘group campaign’ - We are the Animals’ Voice!
USA: Jason Miller - Kansas City (Fight For Animal Rights); Matt – New York; Shelia Mahon - New York; Elizabeth Salz Leonelli - San Diego; Misha Dee - Portland, Oregon;
Isabella Poliakov Parfenoff – Hawaii; Donna Larsen - Naples, Florida; Gerardo Alvarado – Atlanta; Azita Alizadeh – Charleston, South Caroline; Jeff Bronson - Dallas, Texas; Karen Cates - Austin, Texas; Marcia, Shepherdsville, Kentucky (Blair's Equine Rescue); Sanjay Rupani – San Francisco; Kara - St. Louis Missiouri (Saving Strays); Shaynie Aero – Phoenix, Arizona; Rev. Dr. Leigh Foster – Arlington, KS (aka DJ Ice host of The Pawz Cauze Show aired live on RadioGetsWild.com); Lisa Williams – New York; Wendon Swift – USA; Tina Marie Giordano - Phoenix, Arizona.
CANADA: Sheila Robichaud - Kelowna, BC; Sissy Mac Neil; Sinem – Toronto; Avril Shalen – Vancouver; Robert Sutherland - London, Ontario.
If you would like to organise a petition in your town, require further information or would like to contact someone who is already organising a petition in your country, please contact Tina Alaca who is co-ordinating this Worldwide campaign. Tina will provide you with everything you need including the petition wording for you to translate into your own language. The more people that are involved in collecting petition signatures, the louder our ‘Voice For The Animals’ will be! Email: alaca@isbank.net.tr Website: www.daugbjerg.info
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| Publication: Anthology about bears. |
| USA & Worldwide
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Ursa Freedom Project |
Ursa Freedom Project will publish an anthology about bears in celebration of World Animal Day October 4. The aim of the Ursa Anthology is to use the tools of storytelling to transform people’s thinking so they feel a connection with bears and the wild places bears call home. Stories and art in the anthology are meant to strike, like Cupid’s arrow, the center of people’s hearts so they sense delight, surprise and love for bears, fear their loss and grieve for their injuries. The anthology also aims to develop compassion for bears, so people feel fiercely protective of bears, want the best for them, and are willing to apply themselves to change the dangerous conditions facing the world’s bears. Anyone interested in contributing to the Ursa Anthology may submit entries to donateUFP@ursafreedomproject.org. Guidelines for the anthology are posted at Ursa Freedom Project -- http://ursafreedomproject.ning.com. Acceptable submissions for the anthology include poems, song lyrics, essays, anecdotes, short stories, art and photographs. This is a worldwide invitation. |
| Fun Activity Day |
| CANADA - Saint John, New Brunswick
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Cherry Brook Zoo |
Cherry Brook Zoo will once again participate in World Animal Day celebrations. Our festivities will take place from 1-3pm on Sunday 3rd October. This year the volunteers are hosting a delicious cake, pumpkin activities (the pumpkins will be planted by children at the Zoo's Earth Day 2010 festival), the Kids Conservation Learning Center will be very active with news about the zoo animals and animals in our wild areas, the zoo Touch Table Learning Center will be open and the public is invited to bring a picture or note about their animals at home for a display board at the zoo. Several hooved animals such as llama, horses and donkeys will be led by zoo volunteers of the Animal Enrichment Group and taken out and about greeting visitors. Claws, the zoo mascot, may also make an appearance. Alice O'Neill, Cherry Brook Zoo Volunteer Coordinator. |
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