World Animal Day 2023

Every year World Animal Day is observed globally on October 4 with an aim to celebrate animal rights and welfare around the world. This day unites the animal welfare movement, mobilizing into a global force to make the world better for all animals.

It offers everyone a chance to make a difference and bring awareness to any type of animal that shares our planet. On World Animal Day, animal lovers unite to educate others and advocate for action against animal cruelty, neglect and any unfair treatment of animals.

According to the official website, this year’s theme is “Great or Small, Love Them All”. With this theme, the goal is to bring to light the importance of all beings, great and small, and allow the opportunity for even the most overlooked animals to be appreciated for what and who they are. 

“Whether it’s our beloved companions at home or the wild animals we admire from afar, animals of all shapes and sizes play a critical role in our lives. They bring us joy, comfort, and companionship, and they remind us of the inter-connectedness of all living things.

This year, we want to highlight the ways in which we can show our love and appreciation for animals, both big and small. World Animal Day has been marked since 1925.

According to World Animal Protection, it was started by Heinrich Zimmermann, a cynologist, who organized the first celebration at the Sports Palace in Berlin, which was reportedly attended by over 5,000 people.

He dedicated countless hours to advancing World Animal Day, and in 1931, his proposal to officially celebrate October 4 as World Animal Day was approved and enacted as a resolution. 

To further expand the reach of this event, in 2003, the UK-based animal welfare charity, Naturewatch Foundation, introduced the World Animal Day website. This initiative aimed to connect with and involve even more people in the cause.

World Animal Day brings together dedicated animal lovers from across the globe, and they participate in various unique ways to promote animal protection and conservation.

Over the years, the involvement of people in World Animal Day has significantly increased, leading to a wide range of inspiring events taking place in many countries.

It’s a day of celebration for all those who care about animals worldwide. It reminds us that each individual can make a positive impact, and when we join forces, we can commit to safeguarding and preserving animals for generations to come.

A soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better than humans. Animals are nothing but living beings, worthy of our compassion, respect, friendship and support. Animals are such agreeable friends- they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.

Animals are my friends and I don’t eat my friends. The ability to distinguish between right and wrong is the only thing that separates us from animals and this thing is inside every human being. The bird world is an indicator of the environment, if they are in trouble then we should understand that our bad days are not far away.

The main difference between a human and a dog is that if you feed a hungry dog and enrich it, it will not bite you. The eyes of an animal have a great power to speak the language. Life is as dear to a silent creature as it is to a human. Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.

Crickey Conservation Society 2023.