World Animal Day 2024
RAISING THE STATUS OF ANIMALS TO IMPROVE
WELFARE STANDARDS AROUND THE GLOBE.
Physical Event Celebration
04th October 2024
Global animal protection is a critical issue that many fight for and face daily. World Animal Day helps bring people together to increase awareness and improve education worldwide so animals can live the lives they deserve.
Together we can change the way the world works and end animal cruelty and suffering. Forever.To support this important moment, we’ve put together a guide on why this day is essential and how you can show your support for wild and farmed animals who need your help in spreading awareness to improve animal welfare.
What is World Animal Day all about?
World Animal Day, sometimes referred to as world Animal Welfare Day or World Animal Protection Day is an annual event on the 4th of October, celebrating animal rights and welfare across the globe. It’s an important day and has been marked since 1925, with a growing international community striving to end the needless suffering of all animals.
By increasing awareness and improving education worldwide, those involved are helping to create a space recognising wild and farmed animals as sentient beings with thoughts, feelings, and individual personalities. Their animal welfare practices, and treatment must reflect this.
With its international reach, many people around the world celebrate World Animal Day in different ways. Businesses and individuals can give a voice to animals by celebrating World Animal Day in various ways, whether that’s through a fundraising event for charities supporting protection efforts, a goods donation drive or education sessions, there are so many options for everyone to get involved.
World Animal Day Animals
There is a deepening crisis facing animals around the world, awareness days like World Animal Day help to highlight animal welfare and protection as a priority issue of global importance. World Animal Protection advocates and campaigns to help people understand and consider the complex lives of all animals.
World Animal Day Facts
When is World Animal Day?
World Animal Day is celebrated annually on October 4th.
What is World Animal Day?
World Animal Day is an annual international event to celebrate animal welfare and rights. It brings together people who are advocating for the improved treatment and welfare of animals, both in the wild and on farms.
How to celebrate World Animal Day?
As an international event, World Animal Day is celebrated in different ways around the world. It doesn’t matter where you live, or whether you’re an individual or business, you can celebrate by:
- Awareness & educational events such as conferences & workshops
- Shelter open days & pet adoption events
- Fundraising events such as concerts, sponsored walks, bake sales or gala balls
- School events to educate the younger generation early on by using animal-related competitions, concerts & films
- Workshops with owners of working animals
- Spay & neuter marathons or veterinary treatment camps
- Media interviews to raise awareness of World Animal Day and its mission
- Peaceful protest marches
No matter your nationality, religion or faith, you can be involved with this important day.
How did World Animal Day start?
World Animal Day was first celebrated on 24th March 1925 in Germany. It was started by Heinrich Zimmermann, a cynologist, who organised the first celebration at the Sports Palace in Berlin, which was reportedly attended by over 5,000 people.
Why is World Animal Day celebrated in October?
World Animal Day is celebrated yearly on October 4th to align with the feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of ecology and animals.
Why celebrate World Animal Day?
Celebrating World Animal Day is a way to draw attention to the importance of animals in our lives, promote their well-being, and inspire positive changes in how we interact with and treat the diverse species with whom we share the planet.