Building the celebration of World Animal Day unites the animal welfare movement, mobilising it into a global force to make the world a better place for all animals.
Mission :To raise the status of animals in order to improve welfare standards around the globe. It’s celebrated in different ways in every country, irrespective of nationality, religion, faith or political ideology. Through increased awareness and education we can create a world where animals are always recognised as sentient beings and full regard is always paid to their welfare.
To achieve this, we encourage animal welfare organisations, community groups, youth and children’s clubs, businesses and individuals to organise events in celebration of World Animal Day. Involvement is growing at an astonishing rate and it’s now widely accepted and celebrated in a variety of different ways in many countries, with no regard to nationality, religion, faith or political ideology.
Throughout history, social movements (mass actions) like World Animal Day, have always been a major vehicle for ordinary people’s participation in politics, and key in fighting for social justice and reform. The lives of animals are profoundly affected by the actions of individuals, businesses, and nations. It’s therefore essential that, as sentient beings, their rightful status as recipients of social justice is established and translated into effective animal protection. Through increased awareness and education, we can help develop a compassionate culture which feeds into legal reform and social progress to make this world a fairer place for all living creatures. A world where animals are recognised as sentient beings and full regard is always paid to their welfare.
The idea of World Animal Day was originated by Heinrich Zimmermann, the German writer and publisher of the magazine Mensch und Hund/Man and Dog. He organized the first World Animal Day on 24 March 1925 in Berlin and moved it to 4 October for the first time in 1929. Initially he found a following only in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Czechoslovakia. Every year Zimmermann worked tirelessly on the promotion of World Animal Day. Finally, in May 1931 at a congress of the world’s animal protection organizations in Florence Italy, his proposal to make 4 October World Animal Day universal, was unanimously accepted.
The first World Animal Day took place in 24 March 1925 in the Sport Palace in Berlin, Germany. Over 5,000 people attended the event. There was a simple reason why the date was 24 March: The organizers had planned on 4 October, but the Sport Palace, which was the only venue large enough to hold the thousands of visitors, was not available on that day. In the ensuing years the organizers stuck with March but in 1929 World Animal Day was celebrated for the first time on 4 October; the day it was originally intended to be. World Animal Day was chosen to be on 4 October as it is the day of Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of ecology, including animals. He would also preach to the animals and even tamed a wolf. He died on the eve of 4 October, which became his patron saints day. Assisi is a town in central Italy, north of Rome, only two hours from Florence where in 1931, 705 years after Francis’ death, World Animal Day was officially adopted.
All owners are obligated to take care for their pets !
For their accommodation, health, nutrition and care, transportation, character,etc. Also more to learn about the Law on protection and welfare of animals. KSM future plans in detail is to introduce the provisions of the law relating to dogs, so that they will be here ,,cited,,
President of KARM President of expert committee
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