World Animal Day is celebrated on the 4th of October and is not a public holiday

every year on the day October 4th is celebrated the World Animal Day in Brazil is it is not considered a national holiday.

Origin of World Animal Day

It was in 1929, at the Animal Protection Congress in Vienna, Austria, that the day of S.'s death was declared. Francisco de Assis (the patron of animals) as World Animal Day. Since then, this date has been celebrated every year in several countries.

On October 15, 1978, the rights of animals were registered through the approval of the Universal Declaration of Animal Rights by UNESCO.

Main objectives of World Animals Day

• Protect and preserve all animal species;
• Emphasize the importance of animals in our lives;
• Celebrate animal life.

Declaration of Animal Rights

This declaration was proclaimed on October 15, 1978 and approved by UNESCO and later by the UN.

Messages for World Animal Day

• We can judge a man's heart by the way he treats animals.
• First it was necessary to civilize man in the midst of man himself. Now it is necessary to civilize man in relation to nature and animals.
• In the face of an animal, which does not speak, there is a speech that only a sage really understands!
• It doesn't matter if animals are incapable of thinking or not. What matters is that they are capable of suffering.
• The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
• Compassion for animals is closely linked to kindness of character, and it can be safely stated that one who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man – Arthur Schopenhauer

Activities to work on World Animal Day at school

To work this commemorative date at school, check out some suggestions:

• drawings for coloring and printing;
• Conversation Wheel;
• Jogral or Dramatization;
• Various activities to print;
• Making of Murals;
• Souvenir Making;
• Tour in parks and/or botanical gardens in your city;
• Handicrafts and collages and cutouts, using gouache paint and magazines;
• Etc. (Animal Activities)

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