Be An Anipal!

 October 4 is World Animal Day!

“There is no fundamental difference between man and animals in their ability to feel pleasure and pain, and happiness and misery.”

– Charles Darwin

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Animal: a living thing that can move and eat and react to the world through its senses, especially of sight and hearing.

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Respect animals in every bit of your daily life, and encourage honest conversation about how we each can make an impact to the good.

Let's be pals to all animals.

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For The Animals

10 December is International Animal Rights Day

"International Animal Rights Day is a global observance dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of animal rights and advocating for the ethical and humane treatment of animals. 

It serves as a reminder that animals deserve respect, compassion, and protection from cruelty and exploitation."

Read more on The United Nations' Convention on Animal Health and Protection here.

Worldwide practices that I wish would cease:

Declawing cats

Bullfighting

Horse racing

Dog Fighting

Puppy/Kitten Mills

The fur trade of any kind

Animal testing

Trophy hunting

and

Not spaying/neutering your pets

Humans, we can do better than this!

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#WorldAnimalDay

Raising the status of animals to improve welfare standards around the globe.

#WorldAnimalDay

Click on the badge above to visit the World Animal Day website.

Last night, I learned that a neighbor has been feeding a juvenile raccoon for months.

She said there were two small raccoons without a parent in that tree, and now only one appears for meals.

Raccoons are a native species to Michigan, but are not endangered.

In general, any wildlife can be harmed by becoming acclimated to humans, which is NOT the goal of World Animal Day.

And yet, anyone reading this post is an animal lover, and will go to great lengths to help any critter.

The world is a huge place, so being kind to all of the creatures, great and small, can only be a good thing.

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