The
Word Animal Day takes place on October 04, 2013. It is a day to
celebrate animal life in all is forms and humankind's relationship
with the animal kingdom. The day is celebrated annually. The World
Animal day was originally started at a convention of ecologists,
1931 in Florence. Since October 4th is the Feast Day of St Francis
of Assisi, the patron saint of animals and the environment, this
date was chosen to celebrate the World Animal Day.
Meanwhile it is celebrated all over the world, with no regard to
nationality, religion, faith or political ideology. Churches,
synagogues and independent Animal Chaplains held blessings in parks
and fields. In Argentina it is celebrated on April 29 as a tribute
to the death (in 1926) of Dr. Lucas Ignacio Albarracín. He and
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento founded the Sociedad Argentina
Protectora de Animales, also known as Argentine Society of
Protection of Animals
