Happy World Animal Day ~ October 4

Dog at an animal shelter and yes he has found a forever home.

Aww sweetie!

Looks like a great dog. I love happy endings

Happy World Animal Day!!
Endangered


Animal welfare - Rescued:)

From Wikipedia:
World Animal Day is an international day of action for animal rights and welfare celebrated annually on October 4, the Feast Day of St Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. It started in 1931 at a convention of ecologists in Florence, Italy who wished to highlight the plight of endangered species.

Thanks for participating! John, your penguin image reminds me of my visit to Penguin Coast at the Maryland Zoo this week. I saw a few avian altercations there as well. (smile)

I apologize for my ignorance - I've never heard of this! Looking it up, I didn't see much participation on the US front in this world-wide event. What a shame it isn't garnering the kind of support I see on their website they are working towards and hoping for -
http://www.world-animal-day.org/
But joining the March on Facebook can probably be - hopefully - a huge success!
Thank you Chris for bringing attention to this!
So let's do share our love of animals here -

And one more to melt your heart - this one from Zulfiya Stromberg -

All of the 22 species of apes, which include great apes and gibbons, are threatened with extinction....