~QUARTER-ACRE RESCUE RANCH~

"A Chain is Only as Strong as its Weakest Link"

- Dont ever break the chain, not ever.

IN ASIA

If you think we got it tough fighting for the animals here at home in the USA, imagine our counter-parts in other countries, like Korea, China, Indonesia,  and the like, where just about EVERYONE around you wants to eat your animals - even your closest neighbors! To me, these are the real heros of the animal rights / animal welfare movement; they are battling it "against all odds." with very little if any outside help. Wont you please support them, or at least contact them and let them know how much you appreciate what they are doing for the animals. Here is a site with links to most all asian animal welfare orgs. Check them out and see for yourself what they are up against: Thanks!

THE ASIAN ANIMAL PROTECTION NETWORK 

  http://www.aapn.org/links.html

IN FRANCE, fighting for the horses in a country where horsemeat is in BIG demand. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK people!

http://www.equinerescuefrance.org/index.html

Here you can sign a "Care2' petition submitted by The World Society for the Protection of Animals, calling for all governments to announce or decree a "Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare." We think a great idea and long overdue. Why? Ask Ghandi, or The Dali Llama, or Abe Lincoln, Kant, Albert Schweitzer, etc..... .http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/458691259?z00m=10461904

Be sure to visit their website while you are here, and check out all the wonderful things they are doing for animals ALL OVER THE WORLD:  http://www.wspa-international.org/

Get Ready for WORLD ANIMAL DAY   Oct 4th 2008

WORLD ANIMAL DAY – 4th OCTOBER 2008 – WHERE WILL YOU BE?

Show the animals you care and be part of something special.
Help make World Animal Day 2008 the Biggest and Best Yet!

Dear Friends

Although it’s only the end of April, now is the time to start thinking about how you’re going to celebrate World Animal Day this year to benefit your organisation.

Even if you don't have a lot of spare time, there are plenty of fundraising / educational ideas on the website that don't take much organising and, by starting to think about it now you can spread the workload. Also, if you enlist plenty of help the sky’s the limit! It might be that you already have an event planned that could become a World Animal Day celebration.

If you haven't yet taken a look at the Roundup of some of the World Animal Events that took place in 2007 please do so, you'll be inspired! Please click on the following link which will take you to the World Events Overview page and from here you can click on links to Africa, Asia, Australia & NZ, Europe, South America, UK and USA. At the bottom of each of these pages you will find a link to an additional image gallery. From the overview page you can also click on a link that will allow you to view all the events listed with World Animal Day in 2007, and in previous years. http://www.worldanimalday.org.uk/2007/EventReports/2007_overview.asp

You will probably be aware that the aim of the World Animal Day website is to encourage everybody interested in animals to use this special day to express their love and concern for all creatures by doing something special in celebration of our relationship with the animal kingdom. I'm sure you will agree that building the World Animal Day initiative is a wonderful way to heighten public awareness of animal issues and unite the animal welfare movement. It’s something that everyone can join in with whether they are part of an organisation, group, or as an individual. www.worldanimalday.org.uk is full of ideas to inspire visitors into getting involved and includes everything needed to help organise a successful World Animal Day event.

I would like to highlight the fact that World Animal Day is not linked to any one individual, organisation or campaign, but belongs to everyone. The official World Animal day website was created and is sponsored by Naturewatch in the UK but the organisation does not benefit from this in any way, shape or form.

The website features an online ‘Events Diary’ to provide free publicity to any group or individual who is doing something special connected with animals on or around 4th October.. During the next few weeks, the online diary will be going live for 2008 so, as soon as you have an outline plan, please send a paragraph or two about your event to be added to the diary. When it’s ‘live’ I'll let you know so you can check your entry and, as plans progress during the lead up to World Animal Day, your entry can be updated simply by sending me an email. Organisations that get involved will also be added to the website list of ‘Participants’.

After your event has taken place we'd like to give you some extra publicity. All you need to do is send me a short report about it with photographs and we will show the world what you have achieved in the roundup of World Animal Day events.

I look forward to hearing from you very soon and sincerely hope you decide to get involved this year.

Please help us spread the word about World Animal Day by including information in a newsletter and/or by creating a website link. Full instructions for a number of different styles of weblink are available in the ‘Resources’ section of the website where you will also find the World Animal Day logo in various formats.

Kind regards

Caroline Barker

Project Manager, World Animal Day

Tel: +44 (0)1242 252871

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