Happy World Animal Day ' 2013
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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