PROTECTING WILDLIFE AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE
9th April 2025
My Story: Protecting Wildlife and Making a Difference For the past 10 years, I have been working as a ranger in the Virunga National Park, one of the most important... Read more
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End the Race: Call for a UK-wide ban on Greyhound Racing
21st March 2025
Wales recently became the first UK nation to ban greyhound racing following a Government consultation with cross-party support and a petition of over 35,000 signatures. In recent years, the once... Read more
Join Our 100-Year Anniversary Stamp Competition!
12th March 2025
2025 marks an incredible milestone – 100 years of World Animal Day! To celebrate, we’re inviting artists, designers, and animal lovers of all ages to help us create a special... Read more
100 Years of World Animal Day: The forgotten legacy of Heinrich Zimmermann
3rd March 2025
A century ago, in 1925, visionary Heinrich Zimmermann, a Polish journalist, author, editor, and activist (born in Warsaw, Poland), who carried out his work in Berlin, Germany, organized the first... Read more
Save Animals, Save the Planet!
24th February 2025
Annually on October 4, people across the world unite for World Animal Day, raising awareness and taking action for animals. In recent years, we have run a theme competition that... Read more
Saving strays – the work of our new ambassador in Portugal
18th February 2025
We are delighted to have recently recruited Ana Sofia Róis, as a World Animal Day ambassador for Portugal. Ana Sofia Róis is the CEO of the Associação Animais de Rua... Read more
An update from our 2024 World Animal Day grant winner
20th December 2024
You may remember that earlier in the year, Ocean Acres Animal Sanctuary in Barbados were chosen to be this year’s World Animal Day grant winners. The charity whose mission is... Read more
2024 World Rabies Day
15th October 2024
Guest blog by Suki Deng On the 28th September, for World Rabies Day, Chengdu, Guangzhou and Nanning simultaneously conducted the publicity events to call for awareness of rabies: free rabies... Read more
World Animal Day 2024: A catch-up on social media coverage
15th October 2024
Every year, October 4 is celebrated as World Animal Day – a global event dedicated to raising awareness for the welfare of animals. It unifies animal lovers, activists, organisations, and... Read more
A snapshot of events from World Animal Day 2024
15th October 2024
World Animal Day 2024 is over but we are still buzzing from all of the amazing events that people held for animals this year and we’d love for you to... Read more
Naturewatch Foundation on the campaign trail for World Animal Day 2024
7th October 2024
A tale of two cities, and a French revolution. Stormont, Belfast was the scene of the Causeway Coast Dog Rescue ‘Conference for Collaboration’ at the beginning of World Animal Day... Read more
Join the global celebration
1st October 2024
How veterinary practices can get involved in World Animal Day on October 4! Are you a veterinarian, vet nurse or vet technician? Or perhaps you work in another role in... Read more
World Animal Day Mug Competition Winner for 2024!
23rd September 2024
We are delighted to announce the winner of Naturewatch Foundation’s 2024 World Animal Day ‘Design a Mug’ competition! With over 180 fabulous entries, judging was tough. However, after careful consideration,... Read more
2024 World Animal Day grant awarded to outstanding charity project!
2nd September 2024
As always, we are delighted to share with you the latest World Animal Day grant winners! This year, the main grant has been awarded to Ocean Acres Animal Sanctuary in... Read more
Meet Dr Jean Claude Masengesho, our ambassador in Rwanda!
27th August 2024
We have been asking YOU for questions to ask our amazing team of World Animal Day ambassadors. This is the first blog in the interview series where we share their... Read more
Protecting Wildlife, Pets, and People Together in Ecuador
14th June 2024
Hello! My name is Tigan and I’m the Young Vets Club Manager at Worldwide Veterinary Service (WVS). At WVS, we provide veterinary care and training where animals need it most:... Read more