World Animal Day on 4 October, and a book about your own animal
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World Animal Day is on 4 October every year. Schools, shelters and animal charities use it to draw attention to animals. For a pet owner it is also a day to look at their own animal.
Where the day comes from
Heinrich Zimmermann held the first World Animal Day in Berlin in 1925. An international animal protection congress in Florence adopted the day in 1931. It falls on 4 October.
4 October is the feast day of Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals.
How it is marked
- In the UK, schools use it for lessons about animals, and animal charities run campaigns.
- In the Netherlands and Belgium it is called Dierendag. Some primary schools mark it, and pet shops run offers.
- In Germany it is called Welttierschutztag. Shelters hold open days, and some hold services with a blessing for animals.
Something for your pet, or about your pet
A treat is gone in a minute, and that is fine. A book about your pet stays: 28 pages about how their day starts, what they are afraid of and who else loves them. You make it from one photo and eight answers.
For someone else, on 4 October
The gift costs €34.99: the eBook and the hardcover with shipping. We email it at eight in the morning on 4 October, or on another day you choose. The owner makes the book about their own animal and sees no price.
Or support animals without a home
Shelters and rescues use the day to ask for support, so a donation is another way to mark it.
For every kind of pet
World Animal Day is about all animals, and the book works for any pet. Pluis is a dwarf hamster who jumps into the air when the alarm goes off at eight. Bommel was a rabbit who thumped a back foot at seven every morning until someone opened the door. Both are examples, not customers.
Ten minutes of waiting for a very full cheek. Pluis11The Hazelnut Problem
Pluis once stuffed an entire hazelnut into her cheek, so full she could no longer fit through the door of her house. She sat there for ten minutes, blocked by her own ambition, until Lars finally got the nut back out. Anyone would think she had learned something. The next evening she did the exact same thing again, cheek bulging, door impossible, lesson entirely unlearned.
Pluis12
Questions
When is World Animal Day?
On 4 October, every year.
Is World Animal Day the same as Dierendag?
Yes. Dierendag is the Dutch name, Welttierschutztag the German one.
Does the book work for a hamster, a rabbit or a bird?
Yes. Choose other and type the kind of animal.
Can the book be ready on 4 October?
The eBook is ready about ten minutes after payment. The gift email arrives at eight in the morning on the day you choose. A hardcover usually arrives about two weeks after it is ordered, and in any case within thirty days.
Give someone a book about their animal
They answer the questions about their own pet and make the book themselves.
Give the giftGift €34.99. The eBook and the hardcover, shipping included. Or the eBook alone for €6.99. The recipient makes the book themselves. Valid 3 years.
Make a book about your own animal.
Make one for your peteBook €6.99, hardcover €29.99 on top, shipping included. You pay after the questions.