Special festivals in National Day--World Animal Day

Yan Zhao City newspaper reporter Qi Shengyong

October 4, most people still in the national Day holiday in the play. Perhaps many people do not know, this is also a special festival-world Animal Day.

A refreshing campaign in Shijiazhuang, Hebei trade Union Building held, from Beijing, Shandong, Jiangxi, the dynamic insurance experts to discuss the security, and the protection of animal million signatures.

The origin of a special festival

This grand discussion and signature in the provincial capital to initiate is a reason, Hebei Province Forestry Department Wuming director introduced, as early as ten years ago, Hebei Province Animal Protection Association members on the super million people, is the first family.

The event by the dynamic Insurance network, China animal Protection journalist Salon, China Youth Animal Protection Alliance, the Green Ark and other charitable organizations, science popularization Press, Hanhan Small Animal Protection Association and other units, this year's theme is "Love life, you and I concentric."

Dan, Ambassador to the World Animal country of Japan, said that mankind in order to find happiness, invent a variety of festivals, every year 365 days, are filled with festivals, many people do not know, October 4, this day belongs to animals.

Today is the World Animal Day, on which animals should have the right to rest, not to be enslaved, to slaughter and cook ...

World Animal Day Animal from the 12th century Italian monk Saint-Hens Francis initiative.

Francis was born in 1182 in the Italian region of Assisi, a wealthy cloth merchant family. He abandoned all material possessions in 1206 and founded Francis Abbey. He has long lived in the forests of Assisi, loves animals and has established a "sibling" relationship with animals. He asked the villagers to "thank the animals for their love to humanity" on October 4.

A group of ecologists met in Florence, Italy, in 1931 to formally propose the creation of "World Animal Day".

Caring for animals has become one of the top ten environmental protection work in the world. On "World Animal Day", dogs roaming the streets of Rome will be temporarily protected from urban management and enjoy free meat bones provided by butchers.

At present, the development of "World Animal Day" has transcended national, ethnic and religious boundaries. China has been commemorating World Animal Day since 1997.

Let the animals have no fear of death on this day

An expert at the meeting said that animals as human friends have long been neglected by us.

For thousands of years, we eat animal meat, drink animal blood milk, chew animal bone marrow, wear their fur ... Animals can say benefactor to humans. And what do we do with animals?

In the "Love life, you and me together"-the 2013 World Animal Day proposal, with the words: animals will also hurt? Will a sheep shed tears? Have you ever seen a cow kneel and cry? Birds in the nest of the return of the tamarind, and the human mother to hope that the return of the children's mood is really the same? The wound of the Moonlight Bear never Heals, the caged tiger misses the forest, Yulin Dog meat festival, a dog helplessly watching the same kind was knocked unconscious fell dead, peeling off eight pieces of bone, a fleeting pot, into the belly of people, their fear and hatred, smart, you try to guess, which as more strong?

The great Francis created this special festival, his dream is that human beings have so many festivals, still feel not happy enough, why not give animals a holiday? In this day, let the family raise, wild, the sky fly, the underground climb, the water swims, all life, all obtains the temporary relaxation and the joyful, lets the animal in this day not to die of fear.

One of the promoters of this event----one of the founders of the Dynamic Conservation Network Jingsong, associate professor of science and Technology and Social Research Institute of Tsinghua University, said: "Injury, abuse, eat kill, human beings enjoy the desire of eating, when the animals on the verge of desperation, the world diffuse violent gas, human beings could live alone happy to live in this world?!" All the civilized nations of the world have made various contributions to the protection of animals and spared no effort. To defend the animal's right to life, to survive, to protect animals, to love life, to give animals the benefits they deserve, that is to protect ourselves and protect our future generations! Widely publicize the concept of animal protection, awaken the human nature of good love, prohibit the indiscriminate slaughter, refuse to abuse all animal cruelty, and call for the promotion of animal protection legislation, so that the Chinese nation can play an important role in the world of animal protection, to realize the Chinese dream of animals.

The Green Ark promoter Yu Fengchen said that the important part of ecological civilization is the civilization of wildlife, wildlife itself has no civilized consciousness, this should be done by people.
Saint Francis, father of World Animal Day

To treat animals is to treat human beings

Wuming said that the relationship between people and animals, people and mountains and rivers of the relationship between the land has been worsened, the protection of animals is to protect the human self.

Professor Yianiping, editor-in-chief of China Ecological Experience Education Network at the Open University, said that animal welfare education is closely related to the moral values of Tao culture.

Chen, a blind tuner from Beijing and born in Hebei, came to Shijiazhuang with her guide dog Jenny, a highlight of the event.

She told a moving story with Jenny, who began to be reluctant to be her guide dog, not tame, she ran her head against the tree, she hit the wall, she was with Jenny Cheng because of an accident, she took Jenny on the road, this is a listen to a big truck suddenly opened, she did not know which direction to go, but this is the heart of a good read , I died, and left Jenny, and loosened the rope in my hand.

But did not think that Jenny not only did not flee alone, but with her mouth arch her, let her go forward, in the danger of life and death in the emergency, choose and Chen Common face. The big truck stopped at the Chen and Jenny's place.

From this time on, Jenny and Chen became one.

The meeting of the security experts said, in fact, regardless of cat and dog such as companion animals, or breeding farm animals (farm animals), nature of wildlife, are human friends, we should treat them kindly.

Jingsong said, there are also ignored by the public test animals, the world now many countries have legislation to prohibit animal testing, protect the rights of animals, but there is no such law in China, so many foreign animal trials to China to do.

"I've been doing animal experiments for more than 10 years and now I'm out of my hands," said Liu Yanyan, PhD, of China Agricultural University. I now think: Medical Progress does not mean the decline of cancer, medical progress is not equal to the extension of life expectancy.

Jianjun, a professor at the Humanities College of China Agricultural University, made a special report on the status and thinking of farm animals in China, calling for legislation to give humane treatment to farm animals.

Professor Guo Peng, director of Animal Research Center, Shandong University, said we see the animals water, a pig was injected 10 kilograms, after only live three hours, before the death of the intestines are out of the anus, a cow was injected 50-70 kg, then it will play strong survival four hours, the state has no law against such atrocities.

The words of the father of India, Mahatma Gandhi, echoed in this festival: a country that is not great, has a high moral level and can be judged from the way she treats animals.

Kang Yeme, a student of the Chinese department at Ming Tak University in the United States, says that people have a higher status than animals and that human beings should be responsible for their protection, and that the world is not just a human world, but also a world of nonhuman friends.

A high school student solemnly in the million people Signature Collection wrote: "To protect animals is to protect ourselves."

No business, no killing.

Not long ago, a news on the internet became a hot spot, Zimbabwe Tourism Minister Walter Mzembi 24th confirmed that the country's largest wildlife park, 81 wild elephants were poisoned by poachers with cyanide, and then stolen ivory.

The participants shouted again that there would be no killing without a deal, and that the boycott of wildlife products would start with me.

A conservation volunteer said, fur clothes of the beautiful behind a strong blood, called for a simple life, refused these cruel beauty.

Dan said: To ensure the integrity of the fur, the vast majority of animals in the sense of the gut will be torn open belly skin.

Changdalin, president of China Food Culture Research Association, introduced the relationship between vegetarian food and health, environmental protection, he has been a vegetarian for many years and has been very healthy, eating meat is not necessary.

Experts say the meat-eating modern life also consumes a lot of grain, water, and serious pollution, a piece of land that can feed 15 vegetarians and feed only a carnivore.

Jianjun, a professor of China Agricultural University, said: "Based on the contribution of animals to human beings, we should be thankful for animals; Based on animal contributions to drug research, we should be thankful to animals; Based on the animals give us a lot of happiness, we should be thankful for animals;

Because animals can perceive pain, from a compassionate point of view, we should care for animals. Animals are the main body of life, he has the dignity, the value of life, do not treat him as food on the table.

"Currently vegetarian, environmental protection has been gradually received by the public, calling on people to reduce meat, animal products to use, is the most thorough protection of animals, although such a life is still only a small audience, but as a long history of the Chinese nation with a vegetarian diet, is gradually become the mainstream. A volunteer said. "Please remember the October 4 of this beautiful and sacred day, on this day, some things do not do is good, some things do not eat is to help, some clothes do not buy is released ..." The organizers of the event.