World Animal Day

[Celyn]

Today is World Animal Day!

It's internationally celebrated and the main aim of the day is concerning animal rights and welfare. For more information about World Animal Day, you can check out this from Naturewatch.

So for today, I'd like to know what your favourite animal is. Bonus points if you know any facts that might threaten the welfare of your favourite animal.

For me, I love wolves. They are my favourite animal. They did use to exist in the UK a very long time ago, and they sadly don't anymore because they were hunted

[Starseeker]

I like horses, dogs and bees.

Horses are treated badly in many places, even most riding schools can't offer horses what they deserve - freedom. Bees are endangered and dying out; because of urbanisation, there are not enough places for them to live and honey plants to pollinate.
It's my dream to have my own apiary in the future.

My favorite animal is far from being at risk of extinction or extreme abuse by humanity as a whole. It's not to say there aren't concerns regarding them; on the contrary, there is severe overpopulation of feral cats. I wholly support the whole concept of TNR — Trap, Neuter, Return — programs for feral and stray cat colonies.

[Mindfulness.]

I love animals too much to just have one.