On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 50 years later animals rights organisations and associations from all over the world demanded that December 10 should also be International Animal Rights Day. This day aims to remember the animal victims of human tyranny and calls for the recognition of our Universal Declaration of Animal Rights (UDAR). Campaigns calling to protect and improve the lives of animals all over the world - in this photo gallery by TASS
International Animal Rights Day
Animals rights organisations and associations from all over the world mark the International Animal Rights Day on December 10
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International Animal Rights Day is marked on December 10. Photo: dogs from animal shelters
© AP Photo/Richard Vogel A child reading to a cat in the animal shelter in Netherlands
© EPA/MARCO DE SWART Supporters of PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, protest against Air India lifting its ban on transporting animals to laboratories
© AP Photo/Sang Tan Animal-rights advocates rally protesting the slaughter and capture of dolphins in Taiji, Japan
© AP Photo/Richard Vogel Dogs being transported for “dog meat festival” at Yulin Big Market in Yulin, China. “Dog meat festival” in China often evoke large protests, international media coverage and thousands petitions calling to stop dogs killing
© AP Images for Human Society International Animal right activists protesting whilst holding pictures of abused animals during a gathering in Madrid, Spain. The animals displayed at the demonstration were discarded by animal farms and collected from waste bins
© AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza, File Members of Friends of Animals, an animal rights group, protesting legal bear hunt in USA
© AP Photo/Mel Evans, File Rally for the liberation of animals in Moscow, Russia
© Anton Novoderezhkin/ITAR-TASS Protestors rally in front of the Houses of Parliament in London against fox hunting
© AP Photo/Frank Augstein Activists painted red, protesting against bull runs beside the bull ring ahead to beginning the famous San Fermin Fiestas, in Pamplona northern Spain
© AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos Activists from Anima Naturalis animal rights group participating in a street performance as meat wrapped in a packing tray in Mexico City
© AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo Signs outside the office of US Dr. Walter James Palmer, accused of killing lion Cecil just outside Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe
© AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt