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By Laman Ismayilova

A new project timed to the World Animal Day presented in Baku, Trend Life reported.

The video titled "Don't forget. I'm alive too" was posted on social networks by the Youth public Association "Yeni Fəsil.

The project aims to inspire the public to help homeless animals, stop cruelty against animals and to assist animal protection organizations, veterinary services.

The World Animal Day is an international day of action for animal rights and welfare celebrated annually on October 4.

The World Animal Day was originated by Heinrich Zimmermann, the German writer and publisher of the magazine Mensch und Hund/Man and Dog.

He organized the first World Animal Day on 24 March 1925 at the Sport Palace in Berlin, Germany.

Over 5,000 people attended this first event. The event was originally scheduled for October 4 , to align with the feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi, patron saint of ecology, however the venue was not available on that day.

Today, World Animal Day is a global event uniting the animal protection movement, led and sponsored by UK-based animal welfare charity, Naturewatch Foundation since 2003.

There are several government and private animal rescue centers in Azerbaijan that specialize in the re-homing services of animals that have been abandoned.

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