The National Animal Rights Day event took place in Valletta on Sunday morning hosted by the non-profit Our Planet. Theirs Too. and organised in Malta, by Animal Liberation Malta, for the 4th year in a row.

The National Animal Rights Day (NARD) is intended to show the public first-hand the results of society’s brutal treatment of animals and to commemorate the billions of animals who are killed every year in the world, for food, their fur, skins, laboratory tests, and entertainment.

Animal lovers in Valletta joined thousands around the world, to commemorate the 14th National Animal Rights Day in events which were held in over 160 major cities worldwide.

The activities kicked off with a march from St. Georges Square leading up to Triton fountain, followed by a public requiem ceremony in which individuals stood in unified formation cradling the pictures of animals who died as a result of human abuse and exploitation.

These posters, including chickens, pigs, cats, dogs, goats, birds, and many others, were then arranged on the side as a tomb by the participating activists.

During the event, The Declaration of Animal Rights was proclaimed, and signed.

Photo: Animal Liberation Malta

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