Traditionally, every year on October 2, the world celebrates the Day of Agricultural (Farm) Animals, or World Farm Animals Day. The day was first observed in 1983 as part of an animal rights advocacy campaign to highlight unnecessary suffering and death. October 2 was not chosen by chance. Mahatma Gandhi was born on this day – a famous fighter against all violence and cruelty, as well as a convinced vegetarian.

This initiative is an important matter, because a significant number of animals that are exploited every day are kept precisely on large farms. Animal husbandry is the most popular and broadest field of agriculture. For the sake of meat and fur production, people kill more than 55 billion animals every year.

On this day, everyone has a chance to stand up for the protection of animals. On this day, activists and caring people spread information, hold demonstrations, pickets, and protest actions against keeping animals in pens and cages due to the demand for wool products, meat, and dairy products.