On Sunday 4th June at 6 PM in Valletta, Animal Liberation Malta activists and local Animal lovers gathered to join thousands around the world to commemorate the 13th National Animal Rights Day, in events held in over 150 major cities worldwide.
The NARD celebration consisted of two parts: a memorial ceremony and a celebration. The memorial ceremony commemorated the billions of Animals who die every year by human hands, often in the presence of some of the actual victims.
‘If these animals could freely talk’, said the activists in a statement, ‘their cries would come from every farm, slaughterhouse, meat market, testing lab, breeding factory, fishing pond, hunting ground, circus, zoo, religious temple, pet store, city shelter, restaurant, and dinner table in every home on every street.’
The Declaration of Animal Rights, a 100-foot-long scroll, was unveiled, proclaimed and signed during the event.
Live music, poetry reading and speeches were performed at the ceremony after the activists started the event with a march along Republic Street holding banners and a white coffin symbolising the innocence of the victims.
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