World Animal Day has been celebrated on October 4 for many years. The World Animal Day website says it was first celebrated in 1925 in Berlin, Germany on a different date. It moved to October 4 in 1929. October 4 is the day Roman Catholics honor Saint Francis of Assisi, who was the patron saint of animals. What happens on World Animal Day? Aside from Twitter getting filled up with lots of cute photos of animals, the day is designed to promote the rights of animals. The group that organizes the day wants to make sure animals are treated well around the world.
Title: Animal Lovers Celebrate World Animal Day
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2143/animal_day.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Animal Lovers Celebrate World Animal Day' data-article-id='2661'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8083'>World Animal Day has been celebrated on October 4 for many years.</span> <span data-start-time='8083' data-end-time='19583'>The World Animal Day website says it was first celebrated in 1925 in Berlin, Germany on a different date.</span> <span data-start-time='19583' data-end-time='25229'>It moved to October 4 in 1929.</span> <span data-start-time='25229' data-end-time='36563'>October 4 is the day Roman Catholics honor Saint Francis of Assisi, who was the patron saint of animals.</span> <span data-start-time='36563' data-end-time='40208'>What happens on World Animal Day?</span> <span data-start-time='40208' data-end-time='52167'>Aside from Twitter getting filled up with lots of cute photos of animals, the day is designed to promote the rights of animals.</span> <span data-start-time='52167' data-end-time='60708'>The group that organizes the day wants to make sure animals are treated well around the world.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' 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