Jessica's Blog

To mark World Animal Week, ACRES celebrated
Singaporeans’ support for animal protection efforts by holding a 3-day
animal-themed festival from the 5th to 7th October at The Atrium @ Orchard.
There was a photographic exhibition, music, children’s activities and a large
array of educational exhibits on animal protection issues, along
with the opportunity for everyone to find out how they can help make
the world a better place for the animals we share it with.

More
importantly, 4,477 signatures were collected for the global “Animals
Matter to Me” campaign in support of a Universal Declaration on
Animal Welfare (UDAW) to be endorsed by governments of the world. This is a
call to everyone, worldwide, to recognise all animals as sentient beings, that
they can feel pain and can suffer and that we have a responsibility to put an
end to cruelty around the world.

On behalf
of the animals, we would like to say a big thank you to all the dedicated supporters
of animal welfare who volunteered to spend many hours on their feet collecting
signatures in support of the UDAW, withstanding the intense hot weather every
day!

We are delighted to
have had the support of local performers Anastasia and her band Good Morning
Midnight, Allura, Shaym, Plushfools, Lounge Lizards, local magician Jack Magic,
and Steven Goh and his balloon sculpturing skills, whose talents all drew the
crowd closer to the ACRES exhibition. A big thank you to all these performers!

Thank you also to
Miss Singapore Universe, Miss Jessica Tan, who kindly came along to support the
event.

Thanks also go to
TY toys for sponsoring prizes for the children’s colouring competition, and to
the Events Artery for sponsoring the sound system for the entire event.

Thank you
to everyone who was involved in the event, and to
everyone who signed in support of the UDAW, for showing that Animals Matter to
You!

If you would like
to join us in supporting a UNIVERSAL DECLARATION IN ANIMAL WELFARE (UFAW), please
click here.

Donate now! Help us build a
sanctuary for victims of the illegal wildlife trade in Singapore. Log on to: http://www.acres.org.sg/donatetoAWRC.htm