Yesterday was World Animal Day, an international celebration of all the amazing creatures we share this planet with. It was conceived in 1931 at an ecology convention in Florence, with October 4th chosen as the date because it coincided with the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals.
I don’t think a single day is enough to celebrate the animal kingdom, so let’s make it a week-long celebration here on Where’s my backpack? Here are a few endearing creatures I’ve met on my travels.
If you’d like to join in, here’s what to do:
- Create your own post about animals and title it Travel Theme: Animals
- Include a link to this page in your post so others can find it too
- Don’t forget to subscribe to keep up to date on the latest weekly travel themes.
It doesn’t have to be about wildlife; you can write an ode to your neighbour’s moggy if you like! I can’t wait to see what you come up with.
Give me a high-five paw!
xxx
Ailsa
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G’day Ailsa, great theme again, you are going to be inundated with photos for this one. I decided to just go with Aussie animals for you this time. http://memoriesaremadeofthisblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/06/travel-theme-animals
What a fabulous array of Ozzie wildlife, pommepal, the coyote is so cool, and the Tasmanian devil photo is wonderful!
Posted my weekly photo challenge contribution and realised one of my photos, the giraffe, would have been perfect for this weeks theme! http://wp.me/p1GnYq-cE
Will see what other photos I have. 😉
Lovely shots, William, that giraffe looks so stately!
hi Ailsa, i love the expressions in their eyes! did you befriend any of them 😉
anyway, here’s my take of your theme for the week: http://alwaysbobswife.wordpress.com/2012/10/06/travel-theme-animals/
That raccoon certainly took a shine to me, alwaysbobswife, he hung out for ages ) Lovely photos – Charlie looks ever so elegant!
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Great theme this week Ailsa, I love your photos!
Here’s my take on this week’s theme: http://travelbugdownunder.wordpress.com/2012/10/06/travel-theme-animals/
Oh how lovely, oztravelbug, those birds are so cute, but my heart was stolen by the little sleeping ‘roo.
Sooo cute! I recently did a post about donkeys in Greece. 🙂
Very cool, Hannah, if you put a link to this page in your donkey post it will show up in the comments stream and we can all have a look at it, I’d love to see it. xxx
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Lovely theme and photos, Ailsa!
And I am back as promised: http://esengasvoice.wordpress.com/2012/10/06/travel-theme-animals/
Lovely photos, Esenga – I adore lemurs, and hope one day to see them in the wild. It’s a long way to Madagascar though!
Thank you, Ailsa. To see them in the wild would be…yes, absolutely wonderful. The other option was…the Zoo. 🙂
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Hi Paw Ailsa, I ‘d love to meet the raccoon! http://lucidgypsy.wordpress.com/2012/10/06/travel-theme-animals/
He was ever so friendly, Gilly! Oh wow, how amazing that you got to see the orang-utans in Borneo, girl, you have had some incredible adventures. That little baby is adorable!
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I cannot agree more, Wanderlust, watching happy elephants is a sure way to make your heart soar. Beautiful post! xxx
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Interesting theme! Remembered an incident with a cow when I was in Mysore. Just blogged abt it as part of this weekly theme 🙂
http://travel.priyankawriting.com/2012/10/the-errant-cow-travel-animal-stories.html
Haha, I love it Priyanka, what a cheeky cow. But she looks so darned cute too 🙂
Yea.. cute and funny! 🙂
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Oh wow, that’s a scary looking scorpion. Where was the top one taken? It’s fabulous!
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Great theme this week Ailsa. Here are some from Fota. http://ayearinmyshoes.wordpress.com/2012/10/06/travel-theme-animals/
Great collection of shots, Livvy – I’ve never been to Fota but it looks impressive. That giraffe photo is awesome!
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I love it, Jenn. Stanley looks like quite an intrepid traveller. Give him a smooch from me! xxx
Hi there Ailsa! I had a fun time going over my animal-photographs to share for your travel theme this week. I especially loved your buffalo picture. 🙂
Here’s my contribution this week:
http://gatheringbooks.wordpress.com/2012/10/06/photo-journal-travel-theme-animals/
Oh Myra, you did it again, wonderful photos and amazing quotes, my favourite is the J.M. Barrie one. xxx
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Cute and fun theme! Here’s mine: http://laavventura.wordpress.com/2012/10/06/travel-theme-animals/
So much fun, Jennifer, I couldn’t resist adding a caption! Love those self-herding Sardinian sheep!
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Hi Ailsa – here is my cuddly contribution to this week´s challenge
Love it, Marianne, I’ve got a big old smile on my face after seeing your post! 🙂
Then I´m happy, Ailsa 🙂
What beautiful pictures of animals you’ve got here Ailsa. Thanks for the weekly challenge, now I could feature my cats:
Sissie looks like a perfect lady, bebs1 – Pixie, on the other hand, looks like quite a handful. Lovely post!
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great! here’s mine Ailsa…
Aww, what lovely horses, Miljo, and Intramuros looks like a really lovely place! xxx
Moooooooo! http://mothergrogan.wordpress.com/2012/10/06/travel-theme-animals/
Love it, mothergrogan, such a pastoral scene. Lovely colours too! Very mooooving. 🙂
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What a great theme! Here’s my go; http://annarashbrook.wordpress.com/2012/10/06/travel-theme-animals/
Oh Anna, what a lovely tribute to the wonderful animals who have shared your life. xxx
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Here’s my entry 🙂
Lovely photos, aysabaw, that top one of the zebras and giraffes is my favourite!
You did a great job of capturing the expressions on their faces!
Thanks Mary!
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The raccoon is adorable! I want one! 🙂
Haha, I suspect that raccoon might prove a little high-maintenance. 😉
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Lovely photos, I’ve just created some articles on Paris en photographies and my photo blog about my voyages, Photo et Voyage…
Oh Maria, these photos are all wonderful. I love the cat photo, but the bird ones are stunning. xxx
Thanks, I like cats, but love birds… And he or she just looked at me when I was in Södertälje this summer…
Such a lovely idea for a theme, Ailsa 🙂 I have been away for two weeks in New Zealand, so am just catching up on your recent posts. Might come back later in the week with my foliage contribution AND some snaps of stunning NZ. Meanwhile, here’s a collection of furry friends taken in various locations. http://cinova.wordpress.com/2012/10/07/travel-theme-animals/
Welcome back, cinova. Such a lovely collection of animal photos, those alpaca are way cool! Looking forward to seeing your NZ photos!
Ooh, great captures, Every Hundredth Of A Second, totally worth getting up for! The chocolate bar helps a lot, I bet! 😉
Indeed! The chocolate is the best motivator 🙂
Really some great lovely shots – the duck too, even it isn’t black… ‘hahaha’
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Haha, thanks ledrakenoir. That was the first time I’d seen a wood duck, actually, I couldn’t get over the amazing colours! 🙂 Just saw your post, that looks like one very wise kitty indeed!
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They are all gorgeous photos. My post is a little about American wild horses: http://canoecommunications.wordpress.com/2012/10/06/travel-theme-animals/
Really great post, c & c – I was lucky enough to see some wild horses in the badlands, just amazing. Love the links you posted, thanks for that! xxx
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Your photos are beautiful. I can’t wait to get home and explore your blog a little more.
Thanks Scott, hurry home! 😉
Lovely photos of the critters you have met on your travels! Thank you for the like on my weekly photo challenge post on what makes me happy!
Thanks babso2you, really enjoyed your post.
Here is the Bouncing Beardies take on ‘Animals’
Love it, greenmackenzie, Bouncing Beardies on holiday, guaranteed to make you happy. I love that first shot of them, posing so nobly with the lake in the background. 🙂
Thanks….oh and just to be pedantic because its in Scotland its a loch…we dont do lakes up here…yet another wee scottish anomily 😉
Oh you Scots 😉
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