World Aquatic Animal Day

2000 H Street Northwest,Washington DC 20052

03 April, 2023

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*The event will take place in the Faculty Conference Center on the 5th floor of the Burns Law Library.#worldaquaticanimalday Join us this April 3rd for a celebration of World Aquatic Animal Day at the George Washington University Law School, hosted by the Animal Legal Education Initiative. This year, the theme of WAAD is Alternatives to the Use of Aquatic Animals. We invite anyone interested to join us. Feel free to email us your questions for the speakers before the event at [email protected]. This event will be on the record and is free and open to the public. About World Aquatic Animal Day (WAAD)World Aquatic Animal Day is an annual day dedicated to aquatic animals, launched for the first time on April 3, 2020. It was the idea of Amy P. Wilson and is co-founded by Amy P. Wilson and Kathy Hessler. Each year, we work to raise global awareness about these often-forgotten and mistreated nonhuman animals. Aquatic animals play a critical role in our societies and ecosystems. They are important as species, but they also have value and intrinsic worth as individuals. By “aquatic animals” we mean not only fishes or whales, but also the many other animals who inhabit aquatic habitats such as: amphibians, marine mammals, crustaceans, reptiles, mollusks, aquatic birds, aquatic insects, starfish, and corals. Aquatic animals urgently need to be considered in policy initiatives, education, advocacy, legal decision-making, and stewardship choices. Efforts to raise awareness of the plight of aquatic animals must rise to meet the immense challenges they face. We must consider our interactions with aquatic animals, our treatment of them, and the often-devastating impacts we are having on them and on their habitats. Join us on April 3rd each year as we celebrate these creatures and call for action to protect them through education, law, policy, outreach, and other avenues. With a different focus each year, we will highlight and work to address the issues aquatic animals face.