Hi girls!

It's World Animal Day today! That's why we'd like to give some extra special attention the all the animals in the world.

Most people that have a pet will buy them an extra snack on World Animal Day. But do you stop to think about animals outside of your own home?

Factory farming
A factory farm is a large-scale industrial operation. It's so big that 2/3rd of all farm animals ar factory farmed. A factory farm houses thousands of animals for food and treats them with hormones and other chemicals.
"I am a battery hen. I live in a cage so small I cannot stretch my wings. I am forced to stand night and day on a sloping wire mesh floor that painfully cuts into my feet. The cage walls tear my feathers, forming blood blisters that never heal. The air is so full of ammonia that my lungs hurt and my eyes burn and I think I am going blind. As soon as I was born, a man grabbed me and sheared off my beak with a hot iron, and my little brothers were thrown into trash bags as useless alive." 

In other words: animals live a horrible live just so we can eat them. Naturally, we eat meat. It tastes nice and it contains nutritients that are healthy for us. However, you don't need to eat factory farmed animals. 

Biological meat
Instead of eating factory farmed animals, choose to eat biological meat. This meat comes from animals that haven't been treated with as many chemicals, have more space to live in and have generally had a better life. It might be slightly more expensive, but you can just choose to eat a little less meat a day and replace it with vegetables. 

DON'T EAT ANIMALS ON WORLD ANIMAL DAY!
Will you be eating meat on World Animal Day, or will you take this one day to make a statement? To stand up for those who can't stand up for themselves? Let us know by voting on the poll or leaving a comment.

Be Creative with Animals - Competition
We wouldn't be the Event Team if we didn't have a competition for you guys to go with the animal theme. This time the competition is called Be Creative with Animals. 

What are the rules?
The rules of the competition are simple. All you have to do is send us a picture of an animal that you've been creative with in some way. Examples could be:
- A photograph you've taken
- A drawing you've made (online or IRL)
- A picture you've edited
- An image you've coloured

You can use anything to create the picture. Coloured pencils, texters, paint, glitters, photoshop, a camera, etc. Just be creative! 

What can I win?
The winner will receive 8.000pd and 10 credits. Depending on how many people join, there will be a second or even third prize as well.

How do I join?
You can enter the competition by posting a link to your image in the comments or by mailing it to any member of the Event Team.

You've got until October 11th to submit your entries. Good luck and have fun!

Interesting facts
Here you'll find a list of interesting "facts" about animals. I haven't checked any of them to make sure they're actually true, but to make it more fun I've made up three "facts" myself that I've put on the list. Think you know which ones I made up? Leave a comment below. Whoever guesses it right first wins 2500pd!

Did you know that...
...bats always turn left when leaving a cave?
...hummingbirds are the only animals that can fly backwards?
...at 1m/s a cockroach is the fastest animal on six legs?
...most elephants weigh less than the tongue of a blue whale?
...honeybees have hair on their eyes?
...shrimps have their heart located in their head?
...mosquitoes are attracted to blue?
...a snail can sleep for three years?
...slugs have four noses?
...a newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch tall?
...a leech has 32 brains?
...there are about 200 million times more insects than humans?
...elephants are the only animals that can't jump?
...dogs live on average five years longer in Sweden than anywhere else in the world?
...kiwi birds are blind?
...a giraffe can clean its ears with its tongue?
...a woodchuck breathes only ten times during hibernation?
...cats feel more comfortable around blondes than brunettes?
...flamingos are not naturally pink, but get their colour from their food?
...oysters can change their biological sex?
...a dog's nose print is as unique as a human's finger print?
...French poodles originated in Germany?
...you can hypnotise a frog by placing it on its back and stroking its stomach?
...kangaroos are the only four legged mammals that cannot walk backwards?
...catfish are the only animals that naturally have an odd number of whiskers?
...a duck's quack doesn't echo?
...contrary to popular believe, a dodo would actually fly if it was needed to survive?
...strands of spider web are stronger than steel wire of the same thickness?
...pigs can't possibly look up at the sky?
...birds do not sleep in their nests, apart from the occasional nap?