WAD 2010 Special Activities:

Children's activities, facepainting and a vegan BBQ will be available to visitors the whole day.

Edgar's Mission's Walk for the Animals!
Sign up and get your sponsors lined up and raise money to help the rescued residents of Edgar's Mission and earn a "I'm a Hero for the Animals" badge too!!

Get your throwing arm warmed up for Edgar's Mission 2nd annual Cow Pat Throwing contest!! (we are NOT kidding!)

Meet Face to Face with Timmy lamb, Monty horse, Willow chicken and Ryan Goat and of course all the other 200 rescued residents!

Animal Friendly Groups like Sea Shepherd and Animals Australia as well as animal friendly traders

Mitchell Dog Agility Display

WAD 2010 Special Speakers:

Carlos Tabernaberri - Horse trainer extraordinaire

Marieke Hardy - Columnist, screenwriter and broadcaster and Australia's Be Kind to Animal's Week patron

Mark Doneddu - President of Vegetarian Victoria

Melbourne Vegan Strength - (MVS) is an informal training crew formed to show how easy it is to be vegan and gain huge amounts of strength.

Pam Ahern - Australia's World Animal Day Ambassador and Founder and Director of Edgar's Mission

Help us spread the word

print and post our World Animal Day flyer!

* Can I bring my dog when I come to visit?

This is probably one of the most daunting questions we are asked.   While we here at Edgar's Mission love ALL animals... including dogs (several rescued dogs live here) and we are sure we would love yours, but as you would imagine, our first priority is to the rescued animals in our care.  Some of our farm animal residents are very frightened of dogs they don't know. They have had traumatic experiences in the past and will not understand that your dear pup means them no harm.  It is very important to the rehabilitation of our rescued animals that they feel safe. Dogs, like us humans are naturally very excited when they come to visit but unlike us humans many are not able to contain their excitement.  This can lead to a distracted human trying to calm their dog and in doing so they may not experience all that Edgar’s Mission has to offer.  

So we ask that in the best interests of all that you please leave your K9 family at home.

We thank you for your understanding.