WORLD ANIMAL DAY CELEBRATION AT INSTITUTE OF  PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH

The Pharmacology  Department of Institute of  Pharmaceutical Research had celebrated World Animal Day on 4^th October,2012 with zeal and enthusiasm . The Program was inaugurated by Prof. Pradeep Mishra, Director IPR.

World Animal Day was started in 1931 at a convention of in Florence as a way of highlighting the plight of endangered species. October 4 was chosen as World Animal Day as it is the Feast Day of St Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. Since then, World Animal Day has become a day for remembering and paying tribute to all animals and the people who love and respect them.          
                                        
Meanwhile, M.Pharm Pharmacology students had  presented a presentation on World Animal Day in which they focused  mainly on two points i.e. Animal welfare and Animal rights. They emphasize on the point that in Pharmaceutical field for  the drug developing procedure  use of animals are required for  enhancing  new knowledge by doing animal experimentation and adding the new facts and data to the existing knowledge . They displayed the information  on the alternative  approaches instead of painful  Animal Test.
In the end, Dr. Harlokesh Narayan Yadav  had delivered vote of Thanks.

Ms. Shruti Tandon

Asstt. Professor

Institute of Pharmaceutical Research

GLA University, Mathura