Raph's Girl
03-28-2005, 10:18 PM
Yay!! It's a holiday Splinter would love!! :D
http://www2.cbs5.com/localwire/localfsnews/bcn/2005/03/26/n/HeadlineNews/RAT-DAY/resources_bcn_html
This site doesn't say much about how long World Rat Day has been around but it's about an event in California on April 3rd to commemorate World Rat Day on April 4. I DID however find info on it tho:
April 4, 2005 will mark the third celebration of World Rat Day, a holiday designed to recognize the fancy rat as a wonderful pet and companion animal for people of all ages. Sometime in 2002 on the ratlist, the longest standing mailing list on the internet dedicated to the topic of the pet rat, a discussion was sparked about the possibility of initiating a holiday to honor and promote pet rats as the wonderful companion animals they are. The date of April 4th was selected to be World Rat Day because this is the only certain date associated with the beginning of the ratlist (under the current ownership of James Kittock and Robyn Arthur). Any day of the year could have been selected but April 4th was settled on as a small tribute to the ratlist, a list that has truly been a great boon to all pet rats everywhere.
And you know what's funny? I know these people... :o In fact the artwork on the official World Rat Day site was done by a friend of mine who owns a rattery in Florida... :evilgrin:
http://www.worldratday.com/
So yay!! A holiday about ratties started by people I know! :D
http://www2.cbs5.com/localwire/localfsnews/bcn/2005/03/26/n/HeadlineNews/RAT-DAY/resources_bcn_html
This site doesn't say much about how long World Rat Day has been around but it's about an event in California on April 3rd to commemorate World Rat Day on April 4. I DID however find info on it tho:
April 4, 2005 will mark the third celebration of World Rat Day, a holiday designed to recognize the fancy rat as a wonderful pet and companion animal for people of all ages. Sometime in 2002 on the ratlist, the longest standing mailing list on the internet dedicated to the topic of the pet rat, a discussion was sparked about the possibility of initiating a holiday to honor and promote pet rats as the wonderful companion animals they are. The date of April 4th was selected to be World Rat Day because this is the only certain date associated with the beginning of the ratlist (under the current ownership of James Kittock and Robyn Arthur). Any day of the year could have been selected but April 4th was settled on as a small tribute to the ratlist, a list that has truly been a great boon to all pet rats everywhere.
And you know what's funny? I know these people... :o In fact the artwork on the official World Rat Day site was done by a friend of mine who owns a rattery in Florida... :evilgrin:
http://www.worldratday.com/
So yay!! A holiday about ratties started by people I know! :D