diff --git a/telegrambots-meta/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/meta/api/methods/send/SendAnimation.java b/telegrambots-meta/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/meta/api/methods/send/SendAnimation.java
index cb943c3d..d5a7fb37 100644
--- a/telegrambots-meta/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/meta/api/methods/send/SendAnimation.java
+++ b/telegrambots-meta/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/meta/api/methods/send/SendAnimation.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class SendAnimation extends PartialBotApiMethod<Message> {
     private Boolean disableNotification; ///< Optional. Sends the message silently. Users will receive a notification with no sound.
     private Integer replyToMessageId; ///< Optional. If the message is a reply, ID of the original message
     private ReplyKeyboard replyMarkup; ///< Optional. JSON-serialized object for a custom reply keyboard
-    private String parseMode; ///< Send Markdown or HTML, if you want Telegram apps to show bold, italic, fixed-width text or inline URLs in the media caption.
+    private String parseMode; ///< Optional. Send Markdown or HTML, if you want Telegram apps to show bold, italic, fixed-width text or inline URLs in the media caption.
     /**
      * Thumbnail of the file sent. The thumbnail should be in JPEG format and less than 200 kB in size.
      * A thumbnail‘s width and height should not exceed 90.
diff --git a/telegrambots-meta/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/meta/bots/AbsSender.java b/telegrambots-meta/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/meta/bots/AbsSender.java
index f3a82ebf..b83122a4 100644
--- a/telegrambots-meta/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/meta/bots/AbsSender.java
+++ b/telegrambots-meta/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/meta/bots/AbsSender.java
@@ -150,6 +150,14 @@ public abstract class AbsSender {
      */
     public abstract Serializable execute(EditMessageMedia editMessageMedia) throws TelegramApiException;
 
+    /**
+     * Send animation
+     * @param sendAnimation Information of the animation
+     * @return Sent message
+     * @throws TelegramApiException If there is any error sending animation
+     */
+    public abstract Message execute(SendAnimation sendAnimation) throws TelegramApiException;
+
     // Simplified methods
 
     protected abstract <T extends Serializable, Method extends BotApiMethod<T>, Callback extends SentCallback<T>> void sendApiMethodAsync(Method method, Callback callback);
diff --git a/telegrambots/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/bots/DefaultAbsSender.java b/telegrambots/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/bots/DefaultAbsSender.java
index c79ff378..2a4e2d80 100644
--- a/telegrambots/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/bots/DefaultAbsSender.java
+++ b/telegrambots/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/bots/DefaultAbsSender.java
@@ -636,6 +636,57 @@ public abstract class DefaultAbsSender extends AbsSender {
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Message execute(SendAnimation sendAnimation) throws TelegramApiException {
+        assertParamNotNull(sendAnimation, "sendAnimation");
+        sendAnimation.validate();
+        try {
+            String url = getBaseUrl() + SendVoice.PATH;
+            HttpPost httppost = configuredHttpPost(url);
+            MultipartEntityBuilder builder = MultipartEntityBuilder.create();
+            builder.setLaxMode();
+            builder.setCharset(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+            builder.addTextBody(SendAnimation.CHATID_FIELD, sendAnimation.getChatId(), TEXT_PLAIN_CONTENT_TYPE);
+            addInputFile(builder, sendAnimation.getAnimation(), SendAnimation.ANIMATION_FIELD, true);
+
+            if (sendAnimation.getReplyMarkup() != null) {
+                builder.addTextBody(SendAnimation.REPLYMARKUP_FIELD, objectMapper.writeValueAsString(sendAnimation.getReplyMarkup()), TEXT_PLAIN_CONTENT_TYPE);
+            }
+            if (sendAnimation.getReplyToMessageId() != null) {
+                builder.addTextBody(SendAnimation.REPLYTOMESSAGEID_FIELD, sendAnimation.getReplyToMessageId().toString(), TEXT_PLAIN_CONTENT_TYPE);
+            }
+            if (sendAnimation.getDisableNotification() != null) {
+                builder.addTextBody(SendAnimation.DISABLENOTIFICATION_FIELD, sendAnimation.getDisableNotification().toString(), TEXT_PLAIN_CONTENT_TYPE);
+            }
+            if (sendAnimation.getDuration() != null) {
+                builder.addTextBody(SendAnimation.DURATION_FIELD, sendAnimation.getDuration().toString(), TEXT_PLAIN_CONTENT_TYPE);
+            }
+            if (sendAnimation.getWidth() != null) {
+                builder.addTextBody(SendAnimation.WIDTH_FIELD, sendAnimation.getWidth().toString(), TEXT_PLAIN_CONTENT_TYPE);
+            }
+            if (sendAnimation.getHeight() != null) {
+                builder.addTextBody(SendAnimation.HEIGHT_FIELD, sendAnimation.getHeight().toString(), TEXT_PLAIN_CONTENT_TYPE);
+            }
+            if (sendAnimation.getThumb() != null) {
+                addInputFile(builder, sendAnimation.getThumb(), SendAnimation.THUMB_FIELD, false);
+                builder.addTextBody(SendAnimation.THUMB_FIELD, sendAnimation.getThumb().getAttachName(), TEXT_PLAIN_CONTENT_TYPE);
+            }
+
+            if (sendAnimation.getCaption() != null) {
+                builder.addTextBody(SendAnimation.CAPTION_FIELD, sendAnimation.getCaption(), TEXT_PLAIN_CONTENT_TYPE);
+                if (sendAnimation.getParseMode() != null) {
+                    builder.addTextBody(SendAnimation.PARSEMODE_FIELD, sendAnimation.getParseMode(), TEXT_PLAIN_CONTENT_TYPE);
+                }
+            }
+            HttpEntity multipart = builder.build();
+            httppost.setEntity(multipart);
+
+            return sendAnimation.deserializeResponse(sendHttpPostRequest(httppost));
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new TelegramApiException("Unable to edit message media", e);
+        }
+    }
+
     // Simplified methods
 
     @Override