Animal Rights & Vegetarianism Calendar of Events

JANUARY EVENTS

1st New Years Day! Resolve to make a difference! Know anyone who has thought about becoming a vegetarian or vegan? Persuade them to take the plunge!

5th National Bird Day

14th Albert Schweitzer's Birthday

FEBRUARY EVENTS

1st Prevent-a-Litter month, nationwide in the USA

8th John Ruskin's Birthday

9th Alice Walker's Birthday

14th Pet Theft Awareness day and Valentine's Day .... have a heart! Don't hurt animals!

15th Spay Day USA

MARCH EVENTS (National Nutrition Month)

14th Albert Einstein's Birthday

20th The Great American Meat-out Day - sponsored by the Farm Animal Reform Movement, is a variable vegetarian feast.

March 30th April 5th ALF (Animal Liberation Front) Appreciation Week

APRIL EVENTS

7th Annual memorial service for research animals at the University of Guelph, Canada begins.

3rd Jane Goodall's Birthday

10th ASPCA chartered, 1866

14th National Dolphin Day

15th National Wildlife Week begins and Leonardo da Vinci's Birthday

20th World Week for Laboratory Animals begins

22nd Earth Day

Passover and Easter are both in April and are good opportunities to promote cruelty-free holidays.

MAY EVENTS

First Week - Be Kind To Animals Week

2nd Russian Federation bans steel-jaw leg hold trap, 1995

2nd Sunday Mothers Day: raise awareness of the horror of veal calves taken from their mothers.

4th Be kind to Animals Week begins

10th International Migratory Bird Day

11th Mother's Day is a FARM anti-veal occasion

24th Marine Mammal Freedom Weekend

27th Rachel Carson's Birthday

JUNE EVENTS (National Adopt a Cat Month)

1st Adopt a cat month begins

2ndAvon first major U.S. company to stop animal testing, 1989 and Thomas Hardy's Birthday

6th Pet Appreciation Week begins

9th National Dog Bite Week

11th Jacques Cousteau's Birthday

26th Aldous Huxley's Birthday

JULY EVENTS

12th USDA bans face branding of cattle, 1994 and Henry David Thoreau's Birthday

13th Wheel of Fortune bans fur prizes, 1990

14th Isaac Bashevis Singer's Birthday

24th National Animal Agriculture Week begins

26th George Bernard Shaw's Birthday

AUGUST EVENTS

17th Homeless Animals Day

SEPTEMBER EVENTS

9th Leo Tolstoy's Birthday

14th National Pet Memorial Day

16th International Day of Peace

20th International Coastal Clear up Day

21st National Dog Week and National Farm Animals Awareness Week

OCTOBER EVENTS (National Cut Out Dissection Month)

Reverence for Life Month

Vegetarian Awareness Month

1st full week of October - World Week of Prayer for Animals

1st World Vegetarian Day and Adopt A Dog month begins

2nd Mohandas Gandhi's Birthday and World Farm Animals Day

3rd James Herriot's Birthday

5th St. Francis Day (Actual date is October 4, though the celebration is October 5.)

15th World Food Day

NOVEMBER EVENTS

2nd National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week begins

(last Thursday of November) "Thanksgiving is Murder on Turkeys" Day

(last Friday of November) Fur-Free Friday

DECEMBER EVENTS

Christmas, Chanukah, Solstice and Kwanza occur this month. It is a good time to think about cruelty-free meals and gift giving.