Calendar 2010
January
ADOPT-A-RESCUED-BIRD MONTH (Petfinder.com)
WALK-YOUR-PET MONTH (Pawsitively Pets)
- 5 --- National Bird Day (always)
- 12 --- Wolves reintroduced into Yellowstone
Park
- 14 --- Albert Schweitzer born 1875
- 20 --- National Penguin Awareness Day (always)
- 3rd weekend --- Bald Eagle Appreciation Days
- 21 --- Squirrel Appreciation Day (always)
- 22 --- National Answer-Your-Cat's-Questions Day
(always)
- 31 --- World Day for the Abolition of Meat (always)
February
PREVENT-A-LITTER MONTH
(Humane Society of the United States - HSUS)
ADOPT-A-RESCUED-RABBIT MONTH
(Petfinder.com)
PET DENTAL MONTH
(American Veterinary Medical Association
- AVMA and
American
Veterinary Dental Society - AVDS)
NATIONAL WILD BIRD-FEEDING MONTH
(National
Bird-Feeding Society)
RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERS MONTH
Weeks:
- 2nd week --- Have-a-Heart-for-Chained-Dogs Week (Dogs Deserve Better)
- 3rd week --- Random Acts of Kindness Week (help local
shelters)
Days:
- 2 --- Groundhog Day (always)
- 2 --- Hedgehog Day (always)
- 2 --- World Wetlands Day (always) (Environmental
Protection Agency)
- 14 --- Pet Theft Awareness Day (Last Chance for Animals)
- 12-15 --- 13th Annual Great Backyard Bird Count (National Audubon Society)
- 17 --- GM ends animal crash tests 1993
- 20 --- Love-Your-Pet Day (always)
- 23 --- International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day
(always)
- 26 --- Grand Canyon National Park opened
1919
- Last Tuesday --- Spay Day USA (HSUS)
- 27 --- National Polar Bear Day (always)
March
ADOPT-A-RESCUED-GUINEA-PIG
MONTH (Petfinder.com)
Weeks:
Days:
- 1 --- National Pig Day (always)
- 1 --- Congress establishes Yellowstone 1872
- 3 --- What-If-Cats-and-Dogs-Had-Opposable-Thumbs Day
(always)
- 14 --- Save-A-Spider Day (always) (ASPCA)
- 15 --- Buzzard Day (always)
- 19 --- Swallows Return to San Juan Capistrano Day
(always)
- 20 --- Great American Meatout (always) (FARM)
- 20 --- International Earth Day (always) (Earthsite)
- 22 --- International Day of the Seal (always)
- 22 --- World Water Day (United Nations) (always)
- 24 --- Exxon Valdez Oil Spill 1989
- 30 --- Mule Day (always)
April
PREVENT LYME DISEASE IN DOGS
MONTH
PREVENTION-OF-ANIMAL-CRUELTY MONTH
(ASPCA)
WORLD HABITAT AWARENESS MONTH
NATIONAL PET FIRST AID MONTH
NATIONAL FROG MONTH
Weeks:
- 2nd week --- National Week of the Ocean (Nat'l
Week of the Ocean)
- 3rd week --- Animal Cruelty/Human Violence Awareness
Week (varies) (HSUS)
- 3rd week --- National Pet ID Week
- 3rd week --- World Week for Animals in Labs (varies) (IDA)
- 3rd week --- National Wildlife Week (National Wildlife Federation)
- Last week --- National Park Week (National Park Service)
- Last week --- National Scoop the Poop Week
(Association of Professional Animal Waste Specialists)
Days:
- 1 --- Tag Day (always) (American Humane Association -
AHA)
- 2 --- National Ferret Day (always)
- 3 --- Jane Goodall born 1934
- 4 --- World Rat Day (always)
- 7 --- World Health Day (always)
- 7 --- National Pet Health Insurance Day (Veterinary
Pet Insurance) (always)
- 10 --- ASPCA chartered 1866
- 13 --- "Silent Spring" published 1962
- 14 --- National Dolphin Day (always)
- 18 --- Pet Owner's Independence Day (always)
- 24 --- World Veterinary Day (World Veterinary
Association - WVA)
- 21 --- John Muir born 1835
- 22 --- Earth Day (always) (National Holiday)
- 24 --- Bulldogs Are Beautiful Day
- 25 --- World Penguin Day (always)
- 25 --- World Veterinary Day (World Veterinary
Association - WVA)
- 26 --- John Audubon born 1785
- 30 --- Arbor Day (National Holiday)
- 30 --- National Hairball Awareness Day (Hills Pet Food Company)
- Last Sunday --- National Pet Parents Day (Veterinary
Pet Insurance) (always)
- Last Sunday --- International Day of the Dog (International
Day of the Dog)
May
BE-KIND-TO-ANIMALS MONTH
AMERICAN WETLANDS MONTH
(American Wetlands Campaign)
ASTHMA AND ALLERGY AWARENESS MONTH
CHIP YOUR PET MONTH (HomeAgain, Shering-Plough)
CLEAN AIR MONTH
NATIONAL PET MONTH (mainly recognized in UK, but also seen in
U.S.)
GO FETCH! FOOD DRIVE FOR HOMELESS ANIMALS MONTH
Weeks:
- 1st week --- Be Kind to Animals Week (AHA)
- 1st week --- National Pet Week (Pet Week)
- 3rd week --- National Dog Bite Prevention Week (HSUS)
Days:
- 1st Sunday --- Mayday for Mutts
- 1 --- Save-the-Rhino Day (always)
- 4 --- Respect for Chickens Day
- 2nd Saturday --- Animal Disaster Preparedness Day
(always)
- 2nd Saturday --- International Migratory Bird Day (Bird Day) (always)
- 2nd Sunday --- National Veal Ban Action Day (Farm Sanctuary)
(always)
- 13 --- Frog Jumping Day (always)
- 15 --- Hug Your Cat Day (always)
- 3rd weekend --- Marine Mammal Freedom Weekend
- 22 --- International Day for Biological Diversity
(always) (United Nations - UN)
- 23 --- World Turtle Day (always)
- 28 --- Hug Your Cat Day (always)
- 28 --- Sierra Club founded 1892
- 29 --- National Environmental Protection
Act 1969
June
ADOPT-A-SHELTER-CAT MONTH (ASPCA)
ADOPT-A-CAT MONTH
(AHA)
NATIONAL MICROCHIPPING MONTH
(AKC)
Weeks:
- 1st week --- National Oceans Week
- 1st week --- Pet Appreciation Week
- 3rd week --- Carpenter Ants Awareness Week
- 3rd week --- Animal Rights Awareness Week
- 3rd week --- Take-Your-Pet-to-Work-Week
Days:
- 2 --- Avon first company to stop animal
testing 1989
- 5 --- World Environment Day (always) (UN)
- 2nd Sunday --- World Pet Memorial Day
- 15 --- Take-Your-Dog-to-Work Day (Pet Sitters
International)
- 19 --- Garfield the Cat Day (always)
- 20 --- American Bald Eagle Day (always) (American Eagle Foundation)
July
DOG HOUSE REPAIRS MONTH
DOG DAYS - July 8-August 11
ADOPT-A-SHELTER-RABBIT MONTH (ASPCA)
Weeks:
- 2nd week --- National Farriers Week
- 3rd week --- Animal Rights Awareness Week
- 3rd week --- Cow Appreciation Week
Days:
- 5 --- World Environment Day (always)
- 11 --- World Population Day (always) (UN)
- 12 --- USDA bans face branding of cattle
1994
- 15 --- Cow Appreciation Day (always)
- 31 --- National Mutts Day
August
Weeks:
- 2nd week --- National Assistance Dog Week
Days:
September
NATIONAL SAVE-THE-TIGER MONTH
NATIONAL CHICKEN MONTH
PET HEALTH INSURANCE MONTH (Canada)
PET SMILE MONTH
SENIOR CARE HEALTH MONTH (Iams, Pfizer Animal Health)
WORLD ANIMAL REMEMBRANCE MONTH
Weeks:
Days:
- 1st Saturday --- National Hummingbird Day
- 2nd Saturday --- National Iguana Awareness Day (NIAD)
- 2nd Sunday --- National Pet Memorial Day (Int'l Association of Pet
Cemeteries)
- 3rd Saturday --- International Coastal Cleanup Day (The Ocean
Conservancy)
- 3rd Saturday --- Responsible Dog Ownership Day (American Kennel Club)
- 15 --- PETroglyphs Day in New Mexico (Proclaimed by
Governor Richardson in honor of PETroglyphs
being the only independent, award-winning, state-wide newspaper
dedicated solely to animal issues.)
- 18 --- Puppy Mill Awareness Day
- 21 --- International Day of Peace (always) (UN)
- 4th Saturday --- National Wildlife Ecology Day
(Committee to Abolish Sport Hunting)
- 22 --- National Elephant Appreciation Day (always)
- 23 --- Dogs and Politics Day (always)
- 26 --- National Wild Horse Adoption Day
- 26 --- International Rabbit Day (4th Saturday)
- 28 --- World Rabies Day (Alliance for Rabies
Control - UK initiated it; US Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention is a founding partner)
- 29 --- National Goose Day (always)
October
ADOPT-A-SHELTER-DOG MONTH (ASPCA)
ADOPT-A-DOG MONTH (AHA)
NATIONAL CUT-OUT-DISSECTION MONTH (People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals - PETA)
NATIONAL ANIMAL SAFETY AND PROTECTION MONTH (Emergency
Animal Rescue Service - United Animal Nations)
VEGETARIAN AWARENESS MONTH
(EarthSave)
NATIONAL PET WELLNESS MONTH (AVMA,
Fort Dodge Animal
Health)
NATIONAL SQUIRREL AWARENESS MONTH (The Squirrel
Lover's
Club)
Weeks:
Days:
- 1 --- Fire Pup Day
- 1 --- World Vegetarian Day (always) (Earthsave)
- 1st Monday --- World Habitat Day (UN)
- 2 --- Gandhi's Birthday 1869
- 2 --- World Farm Animals Day (always) (FARM)
- 4 --- St. Francis of Assisi's Feast Day/World Pets'
Day/World Animal Day (always) (Great Resource
Site for World Animal Day)
- 16 --- National Feral Cat Day (always) (Alley Cat Allies)
- 18 --- Water Pollution Control Act 1972
- 21 --- Marine Mammal Protection Act 1972
- 21 --- Reptile Awareness Day (always)
- 23 --- National Mole Day (always)
- 26 --- National Mule Day (always)
- 27 --- Dolphin Protection Consumer
Information Act, 1980: "dolphin-safe tuna" labeling
November
ADOPT-A-TURKEY MONTH (Farm Sanctuary)
VEGAN MONTH
WISHBONES FOR PETS MONTH
(Wishbones for Pets)
ADOPT-A-SENIOR-PET MONTH
(Petfinder.com)
PET CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
(PetCancerAwareness.org)
PET DIABETES MONTH (Intervet)
Weeks:
- 1st week --- National Animal Shelter Appreciation
Week (Animal
Sheltering)
- 2nd week --- National Farm Week
- 2nd week --- European Veterinary Week (European
Commission, Federation of Veterinarians of Europe and the French
Presidency)
Days:
- 1 --- World Vegan Day (always) (The Vegan Society)
- 13 --- World Kindness Day
- 16 --- National Park Service established,
1916
- 17 --- Benetton stops animal tests 1988
- 17 --- National Black Cat Day (Celebrated in Italy.
Italian Association in Defense of Animals and the Environment - AIDAA)
- 4th Thursday --- Turkey-free Thanksgiving Day
- 23 --- Fur Free Friday (Fur Free Friday)
- 27 --- Turtle Adoption Day
- 30 --- Pet Ownership in Assisted Rental
Housing for the Elderly/Handicapped Act 1983
December
SAFE TOYS AND GIFTS MONTH
- 2 --- International Whaling Commission 1946
- 3 --- World Conservation Day
- 9 --- Horse Protection Act 1978
- 10 --- Festival for the Souls of Dead Whales
- 13 --- National Day of the Horse (designated by
Congress in 2004)
- 15 --- Free Roaming Wild Horse and Burro
Protection Act 1971
- 15 --- Cat Herders Day (always)
- 21 --- World Peace Day/Winter Solstice (always)
- 28 --- Endangered Species Act 1973
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