Calendar 2011
January
ADOPT-A-RESCUED-BIRD MONTH (Petfinder.com)
NATIONAL TRAIN YOUR DOG MONTH (Assn. of Pet Dog Trainers)
WALK-YOUR-PET MONTH (Pawsitively Pets)
- 2 --- National Pet Travel Safety Day
- 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)
- 24 --- Change A Pet's Life Day
- 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)
- 22 --- Walking the Dog Day
- 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)
POISON PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH
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)
- 23 --- National Puppy Day
- 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 PET MONTH
NATIONAL FROG MONTH
Weeks:
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
- 11 --- National Pet Day
- 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)
- 23 --- Bulldogs Are Beautiful Day
- 24 --- Make Mine Chocolate Day (Columbus House Rabbit
Society)
- 25 --- World Penguin Day (always)
- 26 --- John Audubon born 1785
- 26 --- National Kids and Pets Day
- 27 --- Free Feral Cat Spay Day (Alley Cat Rescue)
- 30 --- Arbor Day (National Holiday)
- 30 --- National Hairball Awareness Day (Hills Pet Food Company)(always)
- Last Saturday --- World Veterinary Day (World Veterinary Association - WVA)
- Last Sunday --- National Pet Parents Day (Veterinary Pet
Insurance) (always)
- Last Sunday --- International Day of the Dog (International Day
of the Dog)(always)
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.)
NATIONAL SERVICE DOG EYE EXAMINATION MONTH (American College of
Veterinary Optholmologists)
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 DISASTER PREPAREDNESS MONTH
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
- 4 --- Hug Your Cat Day
- 5 --- World Environment Day (always) (UN)
- 2nd Sunday --- World Pet Memorial Day
- 19 --- Garfield the Cat Day (always)
- 20 --- American Bald Eagle Day (always) (American Eagle Foundation)
- 24 --- Take-Your-Dog-to-Work Day (Pet Sitters International)
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)
- 15 --- National Pet Fire Safety Day
- 31 --- National Mutts Day
August
Weeks:
- 2nd week --- National Assistance Dog Week
Days:
September
NATIONAL SAVE-THE-TIGER MONTH
NATIONAL CHICKEN MONTH
NATIONAL GUIDE DOG MONTH
PET HEALTH INSURANCE MONTH (Canada)
PET SMILE MONTH
SENIOR CARE HEALTH MONTH (Iams, Pfizer Animal Health)
WORLD ANIMAL REMEMBRANCE MONTH
Weeks:
- 3rd week --- National Farm Animals Awareness Week(HSUS)
- 3rd week --- New Mexico's Week for the Animals
- 4th week --- National Dog Week (National Dog Week)
- 4th week --- National Deaf Pet Adoption Week
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)
- 6-12 --- National Walk Your Dog Week
- 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
- 29 --- National Cat Day (always)
November
ADOPT-A-TURKEY MONTH (Farm Sanctuary)
VEGAN MONTH
WISHBONES FOR PETS MONTH
(Wishbones for Pets)
ADOPT-A-SENIOR-PET MONTH
(Petfinder.com)
NATIONAL SENIOR PET MONTH
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)
- 4th week --- Puppy Mill Action Week (HSUS)
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)
- 17 --- National Take a Hike Day
- 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
- 2 --- National Mutt Day (Animal Network Foundation)
- 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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