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2007 Calendar

JANUARY

ADOPT-A-RESCUED-BIRD MONTH
(Petfinder.com)
WALK-YOUR-PET MONTH
(Pawsitively Pets)

    5 ---   National Bird Day (Animal Protection Institute and Avian Welfare Coalition)
    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)
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)
    17 --- GM ends animal crash tests 1993
    15-18 --- Great Backyard Bird Count (National Audubon Society)
    20 --- Love-Your-Pet Day (always)
    23 --- International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day (always)
    26 --- Grand Canyon National Park opened 1919
    4th Tuesday --- Spay Day USA (HSUS)
    27 --- National Polar Bear Day (always)


MARCH

ADOPT-A-RESCUED-GUINEA-PIG MONTH (Petfinder.com)

    Weeks:

    1st full week --- National Professional Pet Sitters Week (Pet Sitters International)
    3rd week --- National Poison Prevention Week (ASPCA)

    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)
    24 --- Exxon Valdez Oil Spill 1989
    30 --- Mule Day (always)


APRIL

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

    Days:

    1 ---   Tag Day (always) (American Humane Association - AHA)
    2 ---   National Ferret Day
    3 ---  Jane Goodall born 1934
    7 ---   World Health Day (always)
    10 --- ASPCA chartered 1866
    13 --- "Silent Spring" published 1962
    14 --- National Dolphin Day (always)
    18 --- Pet Owner's Independence Day (always)
    3rd Saturday --- World Veterinary Day
    21 --- John Muir born 1835
    22 --- Earth Day (always) (National Holiday)
    25 --- World Penguin Day (always)
    26 --- John Audubon born 1785
    27 --- Arbor Day (National Holiday)
    28 --- National Hairball Awareness Day (Hills Pet Food Company)
    28 --- World Veterinary Day (World Veterinary Association - WVA)
    Last Sunday --- International Day of the Dog (International Day of the Dog)

MAY

BE-KIND-TO-ANIMALS MONTH
AMERICAN WETLANDS MONTH (American Wetlands Campaign)

    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)
    2nd Saturday ---   Animal Disaster Preparedness Day
    2nd Saturday --- International Migratory Bird Day (Bird Day)
    2nd Sunday --- National Veal Ban Action Day (Farm Sanctuary)
    15 --- Hug Your Cat Day (always)
    19 --- Frog Jumping Jubilee Day
    3rd weekend --- Marine Mammal Freedom Weekend
    22 --- International Day for Biological Diversity (always) (United Nations - UN)
    23 --- World Turtle 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)
    19 --- Garfield the Cat Day (always)
    20 --- American Bald Eagle Day (always) (American Eagle Foundation)
    3rd Friday --- Take-Your-Dog-to-Work Day (Pet Sitters International)


JULY

DOG HOUSE REPAIRS MONTH
ADOPT-A-SHELTER-RABBIT MONTH (ASPCA)

    Weeks:

    2nd week --- National Farriers Week
    3rd week --- Cow Appreciation Week

    Days:

    11 --- World Population Day (always)(UN)
    12 --- USDA bans face branding of cattle 1994


AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

NATIONAL SAVE-THE-TIGER MONTH
NATIONAL CHICKEN MONTH

    Weeks:

    3rd week --- National Farm Animals Awareness Week(HSUS)
    3rd week --- New Mexico's Week for the Animals
    4th week --- National Dog WeekNational Dog Week)
    4th week --- National Deaf Dog Awareness Week (Deaf Dog Education Action Fund)

    Days:

    1st Saturday --- National Hummingbird Day
    3 --- National Wilderness 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 --- Puppy Mill Awareness Day
    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.)
    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)
    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)

    Weeks:

    1st week --- Animal Welfare Week (AVMA)
    2nd week --- Squirrel Awareness Week
    2nd week --- National Wildlife Refuge Week (US Fish and Wildlife Service)
    3rd week --- National Veterinary Technician Week (National Ass'n of Veterinary Technicians)
    3rd week --- Wolf Awareness Week (Defenders of Wildlife)
    3rd week --- National Primate Liberation Week 2007 (SAEN)
    3rd week --- World Rainforest Week (Rainforest Action Network)
    4th week --- Give Wildlife a Brake Week (HSUS)

    Days:

    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 (Petsitters' fundraiser) (Wishbones for Pets)
ADOPT-A-SENIOR-PET MONTH (Petfinder.com)
PET CANCER AWARENESS MONTH (PetCancerAwareness.org)

    Weeks:

    1st week --- National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week (Animal Sheltering)
    2nd week --- National Farm Week

    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

    2 ---   International Whaling Commission 1946
    3 --- World Conservation Day
    9 ---   Horse Protection Act 1978
    10 --- Festival for the Souls of Dead Whales
    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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