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January is Unchain-A-Dog Month It shouldn’t happen to “man’s best friend,” but it does. Take a drive down many country roads and city streets, and you’ll see them—dogs left to spend their entire lives in “solitary confinement,” trapped at the end of a chain or in a small pen. Learn More |
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January 5 National Bird Day Each year thousands of birds are sold into the pet trade to individuals who are under the mistaken impression that a bird will make a perfect pet. Eventually, whether due to frustration, disinterest, or concern, many people attempt to rid themselves of the responsibility of caring for their birds. Unfortunately, few of these birds will find a loving home, and most will spend their days isolated and confined to their cages. Others will bounce from home to home as their caretakers tire of them, and some may be abandoned at local shelters and birds rescues, set free to fend for themselves or euthanized. Learn More |
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February National Prevent-A-Litter Month Every spring, cats and dogs that have not been spayed or neutered give birth to countless puppies and kittens – overwhelming shelters all over the country with unwanted litters. As a result, there are always far more dogs and cats than there are homes. Each year in this country more than 5,000,000 unwanted animals are euthanized. Learn More |
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February is National Pet Dental Health Month “Animals can suffer the same kinds of dental problems as humans, including infection, severe pain, and fractured teeth,” explains Gary Goldstein, D.V.M., head of the dental service at the University of Minnesota Veterinary Medical Center. Fortunately, pet owners can help prevent dental disease in their pets by providing dental care. Learn More |
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February 14 Pet Theft Awareness Day Nearly two million companion animals are stolen each year. Some are taken under false pretense through "free to a good home" ads, abducted from their yards, or are taken from humane shelters through a practice called pound seizure. These animals are then sold to research laboratories, dog-fighting rings, or puppy mills, where they are abused and often killed. Learn More |
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February 26 Spay Day USA About every eight seconds one cat or dog is euthanized in a U.S. shelter. Often these animals are the offspring of cherished family pets, even purebreds. Maybe someone's cat or dog got out just that one time or maybe the litter was intentional, but efforts to find enough good homes failed. Spay/neuter is the only permanent, 100 percent effective method of birth control for dogs and cats and a proven way to reduce the vast numbers of animals who are born only to die prematurely and without a family who loves them. |
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April 20-26 World Week for Animals in Laboratories This is an annual event designed to expose the plight of animals used for testing and research. WWAIL seeks to arouse concern for animals in laboratories as well as educate the public about the scientific, moral, and economic objections to animal experimentation, also known as vivisection. Learn More |
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April 22 Earth Day The celebration of Earth Day began in the United States in 1970 and was the brainchild of Senator Gaylord Nelson, who had long pondered about finding a way to "put the environment into the political 'limelight' once and for all" (his words). Earth Day is a perfect time to reflect about what you are doing to help protect the environment. There are many ways that you can celebrate alone and with others. Learn More |
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Month of May (May 4) International Respect for Chickens Day Launched in 2005, International Respect for Chickens Day is a project of United Poultry Concerns designed to celebrate the beauty, dignity and life of chickens and to protest against the bleakness of their lives in farming operations. We encourage people to do an ACTION for chickens on or around |
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May 4-10 Be Kind to Animals Week The American Humane Association created Be Kind to Animals Week in 1915 to celebrate the unique bond between humans and animals. |
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May 12-18 Bear Awareness Week Bear Awareness Week is devoted to increasing awareness about the black and grizzly bears of Washington. As bears begin to emerge from winter sleep, they can be assured that Washington residents are going to be a little more informed about them this year, thanks to a new official Bear Awareness Week proclamation signed by Governor Christine Gregoire. “Black bears and grizzly bears face very different problems here in Washington”, says Chris Morgan, ecologist and director of the Grizzly Bear Outreach Project, the organization at the center of Bear Awareness Week activities. “As more and more people move into black bear habitat, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for these adaptable creatures to ignore temptations”. Temptations such as human garbage, bird seed, and fruit trees. “But for the super-rare grizzly bear it is a more grave concern - avoiding extinction”, he added. |
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May 17 Global Boycott P&G Day Global Boycott P&G (Procter and Gamble) Day - usually the third Saturday in May - is the centrepiece of our tenacious campaign to tackle P&G's animal testing. It is a fantastic opportunity to spread the message about P&G and how to shop cruelty-free. Learn More |
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May 23 World Turtle Day World Turtle Day was initiated in 2000 by the American Tortoise Rescue, a turtle and tortoise rescue organization founded in 1990 in Malibu, California. The group brings attention to turtle conservation issues and highlights ways each of us can help protect these gentle but jeopardized animals. In the spirit of World Turtle Day, we at The HSUS also have suggested actions you can take to honor these fascinating creatures. Learn More |
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June is Adopt-A-Cat Month Every spring and summer, animal shelters receive dozens of litters of kittens. These kittens are in addition to all the adult cats who find their way into the shelters. Animal shelters don’t have the space or the resources to take care of that many animals. Out of the millions of cats who enter shelters each year, only about one in four are adopted into loving homes. In fact, most of them -- more than 70 percent of them -- must be euthanized. Learn More |
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July is Adopt a Rescued Rabbit Month Margo DeMello, President and Executive Director of the Richmond-based HRS, explains that the timing of this educational effort couldn't be better. "Mid-summer is always the toughest season for rabbit rescue organizations all over the country," she explains. "We are flooded with calls about unwanted and abandoned rabbits - many of which were babies purchased as Easter gifts just a few months ago, by families who didn't know how to care for and interact with them. Now the kids have grown tired of them, and thousands of them are being dropped off at already-crowded shelters." This month, our volunteers will be putting in extra hours to educate the public and to adopt rabbits out to caring homes. Learn More |
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July 25 International Day for Korean Dogs and Cats Many of the dogs slaughtered for meat in South Korea are either raised under harsh conditions on meat ranches or strays captured by butchers. About one third are animal companions, stolen from their families' yards, homes, and lives. They are packed into cages and trucked to market, where they are electrocuted, strangled, or bludgeoned to death, then cooked and eaten. Learn More |
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August 16 International Homeless Animals' Day The Candlelight Vigils, perhaps more than any other event, dramatize the significance of the overpopulation problem, and why the killing must stop. Dedicated shelter and animal control personnel, who must kill the animals at the cost of their own grief, plan beautiful, moving vigils. Many read the names of the animals and the dates they were killed from identification collars used in shelters. Music, prayers, readings and speeches are also often part of the vigils. Learn More |
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Fall / The Walk for Farm Animals Farm Sanctuary is the nation's leading farm animal protection organization. Since incorporating in 1986, Farm Sanctuary has worked to expose and stop cruel practices of the "food animal" industry through research and investigations, legal and institutional reforms, public awareness projects, youth education, and direct rescue and refuge efforts. Farm Sanctuary shelters in Watkins Glen, New York, and Orland, Calif., provide lifelong care for hundreds of rescued animals, who have become ambassadors for farm animals everywhere by educating visitors about the realities of factory farming. The Walk for Farm Animals helps fund and raise awareness about these vital, education and advocacy efforts. Walks occur throughout the country every fall. —on or around October 2—in honor of World Farm Animals Day. Learn More |
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September 20 Puppy Mill Awareness Day Something like a little dog feces on your produce isn't something to worry about or is it?! Awareness Day says until the authorities ADMIT, INVESTIGATE, CONTAIN, AND CLEAN UP, any contamination they find caused by using dog feces and dog bodies as fertilizers. 'JUST SAY NO" TO ANYTHING GROWN IN PA. Please advise your friends and neighbors, regarding the health hazards associated with using these items as fertilizer. It is a common practice and if you live anywhere near a kennel, your own property could be contaminated because of run off. We have tried vigilantly for over 2 years to warn everyone concerned that is it going on. Puppy Mill Awareness Day is an annual event in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania that exposes the horror of puppy mills and Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations. Learn More |
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September 28 Hug a Vegetarian Day |
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