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Please check back often. We will add 2008 HSR event details as soon as events are scheduled.
September - Reduced price adoptions on cats - pick a balloon for percent off
September 16th - Pet Bereavement Support Group meeting, 6:00-7:00pm, contact shelter if interested
October - National Adopt a Shelter Dog Month
October 4th - Paws for a Cause Walkathon, Bellamy Harbor Park, 10:00-2:00
October 4th - World Animal Day (Come adopt a pet, you'll be glad you did)
October 16th - National Feral Cat Day
November 2-8th - National Shelter Appreciation Week
November 27th - Closed Thanksgiving (Our thanks to all of you that help us)
December (Date TBD) - Pictures with Santa at the Rome Shelter
December (Date TBD) - Pictures with Santa at PetSmart in New Hartford
December 24th - Please check with shelter for hours of operation
December 25th - Closed, Happy Holidays from all of us!
December 31 - Please check with shelter for hours of operation
January 1st - Closed, Best wishes for the coming year!
JANUARY
Adopt-A-Rescued Bird Month
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)
19-20 --- Bald Eagle Appreciation Days (3rd weekend)
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)
2 --- Groundhog Day (always)
2 --- Hedgehog Day (always)
2 --- World Wetlands Day (always) (Environmental Protection Agency)
7-14 --- Have-A-Heart-For-Chained-Dogs Week (Dogs Deserve Better)
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
26 --- Spay Day USA (Doris Day Animal League)
27 --- National Polar Bear Day (always)
MARCH
ADOPT-A-RESCUED-GUINEA-PIG MONTH (Petfinder.com)
1 --- National Pig Day (always)
1 --- Congress establishes Yellowstone 1872
2-8 --- National Professional Pet Sitters Week (Pet Sitters International)
3 --- What-If-Cats-and-Dogs-Had-Opposable-Thumbs Day (always)
14 --- Save-A-Spider Day (always) (ASPCA)
15 --- Buzzard Day (always)
16-22 --- National Poison Prevention Week (ASPCA)
19 --- Swallows Return to San Juan Capistrano Day (always)
20 --- Great American Meatout (FARM) (always)
20 --- International Earth Day (Earthsite) (always)
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 AWARENESS MONTH
1 --- Tag Day (always) (American Humane Association - AHA)
6-12 --- National Week of the Ocean (Nat'l Week of the Ocean)
7 --- World Health Day (always)
10 --- ASPCA chartered 1866
13 --- "Silent Spring" published 1962
14 --- National Dolphin Day (always)
13-19 --- Animal Cruelty/Human Violence Awareness Week (HSUS)
18-24 --- National Pet ID Week
18 --- Pet Owner's Independence Day (always)
19-27 --- National Park Week (National Park Service)
20-26 --- National Wildlife Week (National Wildlife Federation)
20-26 --- World Week for Animals in Labs (IDA)
21 --- John Muir born 1835
22 --- Earth Day (National Holiday) (always)
24-30 --- National Scoop the Poop Week
25 --- Arbor Day (National Holiday)
25 --- World Penguin Day (always)
26 --- John Audubon born 1785
27 --- International Day of the Dog (last Sunday) (International Day of the Dog)
29 --- National Hairball Awareness Day (Hills Pet Food Company)
MAY
BE-KIND-TO-ANIMALS MONTH
AMERICAN WETLANDS MONTH (American Wetlands Campaign)
1 --- Save-the-Rhino Day (always)
4 --- Mayday for Mutts (Created by Karen Derrico, author and mutt lover)
4-10 --- Be Kind to Animals Week (AHA)
4-10 --- National Pet Week (Pet Week)
10 --- Animal Disaster Preparedness Day (2nd Saturday)
10 --- International Migratory Bird Day (2nd Saturday) (Bird Day)
11 --- National Veal Ban Action Day (Mother's Day) (Farm Sanctuary)
15 --- Hug Your Cat Day (always)
17-19 --- Marine Mammal Freedom Weekend (3rd weekend) (IDA)
18-24 --- National Dog Bite Prevention Week (3rd week) (HSUS)
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 )
1-7 --- Pet Appreciation Week
2 --- Avon first company to stop animal testing 1989
5 --- World Environment Day (always) (UN)
15-21 --- Animal Rights Awareness Week (3rd week)
16-20 --- Take-Your-Pet-to-Work Week
19 --- Garfield the Cat Day (always)
20 --- National Bald Eagle Day (always) (American Eagle Foundation)
20 --- Take-Your-Dog-to-Work Day (Pet Sitters International)
JULY
DOG HOUSE REPAIRS MONTH
ADOPT-A-SHELTER-RABBIT MONTH (ASPCA)
5 --- World Environment Day (always)
11 --- World Population Day (always) (UN)
12 --- USDA bans face branding of cattle 1994
13-19 --- National Farriers Week
20 --- Cow Appreciation Day
AUGUST
17 --- National Homeless Animals Day (3rd Saturday) (Int'l Society for Animal Rights)
20 --- Humane Slaughter Act 1958
23 --- National Dog Day (Colleen Paige of National Dog Day Foundation)
29 --- Henry Bergh’s birthday 1813 (ASPCA founder)
SEPTEMBER
NATIONAL SAVE-THE-TIGER MONTH
13 --- National Iguana Awareness Day (2nd Saturday) (NIAD)
14 --- National Pet Memorial Day (2nd Sunday) (Int'l Association of Pet Cemeteries)
20 --- Responsible Dog Ownership Day (3rd Saturday) (American Kennel Club)
20 --- International Coastal Cleanup Day (The Ocean Conservancy)
21-27 --- National Dog Week
22 --- National Elephant Appreciation Day (always)
23 --- Dogs and Politics Day (always)
27 --- National Wildlife Ecology Day (4th Saturday) (Comm to Abolish Sport Hunting)
29 --- National Goose Day (always)
OCTOBER
ADOPT-A-SHELTER-DOG MONTH (ASPCA) /ADOPT-A-DOG MONTH (AHA))
NATIONAL ANIMAL SAFETY AND PROTECTION MONTH
(Emergency Animal Rescue Service - United Animal Nations)
VEGETARIAN AWARENESS MONTH (EarthSave)
1 --- World Vegetarian Day (always) (Earthsave)
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)
6 --- World Habitat Day (1st Monday) (UN)
12-18 --- National Wildlife Refuge Week (US Fish and Wildlife Service)
12-18 --- Wolf Awareness Week (Defenders of Wildlife)
12-18 --- National Veterinary Technician Week (National Ass'n of Vet Technicians)
13-19 --- World Rainforest Week (Rainforest Action Network)
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)
26-31 --- Give Wildlife a Brake Week (HSUS)
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
1 --- World Vegan Day (always) (The Vegan Society)
2-8 --- National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week (Animal Sheltering)
16 --- National Park Service established, 1916
17 --- Benetton stops animal tests 1988
27 --- Turkey-free Thanksgiving Day
28 --- Fur Free Friday (Fur Free Friday)
30 --- Pet Ownership in Assisted Rental Housing for the Elderly/Handicapped Act 1983
DECEMBER
2 --- International Whaling Commission 1946
9 --- Horse Protection Act 1978
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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