Month-long: National Disaster Preparedness Month
1 World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation
Worldwide
1 Species Reqiuem Day
Worldwide
1 International Awareness for the Dolphin Day
Worldwide
1 International Manatee Day
Worldwide
1-10 IUCN World Conservation Congress: Planet at the Crossroads
International Union for the Conservation of Nature
Hawai'i, USA
5-9 Animalia: Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Explorations
Oldenburg University
Oldneburg, Germany
8 Stopping Criminal Animal Cruelty
University of Irvine, CA
Irvine, California, USA
9 Wildlife and Endangered Species on Public and Private Lands
New Mexico Bar Association
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
9-11 Christians and Other Animals
Society for the Study of Christian Ethics (SSCE)
Edinburgh, UK
10 Animal Law Symposium
San Diego County Bar Association
San Diego, California, USA
7-11 AZA 2016 Annual Conference
Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)
San Diego, California, USA
8-11 International Animal Rights Conference 2016
Save Animals Asbl
Esch, Luxembourg
11 National Pet Memorial Day
USA
11-17 National Farm Animals Awareness Week
USA
11-23 CAWSEL 2016
Course on Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Law
Cambridge, UK
12-16 9th International Wildlife Ranching Symposium
IWRS
Windhoek, Namibia
12-16 12th Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch (WPEB12)
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
Seychelles
12-17 Food: Shared Life - Beyond the Dish
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Milan
Milan, Italy
14-16 2016 Animal Cruelty Conference
The University of Texas Austin, Association of Prosecuting Attorneys
Austin, Texas, USA
17 777: Is it Really a Right to Farm?
Oklahoma University School of Law
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
17 COW-CON
Cowspiracy
Berkeley, California, USA
17 Pet CPR & First Aid Training
Dogmanities
Pasadena, California, USA
17 Puppy Mill Awareness Day
Worldwide
17-25 12th Annual Tennessee Week for the Animals
Animal World USA
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
19-21 First International Conference on Human Behavior Change for Animal Welfare
Learning About Animals and Change For Animals Foundation (CFAF)
Dorking, Surrey, UK
19-21 Making Sense of the Animal – Human Bond and Relationship(s)
Mansfield College
Oxford, United Kingdom
20-23 Compassionate Conservation Week 2016: Compassionate Conservation Webinar Series
The Association for the Protection of Fur-Bearing Animals
Online
21-27 Adopt a Less Adoptable Companion Animal Week
Worldwide
22 Elephant Appreciation Day
Worldwide
22 Lunch Lecture on Animal Testing
Golden Gate University School of Law
San Francisco, California, USA
22 World Rhino Day
Worldwide
22-24 ONE HEALTH - European Interregional Conference
"One Health – New Medical Concept” Association
Bucharest, Romania
23 Texas Humane Legislation Network 2016 Conference
Texas Humane Legislation Network
Austin, Texas, USA
23 VIP Reception Celebrating the Inaugural Youth Forum for People and Wildlife
International Fund for Animal Welfare
Sandton, South Africa
24 Global March for Elephants and Rhino
Global March for Elephants and Rhino
Worldwide
24 International Rabbit Day
Worldwide
24 Fish Amnesty Day
Worldwide
24 September - 5 October CITES Conference of the Parties 17 (COP17)
CITES
Johannesberg, South Africa
25 Save the Koala Day
Worldwide
25-30 National Dog Week
USA
26 Animals Behaving Badly – Veterinary/Welfare Perspectives
CABI and University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
26-28 International One Welfare Conference
Manitoba Veterinary Medical Association
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
27 Animals and Death Conference
The Animals and Philosophy Exploration (APE) Collective, University of Leeds
Leeds, UK
27-30 41st World Small Animal Veterinary Association Congress
World Small Animal Veterinary Association
Cartagena, Colombia
28 10th World Rabies Day
Global Alliance for Rabies Control
Worldwide
28-29 Second global meeting of the wildlife enforcement networks
International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC)/CITES
Johannesburg, South Africa
28-30 2016 Colorado Animal Welfare Conference
Colorado Federation of Animal Welfare Agencies
Black Hawk, Colorado, USA
28-30 Human and Animal Representations
University of Verona
Verona, Italy
29 Save the Geese Day
Worldwide
29-30 European Companion Animal Welfare and Protection Conference
Animal Rights Protection Organization Lithuania, AAP – Animal Advocacy and Protection, and Dogs Trust
Vilnius, Lithuania
September 29 - October 1 Fellow Travellers: An Animal Studies Conference
Animals and Society Institute
Middletown, Connecticut, USA