September 9 - October 14 Strutt Your Mutt (various events, click for more detail)
Best Friends Animal Society
Various locations in the USA
September 23 - October 1 Tennessee Week for the Animals
Animal World USA
Tennessee, USA
Monthlong Adopt A Dog month
American Humane
Washington, DC, USA.
Monthlong National Animal Safety and Protection Month
Worldwide
1 World Vegetarian Day
North American Vegetarian Society
Worldwide
1-7 National Walk Your Dog Week
Worldwide
2-4 Africa Animal Welfare Conference - The Nexus between Animal Welfare, Environment and Development: Safeguarding Our Common Destiny
Africa Network for Animal Welfare (ANAW), UNEP, Republic of Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya
2-6 Course Advances in Feed Evaluation Sciences
Wageningen Academy
Wageningen, The Netherlands
4 Global Animal Law Lunch Talk by Professor Anne Peters
Michigan Law at University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
4 Feast of St. Francis
Catholic Climate Convenant
Worldwide
4 World Animal Day
Naturewatch Foundation
Worldwide
5 The Welfare of Confiscated Animals
Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals
Strasbourg, France
5-6 Extinction Conference
Compassion in World Farming
London, UK
6 Animal Cruelty: Understanding Laws and Taking Action
Alley Cat Allies
Online Webinar
6 Book Signing with Photojournalist Jo-Anne McArthur
New England Anti-Vivisection Society
Newburyport, MA, USA
6 Join NEAVS and Jo-Anne McArthur for a Free Webinar
New England Anti-Vivisection Society
Online
6-7 Working with Animals
Southampton, England, UK
6-8 MEGA Pet Adoption Event
First Coast No More Homeless Pets
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
6-8 First International Canine Science Conference
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ, USA
7 Global March for Elephants and Rhinos
Worldwide
7-15 Illinois Week for the Animals
Animal World USA
Illinois, USA
8 17th Annual Bow-Wows & Meows Pet Fair
Bow-Wows & Meows
Newhall, California, USA
8-13 Managing Animal Enrichment and Training Programs
Denver Zoo
Denver, CO, USA
9 Expert Animal Cruelty Investigator Training
National Animal Cruelty Investigations School
Loudoun, PA, USA
9-13 Animal Training Applications in Zoo and Aquarium Settings
Denver Zoo
Denver, CO, USA
9-13 Committee on World Food Security 44
Food and Agricultural Organisation
Rome, Italy
9-15 Conference & Training on Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine
Youth Association of Animal Science
Bandung/Bogor, Indonesia
11 Writing Animals: A Symposium
New York University Animal Studies Initiative
New York, New York, USA
11 "Treating the Sentient Animal" - A Veterinary Perspective
Global Animal Welfare Authority
Online
12 "What changes for animal production industry with the sentient animal?"
Global Animal Welfare Authority
Online
12 Collective Animal Cognition: A Theoritical Framework
University of California
UCLA, California, USA
13 Animal Legal Defense Fund’s First Annual Student Convention
Animal Legal Defense Fund
Portland, Oregon, USA
13 Food Innovation and the Law: Navigating the Next Frontier
Food Law Lab at Harvard Law School and the Resnick Program for Food Law & Policy at UCLA School of Law with support from the Animal Law & Policy Program at Harvard Law School
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
13-15 The Animal Law Conference
Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis and Clark University and the Animal Legal Defense Fund
Portland, Oregon, USA
14 Kitten Care Workshop
The National Kitten Coalition and the Humane Society of Greater Dayton
Dayton, Ohio, USA
14 Workshop: Increasing Survival Rates of Rescued Kittens
The National Kitten Coalition and the Humane Society of Greater Dayton
Dayton, Ohio, USA
14 KittyCon Tampa Bay
St. Francis Society Animal Rescue
Tampa Bay, Florida, USA
14-22 New York Week for the Animals
Animal World USA
New York, USA
14 Wildlife Conservation Expo
Wildlife Conservation Network
San Francisco, California, USA
15-19 American Association for Laboratory Animal Science Annual Meeting
AALAS
Austin, Texas, USA
16 Global Cat Day
Alley Cat Allies
Worldwide
16 World Food Day Ceremony
Food and Agricultural Organisation
Global
16-19 9th International Conference on Antimicrobial Agents in Veterinary Medicine
Rome, Italy
17-20 European Aquaculture Society Conference
European Aquaculture Society
Dubrovnik, Croatia
18 2017 Symposium: Animal Shelter Law
Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section
Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
18 NACA Training Conference
National Animal Care & Control Association
Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
18 Animal Welfare and the Future of Ethical Trade
Euro Group for Animals
Brussels, Belgium
21 Reptile Awareness Day
Worldwide
21 Red Dog RACERS Charity Auction
SICSA
Huber Heights, Ohio, USA
21 Woof Woof Walk
Pierce County Parks and Recreation Services
Spanaway, Washington, USA
21-29 Mississippi Week for the Animals
Animal World USA
Columbia, South Carolina, USA
21-29 South Carolina Week for the Animals
Animal World USA
Columbia, South Carolina, USA
21-22 Boston Veg Fest
Boston Vegetarian Society
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
21-22 Compassion Arts and Culture & Animals Festival
Culture and Animals Foundation
New York City, New York, USA
21-22 8th International Conference on Animal Health and Veterinary Medicine
Multiple Sponsors
Toronto, Canada
22-24 Great Lakes Animal Welfare Conference
Michigan Humane Society
Battle Creek, MI, USA
23 Advanced Animal Cruelty Investigator Training
National Animal Cruelty Investigations School
Aurora, IL, USA
23 NACHO Module A Training
National Animal Care & Control Association
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
25-27 International Conference on Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Lahore, Pakistan
26 Conferencia Animais e Dirieto
ONDAID
Sintra, Portugal
26 The Welfare of Equidae
Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals
Strasbourg, France
26-28 PROGRAMAÇÃO DO V CONGRESSO MUNDIAL DE BIOÉTICA E DIREITO ANIMAL Inscrições
Bahia, Brazil
26-28 The 5th European Conference for Critical Animal Studies
European Association for Critical Animal Studies
Lund, Sweden
29 National Cat Day
Worldwide
30-31 Asia-Pacific Food Forum
EAT Foundation
Jakarta, Indonesia
October 30 - November 1 Scientists Center for Animal Welfare Wildlife Conference: Meeting the Challenges of IACUC Oversight in Fish and Wildlife Research
Scientists Center for Animal Welfare
San Diego, California, USA