Anniversaries & Events

Welcome to the Anniversaries & Events page of Vegan Peace!

This page is created to list important vegan or animal rights anniversaries and events throughout the world. If you know of an important vegan or animal rights event that should be listed, please contact me.

March
Meatout	March 20th Caring people around the world hold Meatout events. People are asked to kick the meat habit (at least for a day) and explore a nonviolent diet. For more information, please click here.
April
World Week for Animals in Laboratories	April 22 - April 28 (2007) World Week for Animals in Laboratories (WWAIL) is an annual event designed to expose the plight of animals used for testing and research. In Defense of Animals (IDA) is the international coordinator for WWAIL. For more information, please click here.
May
Global Boycott P&G Day	May 19th (2007) Each year, usually the third Saturday in May, Uncaged organizes a global boycott against the world's largest consumer products company Procter & Gamble (P&G). Extremely cruel animal tests are used in P&G's 'product safety research'. For more information about P&G's animal testing, please click here. For more information about the annual boycott, please click here.
September
International Primate Day	September 1st Founded by Animal Defenders International, International Primate Day is used to highlight the threats to primates. The four major threats primates face are: bushmeat, laboratories, pet trade and entertainment. For more information, please click here.
11th International Vegan Festival	September 30 to October 6, 2007 The 11th International Vegan Festival will be held in Byndoor, India. The festival includes accommodation, vegan food, workshops, seminars, exhibitions and entertainment (coastal cruises, adventure sports, trekking, sight-seeing tour, etc.). For more information, please click here.
October
Walk for Farm Animals	Around October 2nd The Walk for Farm Animals helps fund Farm Sanctuary's rescue and protection campaigns. Farm Sanctuary is an animal protection organization that provides care for hundreds of animals rescued from factory farms, stockyards and slaughterhouses. They also work to gain legal protection for animals and to raise public awareness. For more information, please click here.
Gandhi's Birthday	October 2nd Mahatma Gandhi was a political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian Independence Movement. He inspired movements for civil rights and freedom around the world. He was very committed to nonviolence, which included both humans and animals. He was a vegetarian and once said that "The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.".
World Farm Animals Day	October 2nd Launched in 1983 to expose, mourn, memorialize, and mitigate the suffering of billions of innocent, sentient animals in the world's factory farms and slaughterhouses. For more information, please click here.
World Animal Day	October 4th World Animal Day takes place each year on October 4th. Animal welfare groups, sanctuaries and individuals around the world hold special events to heighten public awareness of animal issues and to encourage people to think about how we as humans relate to animals. For more information, please click here.
November
World Vegan Day	November 1st An annual celebration of all things vegan! World Vegan Day was started by the U.K. Vegan Society. For more information, please click here.
December
International Animal Rights Day	December 10th On (or around) December 10th, candlelight vigils are organized throughout the world at locations where the rights of animals are ignored - where animals suffer pain and death. For more information, please click here.