Dynamic Harmlessness Day; Publication of The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals, by E. P. Evans; Publication of Eating Animals, by Jonathon Safran Foer; The Drunkard and the Pig, anonymously written.

National Bison Day; World Vegan Day; Publication of Making A Killing: The Political Economy of Animal Rights, by Bob Torres; Words from Chief Sitting Bull.

All Hallows Eve; Peta’s list of vegan candies; Founding of Rowdy Girl Sanctuary; Theme in Yellow, by Carl Sandburg.

Birthday of Elsie Shrigley; Birthday of Stephen R.L. Clark; Publication of Speaking Up for Animals: An Anthology of Women’s Voices, by Lisa Kemmerer; Snow in October, by Alice Dunbar-Nelson.

National Oatmeal Day; Feed the Birds Day; Publication of The Pornography of Meat, by Carol J. Adams; A Meditation, by Carol J. Adams.

Wild Foods Day; Birthday of Joaquin Phoenix; Luke 4:18.

National Black Cat Day; Publication of Creative Compassion, Literature and Animal Welfare, by Michael J. Gilmour; Publication of Developing Animal Theology: An Engagement with Leonardo Boff, by Clair Linzey; Black Cat, by Rainer Maria Rilke.

National Pumpkin Day; Publication of Beyond the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation: From Lethal to Compassionate Conservation by Anja Heister; When the Frost is on the Punkin, by James Whitcomb Riley.

World Lemur Day; Hug a Sheep Day; Birthday of Dr. Michael Greger; Sheep in Winter, by John Clare.

Bat Appreciation Week; Freshwater Dolphin Day; International Gibbon Day; National Kangaroo Day; Animal Lovers: A Meditation.