Release of the Documentary Film, Land of Hope and Glory; Publication of Inside Animal Hearts and Minds: Bears That Count, Goats That Surf, and Other True Stories of Animal Intelligence and Emotion, by Belinda Recio; Publication of Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism, 10th Anniversary Edition, by Melanie Joy PhD; Publication of Impersonating Animals: Rhetoric, Ecofeminism and Animals Rights Law, by S. Marek Muller; August, by Lizette Woodworth Reese.

National Avocado Day; Problems With Hurricanes, by Victor Hernández Cruz.

National Whistleblower Day; Birthday of Finneas Baird O'Connell; Publication of The End of Captivity?: A Primate’s Reflections on Zoos, Conservation, and Christian Ethics, by Tripp York; Truth, by Victor Hugo.

International Tiger Day; The Tyger, by William Blake.

National Sea Star Day; Starfish, by Mary Oliver.

National Tree Day; First Episode of The Animal Law Podcast; City Trees, by Edna St. Vincent Millay.

World Mangrove Day; World Tofu Day; Birthday of George Bernard Shaw; Buddha, by Vachel Lindsay.

Birthday of Celia Hammond; Publication of Black Rican Vegan: Fire Plant-Based Recipes from a Bronx Kitchen, by Lyana Blount; The International Vegan Food Festival; Sanctuary, by Dora Sigerson Shorter.

Birthday of Gene Baur; Arrests of Joseph Buddenberg and Nicole Kissane; Publication of Anti-Vivisection and the Profession of Medicine in Britain: A Social History, by A.W.H. Bates; Publication of Bird Brains: The Intelligence of Crows, Ravens, Magpies, and Jays, Revised Edition, by Candace Savage; Dust of Snow, by Robert Frost.

World Whale and Dolphin Day; National Lemon Day; Birthday of Woody Harrelson; Lemonade, Author unknown.