Vegan's Almanac

International Homeless Animals Day; St. Roch’s Day; Birthday of James Cameron; Birthday of Evanna Lynch; Stray Cat, by Francis Witham, from All-Creatures.org.

Publication of Animal Ethics for Veterinarians, edited by Clair and Andrew Linzey; The International Conference on Nutrition in Medicine, hosted by PCRM; A Prayer, by Carol J. Adams.

World Lizard Day; The Lizard, by Edwin Markham.

International Wolf Day; A Night with a Wolf, by Bayard Taylor.

World Elephant Day; The Blind Men and the Elephant, by John Godfrey Saxe.

National Fufu Day; Publication of Adventures of a Pangopup, by Terri Tatchell; There Was a Child Went Forth Every Day by Walt Whitman.

World Lion Day; Melon Day; Publication of Fighting Nature: Travelling Menageries, Animal Acts and War Shows, by Peta Tait; The Lion Going To War, by Jean de La Fontaine.

National Book Lovers Day; There is no Frigate Like a Book, by Emily Dickinson.

Tarantula Appreciation Day; Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day; Neighbours, by Rudyard Kipling.

Birthday of Roger Yates; Birthday of Bruce Friedrich; August, by Algernon Charles Swinburne.