Vegan's Almanac

National Caviar Day; Birthday of Peace Pilgrim; Birthday of Ann Esselstyn; Quote from Peace Pilgrim.

Birthday of Geezer Butler; Publication of Why Animal Suffering Matters: Philosophy, Theology, and Practical Ethics, by Andrew Linzey; Publication of Science News Article: “In a ‘perfect comeback,’ some birds use antibird spikes to build their nests”; Quote from Andrew Linzey.

World Snake Day; National Cherry Day; Publication of Confronting Animal Abuse: Law, Criminology, and Human-Animal Relationships, by Piers Beirne; Loveliest of Trees, by A. E. Housman

Celebration of the Horse Day; Publication of The Rights of the Defenseless: Protecting Animals and Children in Gilded Age America, by Susan J. Pearson; Horses, by Witter Bynner.

National Be Nice to Bugs Day; Insects, by John Clare.

Release of the documentary film, Fin; The Sharks, by Denise Levertov.

Publication of Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel, by Carl Safina; Pope Francis told young people that eating meat is part of a ‘self-destructive trend’; St. Louis Vegan Market; Summer Evening, by John Clare.

Birthday of E.B. White; Publication of Anarchism and Animal Liberation: Essays on Complementary Elements of Total Liberation, edited by Anthony Nocella, Richard White, and Erika Cudworth; Passages from Charlotte’s Web, by E.B. White.

Birthday of Dr. Neil Barnard; Vegan Summerfest; Quote from Hippocrates.

Cow Appreciation Day; A Prayer from St. Basil.

National Blueberry Day; Be A Kid Again Day; Release of Cow Documentary; A Meditation, Remembering the Child’s Love of Animals.

National Koi Day; World Chocolate Day; The Vegan Report Podcast; Two Haikus.

World Zoonoses Day; Cure Yourself, by Maria Sabina Magdalena Garcia.

Birthday of Sylvester Graham; Birthday of Mel Broughton; Birthday of Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, aka RZA; Summer, by H. P. Nichols.

Independence From Meat Day; Jackfruit Day; Independence, Henry David Thoreau.

Eat Your Beans Day; Birthday of Richard D. Ryder; Birthday of Rod Coronado; Publication of The Link Between Animal Abuse and Human Violence, by Andrew Linzey; Words from Rod Coronado.

Birthday of Kendrick Farris; Birthday of Alex Morgan; Publication of The Lucky Ones: My Passionate Fight for Farm Animals, by Jenny Brown; Luck Is Not Chance, by Emily Dickinson.

National Bison Month; Birthday of Alex Hershaft, Carl Lewis, Pamela Anderson, and Patrik Baboumian; Words of Crowfoot.

Publication of The Terrorization of Dissent: Corporate Repression, Legal Corruption, and the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, edited by Anthony J. Nocella II and Jason Del Gandio; Animal Law Section's Presentation on "Strengths and Weaknesses of the Federal Animal Welfare Act: An In-Depth Presentation by the Top Animals Law Experts and Federal Litigators”; Waiting for the Terrorists, by Richard O'Connell.https://lacba.org/?pg=Events&evAction=showDetail&eid=299645&evSubAction=listAll

St. Peter’s Day; Publication of How to Create a Vegan World: A Pragmatic Approach, by Tobias Leenaert; Farmed Animal Rights Movement at the NYC Pride Parade; I Invite My Parents to a Dinner Party, by Chen Chen. https://www.facebook.com/events/1430962597919308

National Tapioca Day; Birthday of John Wesley; Birthday of Chris DeRose; 1 Corinthians 13

International Pineapple Day; National Onion Day; Birthday of Toby Maguire; Birthday of Ruby Roth; Pineapple, by Ishwar Gupta; Ode To The Onion, by Pablo Neruda.

Release of Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret; Publication of The Palgrave Handbook of Practical Animal Ethics, edited by Clair and Andrew Linzey; What Is So Rare as a Day in June, by James Russell Lowell.

National Catfish Day; Birthday of Ricky Gervais; Publication of Death of a Whale: The Challenge of Anti-Whaling Activists and Indigenous Rights, by Captain Paul Watson; A Statement from Makah Elders.

Rabbit Week; Publication of Little Red Barns: Hiding the Truth, from Farm to Fable, by Will Potter; A Reading from, The Velveteen Rabbit, by Margery Williams.

Birthday of Yosvani Ramos; Release of Chicken Run; Publication of Animal Rites: Liturgies of Animal Care, by Andrew Linzey; A Reading from Animal Rites, by Dr. Andrew Linzey.

World Camel Day; World Rainforest Day; Fish are Friends Not Food Week; Publication of I Will Abolish the Bow: Christianity, Personhood, and the End of Animal Exploitation, by Matthew A. King; Fish, by DH Lawrence.

World Giraffe Day; Publication of Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence, by James Bridle; Publication of An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us, by Ed Yong; The Giraffe, by Oliver Herford

American Eagle Day; First Episode of The Main Street Vegan Podcast, Hosted by Victoria Moran; The Eagle, by Thomas William Hodgson Crosland; The Eagle, by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

World Albatross Day; Birthday of Henry Spira; A Few Stanzas from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Birthday of Wayne Hsiung; Publication of The Oxen at the Intersection: A Collision (or, Bill and Lou Must Die: A Real-Life Murder Mystery from the Green Mountains of Vermont), by Pattrice Jones; Publication of Veganza Animal Heroes Series - Liberation, by Susan Hargreaves, illustrated by Monique Martinez; A Reading from Matthew Five.

World Croc Day; Publication of Animals as Persons: Essays on the Abolition of Animal Exploitation, by Gary Francione; The Vegan Pod’s First Episode; How Doth The Little Crocodile, by Lewis Carroll.

World Sea Turtle Day; PNinety-Five: Meeting America’s Farmed Animals in Stories and Photographs, by Davida Breier (photography by Derek Goodwin); Birthday of Vegenaise; A Prayer by Carol J. Adams.

Turkey Lover’s Day; Release of Eating Animals documentary; Publication of This Is Vegan Propaganda: (And Other Lies the Meat Industry Tells You), by Ed Winters; Turkeys, by John Clare.

National Cucumber Day; Publication of Raccoon, by Daniel Heath Justice; St. Louis Vegan Market; Numbers 11:4-9.

Pigeon Appreciation Day; Birthday of Zoe Rosenberg; The Carrier Pigeon, by Victor-Marie Hugo.

International Falafel Day; Publication of Ageless Vegan: The Secret to Living a Long and Healthy Plant-Based Life, by Tracye and Mary McQuirter; And Then They Stole the Falafel, by Gideon Polya.

International Lynx Day;Birthday of Ingrid Newkirk; Publication of Just Enough: Vegan Recipes and Stories from Japan’s Buddhist Temples, by Gesshin Claire Greenwood; Prayer For Our Dear Wild Animal Friends, by Ryugen Doshin Yamada.

National Herbs and Spices Day; Birthday of Esther Ouwehand; Release of Behind the Mask: The Story Of The People Who Risk Everything To Save Animals; Guardian Article, “Elephants Call Each Other By Name, Study Finds: 1 Kings 10:10.

National Lettuce Day; National Meal Prep Day; Birthday of Natalie Portman; A Mantra For Loving Kindness.

World Oceans Day; Birthday of Roger Fouts; Miracles, by Walt Whitman.

American Black Bear Day; Publication of Vegan Art: A Book of Visual Protest, edited by Tommy Kane; Healing Waters, a Cherokee legend.

International Tempeh Day; Birthday of David Clough; Publication of Thing: Inside the Struggle for Animal Personhood, by Sam Machado, Cynthia Sousa Machado, and Steven M. Wise; The Elephant, by Rudyard Kipling.

Presumed Birthday of Socrates; International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing; National Veggie Burger Day; Birthday of Shannon Keith; Publication of Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans, by John Marzluff; The Words Of Socrates, by Jean de La Fontaine.

Publication of Unleashing Rights: Law, Meaning, and the Animal Rights Movement, by Helena Silverstein; Release of Vegan: Everyday Stories; Animal Justice Academy Lunchtime Live; Canada, by Emily Pauline Johnson. https://training.animaljusticeacademy.com/lunchtime-live-registration-06052025

Birthday of Nathaniel Peabody Rogers; Birthday of Charles R. Magel; Publication of Mad Cowboy: Plain Truth from the Cattle Rancher Who Won't Eat Meat, by Howard Lyman; Publication of Flight Ways: Life and Loss at the Edge of Extinction, by Thom van Dooren; Proverbs 12:10.

Birthday of Stevan Harnad; Publication of Leo Tolstoy: A Vegetarian’s Tale: Tolstoy’s Family Vegetarian Recipes Adapted For The Modern Kitchen, by S. Pavlenko; Tolstoy Quotes.

National Animal Rights Day; World Reef Awareness Day; Publication of Strategic Action for Animals: A Handbook on Movement Building, Organizing, and Activism for Animal Liberation, by Melanie Joy; Publication of Creatures of the Same God: Explorations in Animal Theology, by Andrew Linzey; Animal Law: Cases and Materials, by Bruce Wagman, Sonia Waisman, and Pamela Frasch; The Truth Teller, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

World Parrot Day; The Merchant and the Parrot, by Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rumi.If you know of a notable vegan date we should include on The Vegan’s Almanac, please email us at [email protected].

Launch of Vegans Against Facism; Passage from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.If you know of a notable vegan date we should include on The Vegan’s Almanac, please email us at [email protected].