MAY PET CALENDAR-AT-A-GLANCE
By Robbi Hess ~ Managing Editor Pet Calendar, Crimeless Cat Executive Story Editor, Chief Cat Herder
Celebrate these holidays with your pets. Take some of the more “human-centric” holidays and see if you can spin them into a way to celebrate with your pets. Share your creativity with us on our Facebook page!
Share your holiday story with us. If you’re a blogger, contact us (and please put Pet Calendar in the subject line) if you have a pet holiday story you would like us to link to. We have added a few quirky holidays (where you see “Story Idea” below) to give you some ideas.
Monthly Holidays
National Pet Month (US)
Responsible Animal Guardian Month
Pet Cancer Awareness Month. (Also see November events.)
National Service Dog Eye Examination Month.
Weekly & Daily Holidays
First week
American Humane’s Be Kind to Animals Week.®
May 1: Mayday for Mutts
May 1: National Purebred Dog Day
May 3: National Specially Abled Pets Day
Second Week
May 12: National Animal Disaster Preparedness Day
Third Week
Fourth Week
May 29: Memorial Day
May 30: International Hug Your Cat Day
