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by Sarah Hale
National Zoo Awareness Day; The Panther, by Rainer Maria Rilke.
International Whale Shark Day; Birthday of Mary Shelley; Birthday of Sylvia Earle; A quote from Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley.
Individual Rights Day; Birthday of Henry Bergh; Liberty, by James Whitcomb Riley.
Birthday of Jennifer Coolidge; Publication of “Animal Ethics and Behavioral Science: An Overdue Discussion,” in BioScience Journal; Sonnet: To Science, by Edgar Allan Poe.
National Peach Day; Birthday of Tony Kanal; Peach, by D. H. Lawrence.
World Painted Dog Day; Amy Soranno Gave Her Statement; A Portion of Amy Soranno’s Statement.
National Coconut Week; Birthday of Marti Kheel; Publication of Companion Animal Ethics, by Peter Sandøe, Sandra Corr, and Clare Palmer; Vendor of Green Coconuts, by Muna Lee.
William Wilberforce Day; Birthday of Antoine Goetschel; Publication of Animals, Culture, and Cruelty: Writings 2006 - 2015, by Kelly Overton; A Reading from, “Abolition Speech,” by William Wilberforce.
Publication of The Thirty-Day Vegan Challenge, by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau; Publication of Vegan Ethics: AMORE—Five Reasons to Choose Vegan, by Lisa Kemmerer; Publication of Be a Plant Based Woman Warrior: Live Fierce, Stay Bold, Eat Delicious: A Cookbook, by Jane and Ann Esselstyn; For Fear, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
World Plant Milk Day; Publication of Lament of Hathor: An Egyptian Cow Goddess Speaks on Behalf of Non-Human (and Human) Liberation, by Samuel Baca-Henry; The Pasture, by Robert Frost.