Informative, inspiring weekly quotes about animals; posted prior to previous year.

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38) Posted from 8/7/21 to 8/14/21

There are 3 commemorative days for animals this week. Sunday, August 8 is International Cat Day. Tuesday, August 10 is National Spoil Your Dog Day.

Thursday, August 12 is World Elephant Day.

”We admire elephants in part because they demonstrate what we consider the finest human traits: empathy, self-awareness, and social intelligence. But the way we treat them puts on display the very worst of human behavior.” ― Graydon Carte r

From: everydaypower.com

35) Posted from 7/17/21 to 7/24/21

“My mother early on taught us to respect all animals, and I mean all animals - not just cats and dogs but rats and snakes and spiders and fish and wildlife, so I really grew up believing they are just like us and just as deserving of consideration.”

Joanna Lumley From: quotefancy

For: National Rat Catcher’s Day, Thursday, July 22

33) Posted from 7/3/21 to 7/10/21

“Gather kittens while you may, Time brings only sorrow; And the kittens of today; Will be old cats tomorrow.” – Oliver Herford

For: National Kitten Day, Saturday, July 10.

32) Posted from 6/26/21 to 7/3/21

“You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.”

Robert Louis Stevenson

From: goodreads popular quotes

30) Posted from 6/12/21 to 6/19/21

“But ask the animals, and they will teach you,

or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you;

or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,

or let the fish in the sea inform you.

The Bible

Job 12:7-8

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25) Posted from 5/8/21 to 5/15/21

“It’s hard to justify how many horses we go through. In humans you never see someone snap their leg off running in the Olympics. But you see it in horse racing.”

– Dr. Rick Arthur, equine medical director, California Horse Racing Board (New York Times, 3/24/12)

For the Preakness Stakes horse race, Saturday, May 15.

Quote from All-Creatures.org

24) Posted from 5/1/21 to 5/8/21

Tuesday, May 4

Ever since we launched International Respect for Chickens Day in 2005, we’ve urged our supporters to celebrate chickens throughout the world and protest the bleakness of their lives in farming and cockfighting operations by doing an ACTION on their behalf.

Karen Davis of United Poultry Concerns

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23) Posted from 4/24/21 to 5/1/21

All dogs can be guide dogs of a sort, leading us to places we didn't even know we needed or wanted to go.

Caroline Knapp

For: International Guide Dog Day

Wednesday, April 28

22) Posted from 4/17/21 to 4/24/21

Love animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled. Do not trouble their joy, don't harrass them, don't deprive them of their happiness, don't work against God's intent. Man, do not pride yourself on superiority to animals; they are without sin, and you, with your greatness, defile the earth by your appearance on it, and leave the traces of your foulness after you - alas, it is true of almost every one of us!

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov, published as a serial in The Russian Messenger, from January 1879 to November 1880.

20) Posted from 4/3/21 to 4/10/21

“Baby bunnies and chicks are NOT pets for Easter gifts.”

By Nadine. From: Animal Magnetism

18) Posted from 3/20/21 to 3/27/21

“Puppies are the most trusting and joyous creatures on the planet.

Oh, to be more like a puppy.”

~Colleen Paige

{founder of National Puppy Day)

This Tuesday and the 23rd of March each year.

17) Posted from 3/13/21 to 3/20/21

"One day the absurdity of the almost universal human belief in the slavery of other animals will be palpable. We shall then have discovered our souls and become worthier of sharing this planet with them." ~ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Minister & Activist

From: goodreads popular quotes

16) Posted from 3/6/21 to 3/13/21 (Date error. My former online reference, calendarr.com, named March 10 as the date for this day. On May 18, my current online reference, nationaltoday.com, informed that this day is celebrated on every April 10. Note the new link to the day. My apologies for any confusion or inconvenience. Michael of PEI)

“Wake up. Hug dog. Have a good day.”

Anonymous

For: National Hug Your Dog Day

Wednesday, March 10

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13) Posted from 2/13/21 to 2/20/21

“Pets bring vital energy to our homes and lives. Pets communicate many messages about love and connection. Care tenderly for all pets throughout their precious lives. The interspecies dance of love softens and expands the heart.” Laura Staley, Feng Shui Expert

From parade.com

For National Love Your Pet Day

Saturday, February 20

12) Posted from 2/6/21 to 2/13/21

This book

is dedicated to all those

whose hearts burn,

as does that of the author,

with a deep and abiding

hatred of cruelty

to animals.

Cleveland Amory in the book Ranch of Dreams,

first published in 1997 by Viking Penguin,

a member of Penguin Putnam Inc.,

375 Hudson Street

New York, New York 10014, U.S.A.

11) Posted from 1/30/21to 2/6/21

How about a quote to commemorate National Golden Retriever Day on Wednesday, February 3? Or how about one for Groundhog Day on the 2nd? Well, let’s have a quote about an obscure, yet charming little animal whose day is most likely to be overshadowed by those other two!

National Hedgehog Day

Tuesday February 2

10) Posted from 1/23/21 to 1/30/21

“Holocaust victims WERE treated like animals, and so logically we can conclude that animals are treated like holocaust victims.

– Matt Prescott, creator of PETA’s “Holocaust on Your Plate” campaign

From “A Tale of Two Holocausts”, an article by Karen Davis PhD. at neveragain.org.il

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Wednesday, January 27.

9) Posted from 1/16/21 to 1/23/21

“The squirrels, leaping joyfully from branch to branch: not a single one doubts its existence.”

Marty Rubin

From: goodreads popular quotes

For: National Squirrel Appreciation Day

Thursday, January 21

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6) Posted from 12/26/20 to 1/2/21

New Year's Resolution

for Companions of Animals

This year,

I will give my animal companions

appropriate amounts of appropriate foods,

and spend more time with them,

make sure they're healthy

and show compassion, generosity and respect to all

abandoned feral and wild

animal companions.

Anonymous

4) Posted from 12/12/20 to 12/19/20

“Even if they can’t be herded, cats in sufficient numbers can make a lot of noise and cannot be ignored.” Richard Dawkins

For December 15, National Cat Herders Day

3) Posted from 12/5/20 to 12/12/20

“An animal’s eyes have the power to speak a great language.”

Martin Buber

From his book, I and Thou, First published in 1923.

2) Posted from 11/28/20 to 12/5/20

“As a portion of them excel mankind in the acuteness of the senses, by means by which the feebleness of their mental powers are supplemented, so in some of the appetites and passions they may possess a delicacy of sensibility of which the human species is incapable. In their affections for their young, and for their mates (among such as pair), the highest evidence of their sensibility is found. They also display courage, fidelity, and gratitude, and to these, perhaps, in some instances, benevolence may be added. For the possession of these qualities, which are indistinguishable from the corresponding qualities of the human mind, and for the beautiful illustrations of maternal affection which they display, they are entitled to our regard.”

Lewis H. Morgan on “the mutes” from The American Beaver , page 272, originally, The American Beaver and His Works, 1868.

1) Posted from 11/26/20 to 11/28/20

We Give Thanks For The Animals

By: Gary Kowalski

We give thanks for the animals

Who live close to nature,

Who remind us of the sanctities of birth and death,

Who do not trouble their lives with foreboding or grief,

Who let go each moment as it passes,

And accept each new one as it comes

With serenity and grace.

Enable us to walk in beauty as they do

At one with the turning seasons,

Welcoming the sunrise and at peace with sunset.

And as we hallow the memory of good friends now departed,"

Who loved abundantly and in their time were loved,

Who freely gave us their affection and loyalty.

Let us not be anxious for tomorrow

But ask only that kindness and gratitude fill our hearts,

Day by day, into the passing years

From: Unitarian Universalist Association

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Previous Quotes of the Week

Informative, inspiring weekly quotes about animals; posted prior to previous year.

James Cromwell

FOR THE BIRDS

For: National Bird Day

Thursday, January 5

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25) Posted from 5/8/21 to 5/15/21

24) Posted from 5/1/21 to 5/8/21

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23) Posted from 4/24/21 to 5/1/21

22) Posted from 4/17/21 to 4/24/21

20) Posted from 4/3/21 to 4/10/21

18) Posted from 3/20/21 to 3/27/21

17) Posted from 3/13/21 to 3/20/21

“Wake up. Hug dog. Have a good day.”

Anonymous

For: National Hug Your Dog Day

Wednesday, March 10

12) Posted from 2/6/21 to 2/13/21

This book

How about a quote to commemorate National Golden Retriever Day on Wednesday, February 3? Or how about one for Groundhog Day on the 2nd? Well, let’s have a quote about an obscure, yet charming little animal whose day is most likely to be overshadowed by those other two!

National Hedgehog Day

Tuesday February 2

“Holocaust victims WERE treated like animals, and so logically we can conclude that animals are treated like holocaust victims.

“The squirrels, leaping joyfully from branch to branch: not a single one doubts its existence.”

Marty Rubin

For: National Squirrel Appreciation Day