The teams fromWorldwide Veterinary Servicetreat horrific cases of neglect and mistreatment, as well as severe injuries and illnesses, in places where veterinary care is extremely limitedor non-existent. This day is a good opportunity to raise awareness of the Worldwide Veterinary Service

This UN day aims toraise awareness of the importance of mangrove ecosystems as “a unique, special and vulnerable ecosystem" and also to promote solutions for their sustainable management, conservation and uses This is a terrible event - thousands of dogs are rounded up to be eaten in Yulin, China as part of a Dog Meat Festival. The way the dogs are killed is horrific, and this event must be stopped. Visit NotodogMeat, and also there's a petition you can sign marked the 50th year of Earth Day. We all have the power to change the world.So far, there have been2,688,209,868 acts of green taken! Since 2012, September 13th has been Vietnam’s official Bear Day. The idea is to raise awareness and urge the public to stop bear farming. Find out more for Education for Nature, Vietnam An opportunity to share our passion for cats and learn more about this fascinating species and promoting happiness through understanding so Making Happy Cats! #InternationalCatDay

People of all ages around the world spend their weekend counting, learning about, and celebrating birds. Add a touch of homemade charm to your Christmas by taking a wreath making workshop with our charity's expert gardens team. We'll show you how to create a beautiful 14-inch sustainable wreath decoration, with materials naturally sourced from Edinburgh Zoo. Sign up to the Marine Conservation Society's Plastic Challenge and reduce your plastic footprint - can you keep it going? Every year, we at the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens aim to add some WILD events to the community while we support and share our conservation message. From barbecue and beer tasting to summer camp and holiday lights, we’ve got something in store for the whole family. An opportunity to remember animals who have served us in times of war and who are still suffering from the wars around them. Find out more here

World Curlew Day is on 21 April, celebrating the curlew and promoting curlews too! Fly off to find out moreThis was started in the USA as National Dog Day but it's become an international day to recognise the number of dogs who need to be rescued from rescue each year.Somebody said recently if you buy from a breeder, that's one dog in rescue who is missing out on a home. I can't remember who it was, but it says it all. More info

On Saturday 26 March at 8:30pm your local time.People from 190 countries took part last year. Send a strong message to earth's leaders that you demand urgent action to protect nature and our planet. Why not spend an hour star gazing or listening to the sounds of nature? Join in the world's biggest butterfly countand help Butterfly Conservation assess the health and state of the environment This birdwatch is now in its 21st year, can you believe it?! Get kids involved in nature watching at school and inspire the nature lovers of the future, and get them outside! Held in the first half of the Easter term.Celebrate the giraffe and see what you can do to help these wonderful animals from the Giraffe Conservation Foundation

Put up a nest box in your local area or garden to help increase the number of suitable nesting spaces for birds. It was established and developed by the British Trust for Ornithology. It's a chance to dedicate a day to camels - did you know the wild camel is the 8th most endangered of the large mammals? Find out more about camels and see how you can help the Wild Camel Protection Foundation Well, you wouldn't hug an actual bear, but this is too good an opportunity to miss to raise awareness of bear charities, wild and captive! Thousands of scuba divers around the world rally together to take action against the trash from our everyday lives that makes its way to the ocean The RSPCA is spotlighting heartwarming stories of pets who have found their forever homes and rEarly giving opens earlyaising awareness of those who are still looking. Adopt, don't shop!Find out all about primates from the Jane Goodall Instituteand you can also get more info from the Lemur Conservation Foundation Celebrate the importance of pollinators and spread the word about how we can all help them. Visit Insect Week (UK) Find out why vultures are important to the environmentand why the work being done by the world's vulture conservationists is so important Held to build awareness anddemonstrate global opposition to the abhorrent trade in, and long distance transport of, live animals. More info