Nov 27-Dec 3  Week of Action Against Suffering in UK Labs
National Anti-Vivisection Society
The UK

  2-4   African Elephant Summit
IUCN and the Government of Botswana
Gabarone, Botswana

    3     Raising Animal Welfare Standards at the Time of Slaughter or Killing
Public Policy Exchange
London, the United Kingdom

  3-4   Central and South America and the Caribbean regional Workshop on Sharks Listed in Appendix II of CITES
Tamandare, Pernambuco, Brazil

  4-6   International Forum on Conservation of Polar Bears and Jubilee Meeting of Parties to the 1973 Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears
Moscow, Russia 

  4-6   International Workshop on the Development of International Guidelines for Forensix Analysis to Identify the Origin and Age of Seized Ivory
Vienna, Austria

   5     Round Table on "Combating Poaching and Trafiicking of Endangered Species" 
Sommet de l'Elysee pour la Paix et la Securite en Afrique
Paris, France

 6-8   Personhood Beyond the Human
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut, USA

 9-14  Wildlife Crime in London Exhibition
World Society for the Protection of Animals
London, UK (London City Hall)

 9-14  Second Plenary Meeting of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Antalya, Turkey

 12-13  3rd Annual Central America Wildlife Enforcement Network (CAWEN) Meeting
San Jose, Costa Rica

 12-13  International Symposium on Animal Politics: Theory and Practice
Animal Politics Foundation
Istanbul, Turkey

   12    Meeting of the "Group of Friends of the Fight Against Trafficking of Endangered Species
New York City, New York, USA

   13    National Day of the Horse
Habitat for Horses
United States

   16    Public Meeting of the Advisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Washington, D.C., USA

 16-18  International Workshop on the Development of Indicators for Effective Wildlife Law Enforcement
Vienna, Austria

   17    Invasive Alien Species Workshop
European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health, and Food Safety (ENVI)
Brussels, Belgium

   20    UCSF Vivisection Protest
In Defense of Animals and Direct Action Everywhere
San Francisco, California, USA

   21    DxE Freeze (Anti-fur Demonstration)
In Defense of Animals and Direct Action Everywhere
San Francisco, California, USA

   21    Oceanside Puppy Protest
In Defense of Animals and San Diego Animal Defense Team
Oceanside, California, USA

   22    Sea World Protest
In Defense of Animals
San Diego, California, USA

   22    Nevada City Fur Protest
In Defense of Animals
Nevada City, California, USA