September 9 - October 14  Strutt Your Mutt (various events, click for more detail)
Best Friends Animal Society
Various locations in the USA

 September 23 - October 1  Tennessee Week for the Animals
Animal World USA
Tennessee, USA

 Monthlong  Adopt A Dog month
American Humane
Washington, DC, USA.

 Monthlong  National Animal Safety and Protection Month
Worldwide

    1    World Vegetarian Day
North American Vegetarian Society
Worldwide

  1-7   National Walk Your Dog Week
Worldwide

  2-4   Africa Animal Welfare Conference - The Nexus between Animal Welfare, Environment and Development: Safeguarding Our Common Destiny
Africa Network for Animal Welfare (ANAW), UNEP, Republic of Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya

  2-6   Course Advances in Feed Evaluation Sciences
Wageningen Academy
Wageningen, The Netherlands

    4    Global Animal Law Lunch Talk by Professor Anne Peters
Michigan Law at University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    4    Feast of St. Francis
Catholic Climate Convenant
Worldwide

    4    World Animal Day
Naturewatch Foundation
Worldwide

    5     The Welfare of Confiscated Animals
Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals
Strasbourg, France

  5-6   Extinction Conference
Compassion in World Farming
London, UK 

    6    Animal Cruelty: Understanding Laws and Taking Action
Alley Cat Allies
Online Webinar

    6    Book Signing with Photojournalist Jo-Anne McArthur
New England Anti-Vivisection Society
Newburyport, MA, USA

    6    Join NEAVS and Jo-Anne McArthur for a Free Webinar
New England Anti-Vivisection Society
Online

  6-7   Working with Animals
Southampton, England, UK

  6-8   MEGA Pet Adoption Event
First Coast No More Homeless Pets
Jacksonville, Florida, USA

  6-8   First International Canine Science Conference
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ, USA

    7    Global March for Elephants and Rhinos
Worldwide

 7-15  Illinois Week for the Animals
Animal World USA
Illinois, USA

    8    17th Annual Bow-Wows & Meows Pet Fair
Bow-Wows & Meows
Newhall, California, USA

 8-13  Managing Animal Enrichment and Training Programs
Denver Zoo
Denver, CO, USA

    9    Expert Animal Cruelty Investigator Training
National Animal Cruelty Investigations School
Loudoun, PA, USA

  9-13  Animal Training Applications in Zoo and Aquarium Settings
Denver Zoo
Denver, CO, USA

  9-13  Committee on World Food Security 44
Food and Agricultural Organisation
Rome, Italy

  9-15  Conference & Training on Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine
Youth Association of Animal Science
Bandung/Bogor, Indonesia

   11    Writing Animals: A Symposium
New York University Animal Studies Initiative
New York, New York, USA

   11     "Treating the Sentient Animal" - A Veterinary Perspective
Global Animal Welfare Authority
Online

   12    "What changes for animal production industry with the sentient animal?"
Global Animal Welfare Authority
Online

   12    Collective Animal Cognition: A Theoritical Framework
University of California
UCLA, California, USA

   13    Animal Legal Defense Fund’s First Annual Student Convention
Animal Legal Defense Fund
Portland, Oregon, USA

   13    Food Innovation and the Law: Navigating the Next Frontier
Food Law Lab at Harvard Law School and the Resnick Program for Food Law & Policy at UCLA School of Law with support from the Animal Law & Policy Program at Harvard Law School
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

 13-15  The Animal Law Conference
Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis and Clark University and the Animal Legal Defense Fund
Portland, Oregon, USA

  14    Kitten Care Workshop
The National Kitten Coalition and the Humane Society of Greater Dayton
Dayton, Ohio, USA

   14    Workshop:  Increasing Survival Rates of Rescued Kittens
The National Kitten Coalition and the Humane Society of Greater Dayton
Dayton, Ohio, USA

   14    KittyCon Tampa Bay
St. Francis Society Animal Rescue
Tampa Bay, Florida, USA

 14-22  New York Week for the Animals
Animal World USA
New York, USA

   14    Wildlife Conservation Expo
Wildlife Conservation Network
San Francisco, California, USA

 15-19  American Association for Laboratory Animal Science Annual Meeting
AALAS
Austin, Texas, USA

   16     Global Cat Day
Alley Cat Allies
Worldwide

   16    World Food Day Ceremony
Food and Agricultural Organisation
Global

 16-19  9th International Conference on Antimicrobial Agents in Veterinary Medicine
Rome, Italy

 17-20  European Aquaculture Society Conference
European Aquaculture Society
Dubrovnik, Croatia

   18    2017 Symposium: Animal Shelter Law
Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section
Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA

   18    NACA Training Conference
National Animal Care & Control Association
Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA

   18     Animal Welfare and the Future of Ethical Trade
Euro Group for Animals
Brussels, Belgium

   21     Reptile Awareness Day
Worldwide

   21    Red Dog RACERS Charity Auction
SICSA
Huber Heights, Ohio, USA

   21    Woof Woof Walk
Pierce County Parks and Recreation Services
Spanaway, Washington, USA

 21-29  Mississippi Week for the Animals
Animal World USA
Columbia, South Carolina, USA

 21-29  South Carolina Week for the Animals
Animal World USA
Columbia, South Carolina, USA

 21-22  Boston Veg Fest
Boston Vegetarian Society
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

 21-22  Compassion Arts and Culture & Animals Festival
Culture and Animals Foundation
New York City, New York, USA

 21-22  8th International Conference on Animal Health and Veterinary Medicine
Multiple Sponsors
Toronto, Canada

 22-24  Great Lakes Animal Welfare Conference
Michigan Humane Society
Battle Creek, MI, USA

   23    Advanced Animal Cruelty Investigator Training
National Animal Cruelty Investigations School
Aurora, IL, USA

   23    NACHO Module A Training
National Animal Care & Control Association
Louisville, Kentucky, USA

 25-27  International Conference on Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Lahore, Pakistan

   26    Conferencia Animais e Dirieto
ONDAID
Sintra, Portugal

   26    The Welfare of Equidae
Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals
Strasbourg, France

 26-28  PROGRAMAÇÃO DO V CONGRESSO MUNDIAL DE BIOÉTICA E DIREITO ANIMAL Inscrições
Bahia, Brazil

 26-28  The 5th European Conference for Critical Animal Studies
European Association for Critical Animal Studies
Lund, Sweden

   28    Deadline for registration of IGO and NGO observers for the 69th meeting of the Standing Committee (SC69)
CITES

   29     National Cat Day
Worldwide

 30-31  Asia-Pacific Food Forum
EAT Foundation
Jakarta, Indonesia

 October 30 - November 1  Scientists Center for Animal Welfare Wildlife Conference: Meeting the Challenges of IACUC Oversight in Fish and Wildlife Research
Scientists Center for Animal Welfare
San Diego, California, USA