Join us now in planning this historic week for Mississippi's animals! Also please join the Mississippi Week for Animals Facebook community and let's Twitter together for Mississippi animals.
1st Annual Mississippi Week for the Animals kicks off on Saturday November 7, 2009. Kick-Off events to be announced soon.
The week will conclude on Sunday, November 15th. See our Calendar of Events page for more details on events taking place across Mississippi during this amazing Week for the Animals.
Throughout the week, shelters, rescue groups, and humane organizations across the state will be hosting other wonderful animal-related special events. Educators, students, businesses and caring citizens across Mississippi will be joining in as well, each planning their own activities to celebrate and help animals.
Events will include adoption fairs, spay/neuter awareness events, shelter beautification days, R.E.A.D. dog programs in libraries, walks for the farm animals and therapy dogs visiting hospitals and nursing homes.
Also to be included are a salute to our canine military and police dogs, feral cat initiatives, animal law events, special programs at the zoos, blessings for the animals, and full-filled festival days for families to come and enjoy food, music and the amazing animals!
Become Involved! Events are being planned now, and we need animal lovers everywhere in Mississippi to start planning so they can participate! See the page "Become Involved" on this website for lots of great ideas and suggestions on what You can do.
See the Calendar of Events for exciting events as they begin to be posted, and please note we will be adding events and activities right up to the kick off of the amazing week to clebrate Mississippi's animals.
Please join together with:
Animal World USA
Animal Law Coalition
Alley Cat Allies
ASPCA
DeSoto Animal Rescue League
Dogs Deserve Better
Farm Sanctuary
Humane Society of the United States
The Gryphon Press
World Peace Diet
