Animal Welfare Week
Animal Welfare Week is held on October 6. First Full Week of October. This event in the first decade of the month October is annual. 
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During the last full week of March, IVSA Standing Committee on Animal Welfare (SCAW) encourages Member Organisations around the world to organise animal welfare events in their local communities.
SCAW helps members organise these events and relays them through their social media to help promote all the different initiatives worldwide.
The aim of this week is to foster debate and thought about animal welfare issues, whether it be inside veterinary schools or in collaboration with outside organisations - or even the general public.
The concept of animal welfare includes three elements: the animal's normal biological functioning (which, among other things, means ensuring that the animal is healthy and well-nourished), its emotional state (including the absence of negative emotions, such as pain and chronic fear), and its ability to express certain normal behaviours (Fraser et al., 1997).
Similar holidays and events, festivals and interesting facts
International Day of No Prostitution on October 5 (IDNP is an awareness day that was first observed in 2002. Locations at which IDNP was observed in its inaugural year included the San Francisco Bay Area of California, United States and Melbourne, Victoria, Australia);
International Frugal Fun Day on October 5 (first Saturday in October);
Global James Bond Day on October 5
World Card Making Day on October 5 (the first Saturday in October);
World Meningitis Day on October 5
World Walking Day on October 6
International Geodiversity Day on October 6
Vet Nurse Awareness Week in New Zealand on October 7 (Starts on the first Monday in October);
Veterinary Doctor's Day in Chile on October 7
International Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day on October 7
World Day of Action for Decent Work on October 7
World Cotton Day on October 7
World Baldness Day on October 7