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National Pet Day celebrates pet owners everywhere, (and provides an excuse to spoil our furry, gilled, scaled and feathered friends). Whether it's with some extra treats, a longer, special walk somewhere, a new toy, or just lots and lots of extra love - your pets may not be able to read the calendar, but they are surely going to be happy that it's National Pet Day!

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Apr

Pet First Aid Awareness Month, Ntl.: April

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National Pet First Aid Awareness Month, created by Pet Tech Productions, occurs each year in April. The purpose is to educate pet owners on ways to keep their pets safe and healthy, to teach essential skills such as pet CPR and first aid and to prevent emergency visits to the vet.

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Apr

Pet ID Week, Ntl.: April 10-16

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National Pet ID Week has one sole purpose: to raise awareness about the importance of updating your pet's identification tags and microchips. Each year tens of thousands of house pets go missing. Only 2% of cats and 15-20% of dogs, once lost, ever find their way home. Tagging your pet significantly improves the chances your pet will be returned. Pet ID Week is supported by vets, pet stores and shelters throughout the country. Check with your local entities for specials and resources. This event runs the 3rd week of April. You can also find it as a fixed date running 4/17-23 each year. We've been unable to verify who is behind those dates.

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Apr

Pet Month, Ntl. (UK): April 1 - May 2

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People are pet people or not, and if you're a pet person you can't imagine your life without your furry-feathered-scaled friend. Whether it's an aquarium, terrarium, gilded cage or the run of the house on up to four paws, pets add to your life. National Pet Month in the United Kingdom is your month to celebrate your pets, your lifestyle and have access to good and services that keep them in their best health and happiness. Throughout the month, thousands of people up and down the UK will be celebrating life with their pets, spreading the word on responsible pet ownership or raising money for their favorite charity in fun-filled events.

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Apr

Pet Owners Independence Day: April 18

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Pet Owners Independence Day was created by Thomas & Ruth Roy from Wellcat Holidays & Herbs. It's a day for pet owners everywhere to say "Enough is enough!", skip a day from work and spend it on the couch or the floor, with their feet in the air and their best friends at their side. As for the pets - it's their turn to go to work, do some shopping and clean the kitchen, is it not?!

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Apr

Pet Parent's Day, Bella's, Ntl.: April 24

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Bella's Pet Parent Day is an annual holiday founded by Stacey Starks to celebrate and honor Pet Parents and all they do for their fur babies. Every year the number of American households with pets continues to grow, and most consider them to be family members, not just pets. This is a day for pet owners to celebrate their relationship with their beloved pets. Anyone who's ever cared for a pet knows how unique this relationship is. Over time our pets become true members of our families, and for many of us, they become surrogates for children. Today is a day to revel in pet parenthood. Enjoy your day!

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Apr

Pet Tech CPR Day: April 30

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Created in 2018, Pet Tech CPR Day teaches emergency skills to pet parents and practitioners. The objective is to prevent unnecessary pet emergency room visits and needless deaths by instructing people in lifesaving techniques, including CPR for pets. Last Saturday in April.

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Apr

Pets @ Work Day, Ntl.: April 19

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National Pets @ Work Day is sponsored by pet supply company Petco. Sharing a workspace with your pet not only brings peace of mind (less stressing about potty breaks and lack of attention) but also some notable health benefits. Studies show the presence of friendly animals can reduce heart rate, blood pressure and cholesterol and regularly interacting with animals can reduce anxiety and promote calmness.

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Apr

Pharmacists in Public Health Day: April 2

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Apr

Pharmacists' War on Diabetes: April

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Pharmacists unite during the month of April to educate patients, consumers and the general public about diabetes and its prevention in the Pharmacists' War on Diabetes. Screenings are offered in pharmacies throughout the nation. Check your local listings for events in your town.

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Apr

Picnic Day, Ntl.: April 23

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The goal of the National Picnic Day in the United States is to encourage people to get outdoors, get moving and eat together in the splendor of nature. Traditionally, picnic food is home-cooked or bought at a market and set-up in an outdoor location for family members, organizations or parties. The origin of picnicking is aristocratic. These outdoor banquets were popular social events for the elite during the Medieval times. The year 1692 is the first time the word picnic appeared in print, in French. Today, picnics have evolved become an outdoor party of two or more people.

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Apr

Pig in a Blanket Day: April 24

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Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day is an American culinary creation of a pork breakfast sausage wrapped in a pancake and covered with maple syrup, though it can take a number of different forms, from bite size to quarter-pound. This is a favorite breakfast food with children. Pigs-in-a-Blanket or Sausage rolls are a favorite staple in the United Kingdom, Denmark, Ireland, Germany, Belgium, Russia, Canada, and Japan, though they are wrapped in biscuits rather than pancakes.

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Apr

Pillow Fight Day, Intl.: April 2

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The first Saturday of each April is International Pillow Fight Day! This day sees various massive pillow fights around the world in many big cities. This event has grown in magnitude since it was first held in 2008 and is a favorite of media due to its pure, playful fun!

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Apr

Pineapple Upside-down Cake Day: April 20

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Pineapple Upside Down Cake Day celebrates the centuries old sweet treat. The recipe for pineapple upside down cake came about due to an invention in 1911 by Dole Fruit Company of Hawaii. For centuries, cast iron skillets were a kitchen staple. Rather than stoves and ovens, most people had open fires on which they cooked. To develop a tasty treat, cooks would often put nuts and fruits mixed with butter and sugar in the bottom of the skillet, cover it with batter and let it cook. When it was done they flipped it over and served. Fast forward to the 20th Century. On the islands of Hawaii a food dynasty was developing around the pineapple via the Dole family. The problem was, how does one get a big fruit like pineapple into a relatively tiny little can? Fruits are perishable and if one wanted to sell them year around anywhere in the world, they needed to be canned. In 1911 Dole engineers developed a coring machine for pineapple that created the now familiar rings. These rings, readily available all over the world soon inspired cooks. The first printed recipe for pineapple upside down cake appears to be in 1924 in the city of Seattle, Washington, USA. This cookbook was sold to raise funds for a charity. The next year a full color picture and recipe appeared in a Gold Medal Flour advertisement dated November 1925.

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