National Bird Day

Category: Animals
National Bird Day around the world in 2024
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About National Bird Day

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Dates of National Bird Day
2024 USAJan 5
USA Fri, Jan 5Observances Holiday
2023 USAJan 5
USA Thu, Jan 5Observances Holiday
2022 USAJan 5
USA Wed, Jan 5Observances Holiday
2021 USAJan 5
USA Tue, Jan 5Observances Holiday
2020 USAJan 5
USA Sun, Jan 5Observances Holiday
Summary
An annual awareness campaign by the Avian Welfare Coalition to highlight the capture of wild birds for profit.

National Bird Day, which has American origins, has been celebrated annually on January 5th since its inaugural event in 2002.

This particular day was chosen because January 5th also happens to be the day of the yearly "Christmas Bird Count." This yearly national holiday has been observed in the USA for quite some time. The findings offer details on both the quantity and condition of birds across the United States of America.

Each year, millions of birds are captured from the wild or produced in captivity for commercial profit or human amusement, only to languish in conditions that fail to meet the instinctive behavioral and physical needs of these wild animals.

The Avian Welfare Coalition’s National Bird Day campaign aims to reduce the suffering of birds by raising public awareness of the destructive bird trade, the realities of cruel bird breeding mills, and ways to improve the welfare of birds already in captivity.

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