National Love Your Pet Day
New York Senate resolutions in multiple years identify February 20 as Love Your Pet Day in conjunction with the observation of National Love Your Pet Day.
Date and recurrence
20 February
This authority record treats the observance as a fixed annual date. The same month and day can be reused unless a stronger source changes the rule.
Scope and status
The verified scope stored for this record is United States / pet appreciation observance with state-legislative recognition. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.
Also known as
National Love Your Pet Day, Love Your Pet Day
Topic and context
What this page does not assume
- Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
- Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
- Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
Sources
- New York Senate — 2023 Love Your Pet Day resolutionState Legislature
- New York Senate — 2020 Love Your Pet Day resolutionState Legislature
Frequently asked questions
When is National Love Your Pet Day?
20 February The stored recurrence guidance is: 20 February each year in the repeated state-legislative recognition record..
Does National Love Your Pet Day fall on the same date every year?
The authority record classifies it as fixed annual, so its month and day are reusable unless stronger evidence changes the rule.
Is National Love Your Pet Day an official public holiday?
The authority record verifies it within this scope: United States / pet appreciation observance with state-legislative recognition. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.
Who established or recognizes National Love Your Pet Day?
The stored designation basis is: New York Senate resolutions in multiple years identify February 20 as Love Your Pet Day in conjunction with the observation of National Love Your Pet Day.. Supporting provenance includes New York Senate — 2023 Love Your Pet Day resolution. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.
Is National Love Your Pet Day international or country-specific?
This authority record is country-scoped to United States. Its fuller verified scope is: United States / pet appreciation observance with state-legislative recognition.
How is this page verified?
The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-10.
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