WORLD WILDLIFE CONSERVATION DAY 2025

The day beginning from 2012, credit goes to the US state department, the WWF and the then US secretary of state, Ms. Hillary Clinton. World Wildlife Conservation Day aims at protecting the world’s wonderful fauna and their environment, especially for posterity; a day to make a difference...

While man's intrusion into the ecosystem isnt new, modern travel and settlement have adversely affected the wildlife considerably. Lumbering and illegal animal products being in demand and human greed knowing no bounds, fauna trading and killing for skin, tusks, horns, nails, etc., indiscriminate forest clearance and wildlife habitat loss, all have become rampant. In addition to the loss of wildlife affecting tourism and economy, poaching takes toll of forest patrol staff too, as also the risk of pandemics...

A species is "endangered" if it's population declines between 50% to 70%, and if count is restricted to less than 250 mature adults. In spite of artificial alternatives for animal parts and products the menace of poaching and killing of wildlife continues unabated, often with underworld patronage. We citizens thus need to put in efforts towards conservation of nature's magnificent creations in ways that we can...

Raising awareness of the importance of wildlife-environment connection, speaking up against illegal wildlife trade and sale of animal products of fancy, speaking for protection of endangered species and their habitats are few steps one could think of in a flash to counter the greed of some threatening to cause irreparable harm to the ecosystem...

While mankind is responsible for the endangerment and extinction of several species, it is for the good-hearted amongst us to protect our wildlife for future generations...

As aptly put by Ms. Clinton,
“Wildlife cannot be manufactured. And once it’s gone, it cannot be replenished. Those who profit from it illegally are not just undermining our borders and our economies; they are truly stealing from the next generation.”

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