HISTORY OF WILD ABOUT WILDLIFE MONTH
Wild About Wildlife Month celebrates the beauty and importance of our wildlife and their critical role in our ecosystem. The sweltering heat of July is the perfect time to get involved in wildlife local and global conservation efforts. It is up to us to preserve the magnificent menagerie across our planet. Wild About Wildlife Month is a call to action. If we care about the frenzied fauna and the gleeful wild animals we need to do something now – because we are officially running out of time. The 2020 World Wildlife Fund Living Planet Report has concluded that the population of nearly 21,000 mammals, birds, reptiles, fishes, and amphibians has declined by an average of 68% within the last five decades. While this report is devastating for the future of our ecosystem, it also pushes us to be urgent with our actions.
There are many ways to make positive contributions to our ecosystem. Actions like running a recycling initiative, hosting community fundraising events, cleaning your surroundings, supporting wildlife conversation efforts, and educating people about embracing eco-friendly products are significant steps in the fight for conservation.
Wild About Wildlife Month is all about getting active in your community and finding ways to protect and restore degraded wildlife habitats. In the 21st century, hunting and poaching are no longer the biggest threat to wildlife conversation. Instead, it is the impact of climate change that threatens to eviscerate entire ecosystems. Through the month-long observation, we get a chance to appeal to policymakers to take action against the main contributors to climate change and plead for policies that can limit the impact of global warming on our planet.