World Wildlife Day 2023: Date, History, Importance

What do Borneo’s orangutans, Sumatra’s elephants, and the Black Rhino have in common? The more sobering truth about these creatures is that they are all critically endangered, despite the fact that they are all extremely cool animals that we watch on YouTube. On World Wildlife Day, however, the United Nations and its partners intend to raise awareness of the severity of this dire situation.

The background of World Wildlife Day

An animal is only added to the list of critically endangered species if the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) determines that it faces a very high risk of extinction, comparable to that of the dinosaurs and dodo. Consequently, what does critically endangered resemble? Current estimates place the global population of Black Rhinos at approximately 2,500. The Amur Leopard, found in Russia’s far eastern regions, is on the verge of extinction, with only about 40 remaining in the world. Sadly, this list continues on indefinitely.

The United Nations celebrates World Wildlife Day on March 3, the day the group signed the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, to raise awareness about endangered species and what we can all do to protect them.
Sharing an interesting fact is one of the best ways to attract the attention of your friends and spread a message at the same time, especially when dealing with animals. Perhaps it’s on social media or around the water cooler in the office. Either way, it’s a great chance to share a little-known fact about an endangered animal and, hopefully, pique interest in conservation. It would be difficult to find someone who adamantly refuses to watch the groundbreaking BBC television series Planet Earth. Now that two seasons are readily available for online streaming, use World Wildlife Day as an opportunity to revisit this incredible series or introduce it to those who missed it the first time around. On March 3, people from all over the world will convene to discuss the greatest threats to the world’s wildlife, including habitat loss, over-exploitation, and illegal tracking. Governments, natural park leaders, citizens, and legislators will all host awareness-raising events, so locate one in your area and get to work!

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WHY WORLD WILDLIFE DAY IS IMPORTANT

It regulates our food chain.

Simply put, if certain creatures were to become extinct, the food chain would be severely disrupted. In a healthy ecosystem, a broken link in the food chain has far-reaching effects. Without wolves, elk and deer are fearless and remain in one location longer, consuming plants to the roots. This kills the plants, causing additional ripples, etc. And this is just one possible outcome among many others.

Probably it’s our fault.

Species extinctions occur for a variety of reasons, some of which are unavoidable. However, in the majority of cases today, extinctions are caused by human activity. The good news is that if we caused the problem, we have the ability to fix it. Overhunting, illegal game trade, overfishing, and deforestation are all culprits, but none of them are uncontrollable. By commemorating World Wildlife Day, we can send the message that these human activities cannot be allowed to continue unchecked.

We all live on one planet.

To maintain the Earth as a thriving, living, and breathing planet, we must take care of everything on it. Overfishing can have catastrophic economic consequences for coastal communities dependent on the industry. The extinction of a species can result in changes to the local environment, which can have direct effects on the local human population. Conservation of wildlife is essential to the creation of a sustainable world.

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WORLD WILDLIFE DAY DATES

Year	Date	Day
2023	March 3	Friday
2024	March 3	Sunday
2025	March 3	Monday
2026	March 3	Tuesday
2027	March 3	Wednesday