Let’s Celebrate National Wildlife Day 2020

Every year 22 February and 4 September is celebrated as National Wildlife Day to raise awareness among the people about the issues impacting wildlife. It is also an opportunity to focus on endangered species, preservation and conservation efforts around the world. National parks, aviaries, zoos and marine sanctuaries provide a lot of opportunities to get involved. Wildlife plays an essential role in creating balance in the environment.

Benefits of Wildlife

The significance of wildlife can be classified as economic, ecological as well as conservation of biological diversities. Wildlife is extremely helpful to us in many ways like food, clothing, medicine and source of income. Our life would be impossible without the wildlife. Here are some of the benefits of wildlife:
1. It helps in maintaining the nature’s ecological balance.

2. The wildlife can be the source of income as wild animal products like medicines, meat and silk and wild plant products like food, timber, medicine are of great economic value.

3. Experiments are conducted on some animals to discover medicines for the treatment of any disease.

4. Wildlife also provides great tourism benefits.

Ways You Can Celebrate National Wildlife Day

* Visit your local zoo, botanical garden or national park and see if the animals and plants there are getting proper care. Also, encourage them to celebrate National Wildlife Day.
* Teach children about the importance of reducing the usage of plastic for the protection of our wildlife.
* Adopt a dog or cat on this day. This will not only be less expensive but you will also get a new best friend.
* If you already had a pet then give your pet a special treat and spend time with your pet. According to the research, the interaction between human and dog can help people fight depression and stress-related issues.
* You can gather with your friends or family members to clean up your Local Park or beach. This is a great way to get involved in keeping wildlife healthy and thriving.
* Be a part of local no-kill animal shelter and help them in their work. It takes a lot of effort to maintain these shelters and take proper care of the animals.

These are some of the ways by which you can celebrate this National Wildlife Day.