Today is Endangered Species Day and this year marks the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act. Wildlife have been in need of our protection for more than 50 years and we need to step up our game!
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, currently there are 42,100 species threatened with extinction!!
As we keep growing and moving into critical wildlife habitat to live, hunting and poaching wildlife for our selfish gain, clearing valuable wild spaces that were once home for wildlife to raise cattle and other farm animals, polluting our oceans with trash, destroying rainforests that are habitat for wildlife like the orangutan to grow and use palm oil, and speeding up climate change with greenhouse gas emissions, we are making it more and more difficult for wildlife to find food, shelter and reproduce, let alone thrive.
It is our responsibility to be custodians of nature. Yes, our governments and large industries have a massive debt to pay for not making processes work faster to protect our planet and other beings. But it is time for each and every one of us to be responsible citizens of this planet for all beings who live here. John Muir stated; “When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.”
Drawing from our awareness that we do indeed share this planet with other beings, we see that our actions affect their lives. If we began living from this premise, the world would be a better place for all beings, not just the human kind.
To learn ways you can help, go to www.wildforchange.com/getinvolved.
