Taking this day seriously and to make the countrymen aware about it, many big leaders of Rajasthan and Gujarat, including the Government of India, have greeted the indigenous micro-blogging platform Ku App. MyGovIndia wrote, “With the continuous increase in habitats, let us celebrate #WorldWildlifeDay with a pledge to make dedicated efforts to save, preserve and celebrate our precious natural heritage, our wildlife.”
Lok Sabha Speaker, Om Birla posted on Ku: Loss of species, habitats and ecosystem threatens life on earth. This #WorldWildlifeDay let us commit ourselves to saving critically endangered species, supporting the restoration of their habitats and ecosystems, and promoting their sustainable use by humanity.
Parimal Nathwani, Rajya Sabha MP and Director (Corporate Affairs) of Reliance Industries Limited, through the country’s first multilingual micro-blogging platform Ku, said – As the sole habitat of Asiatic lions, #Gujarat’s #Gir National Park is all the national parks of India. The main pride in the gardens. Its versatile flora and fauna further add to its value, making it a very popular destination among wildlife lovers. #world wildlife day
Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari wrote in his post on Ku regarding wildlife awareness – This #WorldWildlifeDay let us all pledge to conserve wildlife and flora and raise awareness about their ecological importance.
Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said about the seriousness of the existence of wildlife – whatever the wildlife is, the existence of all has to be saved, we have to show mercy to the animals of the forest. Wishing you a very Happy World Wildlife Day. #WorldWildlifeDay
Giving an awareness message for the conservation of nature, Diya Kumari, former MLA of Sawai Madhopur, said in her post that on the occasion of World Wildlife Day, take a pledge to have compassion for the wildlife that is becoming extinct globally and to protect and promote nature. #WorldWildlife_Day #WorldWildlifeDay
theme of world wildlife day
A theme is issued every year by the United Nations General Assembly to make people aware of World Wildlife Day, so that awareness can be created among people to protect the species of flora and fauna that are extinct. The theme of World Wildlife Day 2022 is Recovering Key Species for Ecosystem Restoration.
Why is World Wildlife Day celebrated?
The main objective of celebrating World Wildlife Day is to make people aware of the protection of wildlife and endangered species of flora around the world. On this day, along with all the countries of the world, awareness about wildlife is spread in India and the relationship between nature and human is shown.
such is the history
The United Nations General Assembly at its 68th session on 20 December 2013 declared 3 March as World Wildlife Day. It was on this day that the International Convention on the Trade in Endangered Wildlife and Plants was adopted. The Wild Elephant Preservation Act was first passed in the year 1872 to prevent the extinction of wildlife.
was celebrated for the first time in 2014
The United Nations resolution was signed on 3 March 1973 to ban the international trade of wild flowers that are disappearing from all over the world. In memory of this special day, on 20 December 2013, at the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, it was decided that World Wildlife Day would be celebrated on 3 March every year. The first World Wildlife Day was observed on 3 March 2014.
Ranthambore National Park is one of the five major wildlife sanctuaries of India.
Ranthambore National Sanctuary of Rajasthan is famous all over the world due to its beauty, vast area and presence of tigers. Tourists here are quite thrilled to see the wildlife in the natural environment. This national park is considered to be one of the finest tiger reserves in the country. Apart from the tiger, leopard, sambar, chital, wild boar, chinkara, deer, jackal, leopard, wild cat and fox are also found here. Apart from animals, about 264 species of birds can be seen here. Ranthambore was established by the Government of India in 1955 as the Sawai Madhopur Game Sanctuary and was declared one of the Project Tiger Reserves in 1973.
Kutch Desert Wildlife Sanctuary is also no less than anyone
Located at a distance of 100 km from Bhuj, the Kutch Desert Wildlife Sanctuary is one of the largest saline wetlands in the world. Colloquially known as ‘Flamingo City’. It is the largest wildlife sanctuary with a vast expanse of approximately 7505.22 sq km. The sighting of fossils of various wildlife is also cited here. The excessive salt deposits here give the sanctuary a pure white surface which all attracts huge crowd of tourists. But let us tell you that the Kutch Desert Wildlife Sanctuary is located on the India-Pakistan border, that is why some parts of the sanctuary are restricted to the public.