09/04/2026
Today is National Wildlife Day.
It is a day to bring awareness to all our amazing wildlife and their importance on the planet's survival. Each and every creature, yes mosquitos and snakes, have a purpose and weight on our ecosystem. Without one of the checks, the balances will crumble.
I've only photographed a teeny, tiny handful of the creatures in America, much less the world, and I'm extremely blessed to have seen the ones I have.
Little ways you can help:
*Don't mow before Mother's Day (Pollinators)
*Don't clear cut property (birds, small mammals, owls/predators)
*Don't use rat bait ( causes unnecessary death in predators)
*Stop overbuilding in towns (not every acre needs a house)
*Stop feeding wildlife for our own enjoyment
Support our parks, refuges, and other entities that preserve land for our wildlife to thrive in. Just in my life time, there have been over 1 billion acres of forest lost to deforestation globally. Over 50 million hectares in just American in the past 24 years. That hurts our wildlife in huge ways.
Wildlife is more than just the cuddly cubs and cute raccoon babies... they are birds, pollinators, predators, grazers, and so much more.
Photography and Prose © Georgia Walters