Do Species Awareness Days Work?

New Zealand hagfish:

Photo credit: Broadgilled Hagfish, Eptatretus cirrhatus (Forster, 1801)


Photo credit: Madame Hagfish

 

Agree, I think that 24 hours per species is far too short for most folk to make any real connection. Its over in the blink of an eye and next day- a different one! As such I think they are too superficial to really raise a particular species' profile with the general public which is who they must be aimed at.

 

Happy Reptile Awareness Day!

Australian Wildlife Conservancy on LinkedIn: Happy Reptile Awareness Day! Our sanctuaries and partnership areas

Florida Museum of Natural History on LinkedIn: #ReptileAwarenessDay

 

One Earth on LinkedIn: The slow-motion and high-canopy life of the sloth

Amazon Conservation Association on LinkedIn: #InternationalSlothDay

 

Happy International Snow Leopard Day!

WWF-Canada on LinkedIn: Snow Leopard Day 2021

PANTHERA on LinkedIn: #WorldSnowLeopardDay #bigcats #snowleopards

Centre for Wildlife Studies on LinkedIn: #InternationalSnowLeopardDay #snowleopard #snow

 

Happy World Kangaroo Day!

Australian Wildlife Conservancy on LinkedIn: #fastfacts

 

Today is also International Gibbon Day

Denver Zoological Foundation on LinkedIn: #InternationalGibbonDay #InternationalGibbonDay

 

Today is World Lemur Day. Happy World Lemur Day!

World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) on LinkedIn: #WorldLemurDay

 

Happy World Numbat Day!

Australian Wildlife Conservancy on LinkedIn: #FastFacts #AWC #WorldNumbatDay

 

Happy National Bison Day!

WCS Wild View: National Bison Day

 

For Bison Day 2021, conservation and reconciliation through buffalo eyes (commentary)

• The popular narrative is that bison (also called buffalo) were saved from extinction by Teddy Roosevelt and the American Bison Society, but that’s not the whole story.
• In addition to the few remaining wild bison within Yellowstone National Park, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT), also played a key role in preventing the species’ extinction.
• For National Bison Day in the U.S. on November 6, CSKT Chairwoman Shelly Fyant and Cristina Mormorunni with the Rockies Program of WCS suggest that it’s a day to also recognize and listen to traditional ecological knowledge, to ensure lasting conservation outcomes for the wildlife and wild places we all hold dear.
• This post is a commentary. The views expressed are those of the authors, not necessarily Mongabay.

Humanity is living through four interrelated global crises: biodiversity, climate, pandemic, and social justice. Because the nature and scale of threats to the planet and all its life forms is so pernicious and unprecedented, these crises often seem difficult for scientists, conservationists, and political leaders to fully grasp, let alone take concrete steps toward systemic change.

https://news-mongabay-com.cdn.amppr...iliation-through-buffalo-eyes-commentary/amp/

 

Okapi Conservation Project's wrap up on World Okapi Day: World Okapi Day 2021 in Review | Okapi Conservation Project

 

Happy International Jaguar Day

CITES on LinkedIn: #JaguarDay #CITES #jaguars

 

Today also happens to be World Tamandua Day. Happy World Tamandua Day!

Denver Zoological Foundation on LinkedIn: #WorldTamanduaDay

 

It's International Cheetah Day! International Cheetah Day

 

Any slight awareness is good news but for us all species matter. It is helpful for species that are unknown to most of the public like the pangolin

 

Happy National Bird Day!

North Florida Land Trust on LinkedIn: #NationalBirdDay

Denver Zoological Foundation on LinkedIn: #NationalBirdDay

 

Today is Penguin Awareness Day.

Australian Museum on LinkedIn: It's Penguin Awareness Day! This adorable Little Penguin lives

 

Yesterday was Squirrel Appreciation Day

Florida Museum of Natural History on LinkedIn: #SquirrelAppreciationDay

 

Today is World Hippopotamus Day