Every year, World Wildlife Day is celebrated on March 3 to spread awareness about the importance of wildlife and environment. Just like our environment helps us to survive by acting as a source of oxygen, food and water, wildlife is essential for the earth as they help to maintain biodiversity.
The theme for World Wildlife Day 2025 is “Wildlife Conservation Finance: Investing in People and Planet”. World Wildlife Day 2025 will serve as a platform for exchange and exploration of innovative financial solutions for wildlife conservation. It will showcase financial innovations, the challenges faced by civil society, governments, organisations, and the private sector, and the collaborative approaches needed to ensure sustainable funding for biodiversity.
On World Wildlife Day, The CSR Journal takes a look into some of the qualities, which we humans can imbibe from wild animal like the majestic tigers and the kings of the jungle – Lions!
1. Tigers – Patience and persistence
Tigers can wait for hours, observing their surroundings, before moving to hunt down their prey. This teaches us the importance of patience while waiting for the right opportunity, while practicing a skill, or dealing with setbacks.
2. Tigers – Focused Determination
Tigers are a symbol of unwavering focus and determination. Tigers teach us that we should set clear goals and work towards them with dedication and perseverance. By staying focused, we can overcome distractions and achieve success.
3. Tigers – Independence and Self-reliance
Tigers are solitary creatures, relying on themselves for survival. While they can be social when necessary, they are self-reliant and independent. From them, we learn the importance of self-reliance, self-love and being happy in one’s own company.
4. Tigers – Adaptability
Tigers can thrive in various habitats, from dense jungles to grasslands to mountains and islands. They show us the significance of being adaptable in our ever-changing world.
5. Tigers – How not to be greedy
Tigers only hunt when hungry and are never greedy hoarders. They only attack if threatened for their life or to protect loved ones. Tigers teach us how not to be greedy, which makes us better humans.
6. Lion – Leadership
A symbol of power, courage and strength, the king of the jungle Lion is known for its charisma and leadership quality, which is something we should learn from them.
7. Lion – Strategy
While hunting its prey, lions wait patiently, walk stealthily and pounce when the time is right. The lesson we get here is it is important to not just jump into it, but make a proper strategy to achieve our goal. We can apply a lion’s strategy in Business Leadership, Problem-Solving and Negotiation in day to day lives.
8. Lion – Self Control & Timing
You must know how to and when to defend yourself. Instead of constantly yelling and complaining, a lion roars only when he has to and that one single roar makes all the difference! Be loud, only when you have to. Choose your battles wisely but never tolerate nonsense.
9. Lion – Resilience
To learn resilience from a lion, we should focus on their unwavering courage, their ability to handle challenges, their strong sense of community within the pride, and their ability to calculated risks to achieve goals, essentially embracing a “never give up” attitude.
10. Lion – Protection and care for family
Lions live in prides, while the lionesses primarily care for cubs, males protect the group, and all members cooperate in hunting and defending their territory, which teaches us shared responsibility, how to prioritize our family, work together, and support each other in maintaining a strong bond!
