ENDANGERED SPECIES DAY They are vanishing. Not in storms or fire. But in silence. In shadows cast by greed, fences, and time. The lion no longer roars across endless plains. The elephant walks quieter now, herds thinner than memory. The rhino carries the weight of extinction. The leopard slips through dusk like a phantom, seen only by the dying light. They are icons. Once kings. Now fading. We are losing them. Not all at once. But forever. 🖤 Since 1970, humans have caused the decline of 69% of global wildlife populations. Africa’s large mammal populations have dropped by over 50%, and some—face near extinction because of us. Today is Endangered Species Day. Let us not look away. Let us not let them fade. _____ ART THAT HONORS THE WILD deannadeshea.com © #DeannaDeShea