Every year on the 3rd of March the World Wildlife is celebrated to raise the awareness of the necessity to protect the living beings near us. Indeed, 8.500 species are critically endangered and 30.000 more are understood to be vulnerable. At first, extinction is seen as a natural phenomenon, is the evolution of life which permits to new species to emerge.

However, humans make the natural process faster as it should be by hunting rare species for trade. Leopards, tigers, rhinos, elephants and much more animals are killed just for humans to make money. Moreover, wild animals are used as attraction for tourist. One of the biggest cruelties in the word is circuses. Indeed, wild animals are captured to live in cages, suffer of violence and to act against their natural behaviour. Some animals are cruelly disfigured, for example the teeth and claws are removed from lions or tigers. That's why, 18 European states have already adopted a ban on the use of wild animals in circuses and 24 out of 27 Member States restrict the use of animals in one form or another. But it's not enough since the use of animals in circuses is not bound to one country and circuses regularly moved between Member States.

Most wild animal's touristic attractions are not the best to do if you want to protect wildlife. When you ride a camel in Morocco, or ride an elephant in Thailand, you participate in the animal abuse system. They don't take care of these animals, they mistreat them. If you want to do a safari, choose the right one. Some safaris use electric cars which prevent the loud engine noise, vibrations on the ground, and smells from the exhaust gases. Thus, if you want to protect wildlife, do your best to not support this system.

As Anthony Douglas Williams said “It's not whether animals will survive, it's whether man has the will to save them”.

The term “microaggression” was coined by professor Chester M. Pierce in the 1970s in order to describe insults and dismissive behaviour he had witnessed against black people. However, in the last few years this designation has become a popular topic of discussion on social media, especially among young people. Now the term has been expanded to include offensive comments and behaviours that are directed at anyone in a marginalised group, including, but not limited to women, people of colour, people with disabilities, LGBTIQ+, and people who are older.

These microaggressions, whether intentional or not, are usually short, subtle, frequent, and often automatic in everyday verbal, behavioural, or environmental settings. They, however, communicate negative, hostile, or derogatory observations and insults towards individuals. People often do not realise that they are participating in such communication, and this exchange is so extensive and automatic in everyday conversations and interactions that it is often rejected and overlooked as innocent and harmless.

Although microaggressions can be perceived as minor and sometimes innocent offences, they can have a serious psychological impact on the mental health of the recipient, leading to anger and depression and even impairing work productivity and problem-solving abilities.

Examples of microaggressions can be:

• “I’m so OCD about my files” or “I can’t read today. I’m so dyslexic”.
• “You don’t look gay”.
• “I don't see colour”, “I was raised to treat everyone the same”, “I work in a diverse environment”, “There is only one race, the Human Race”.
• Someone checking their wallet or holding their purse while a Black person approaches or passes by, or a shopkeeper following a black customer around the store.

​These phrases can be perceived as ableist language and they trivialise disabilities; they assume that gay people have a specific characteristic that make them different from the “ordinary”; they deny a person of colour’s racial or ethnic experience, or even as a racial or cultural being; and they presume a person’s criminal status by assuming a black person as dangerous, criminal, or deviant.

​There are specific approaches that an individual can use to modify their behaviour, such as listening to the receiver of the microaggression and empathise to their feelings, trying not to dismiss a person’s feelings or be defensive, taking steps to be more understanding and educated, and trying to alter microaggressive behaviours.

It can be difficult to change learnt biases. Nevertheless, those who use microaggressions can educate themselves on the consequences of their harmful language and change their behaviours.