Football clubs remove nature from emblems for World Wildlife Day
Wolverhampton Wanderers have temporarily removed the wold from their logo to mark the 'poignant' day
Last updated 5th Sep 2024
Today marks the WWF's World Wildlife Day - and sports clubs in the West Midlands, and across the globe, are taking action to mark it.
Wolverhampton Wanderers are removing the iconic wolf emblem from the club’s crest for the day today (March 3), as their ongoing support for the WWF and their vital work to protect animals right around the world.
The campaign is set to highlight the 'dramatic loss of biodiversity globally' - and with it, the social and economic risk which this real crisis poses to all of us - especially as nearly 1 in 4 species are at risk of going extinct over the next few decades.
Wolves have called today a 'poignant' day - and are joining other football clubs by removing nature from their emblem.
It's all in a bid to show what we're at risk of losing once they do go extinct.
Russell Jones, Wolves’ general manager for marketing & commercial growth, said: “Wolves have supported World Wildlife Day for the past four years and the campaign is no less important now in 2024, so we are once again teaming up with WWF and removing the wolf from our iconic crest just for one day as a show of solidarity for the cause.
“The wolf continues to be an endangered animal in many parts of the world, so it is an opportunity to raise awareness for what the world might look like without animals – something that is a sad possibility if action isn’t taken.
“We have been really proud to see Wolves stand alongside some of the world’s biggest companies in backing this campaign over the last four years and we continue to support WWF’s work in reversing our human impact on nature.”
You can find out more about WWF - and the #WorldWithoutNature campaign on their website.