Wildlife' is a term that refers to animals that are not normally domesticated. They are a living resource that will die and be replaced by others of their kind. Wildlife plays an important role in balancing the environment and provides stability to different natural processes of nature. It can be found in all ecosystems, desert, rain forests, plains and other areas. South Africa's wildlife is both rich and varied, it includes all types of animals lion, leopard, rhinoceros (both black and white species), elephant, and Cape buffalo.
Wildlife is important for its beauty, economic, scientific and survival value. It helps to maintain the ecological balance of nature and maintains the food chain. It provides useful substances and wild animal products like ivory, leather, honey, tusk etc. Besides being a country's cultural asset it also provides aesthetic value to man. In this picture we can see it being displayed the high value man has towards animals in South Africa. We largely depend on wildlife for every elementary requirement in our life, for example the clothes we wear and the medicines we consume.
The wildlife is held high in the minds of South Africans so that is why there are,metal statues of wild animals at the V&A Waterfront.
