Save Just One is a hope, a prayer, a call to action. As individuals who care about the survival of all life on this planet, we can easily be overwhelmed by the extent of what is quite literally an extinction crisis for species after species of animals, insects and plants.
On this site, we will tell stories of individual creatures because we believe it is easier to understand and respond to this crisis if we see these creatures as individuals. Humans can relate more effectively to a single creature in crisis and by doing so, better understand the impact of the loss of whole species of creatures.
A pride, a herd or a crash is made up of individual animals. These animals interact with each other as distinctly different individuals. All lion, elephants or rhinos are not interchangeable within their own social groups. Seeing these interactions helps us understand the importance of savings the individual as the key to saving the group.
Studies have shown that elephants experience many of the same emotions as human beings. Elephants are indeed capable of sadness, joy and distress and this is shown when a member of the herd dies. Family is all-important to elephants and the death of a family member has effects on the structure of the herd, particularly if this is the matriarch, as the younger members rely so heavily on her guidance.
If we all work to Save Just One imagine the cumulative impact such an effort would have.
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