In our efforts to better understand animals and inspire a unified commitment to their protection and well-being, we seek to understand the perceptual, emotional and intellectual dimensions of other species and their ability to experience empathy, joy, fear and loss. We acknowledge the suffering of other animals at our hands and look for actions can be taken to right the wrongs and cease cruel practices. Through exploring new, game-changing innovations in the protection of endangered species, we shine a light on the threat of our inaction. And we recognize the multiple roles animals play in our lives and their ability to move us beyond the limitations of our humanness to understand our place in a larger, more-than-human community. We are thinking animals united on this planet.