This is the story of the Skilpadsvlei wetland in Kommetjie, on the southern tip of Africa. Once an important breeding ground for the Western Leopard Toad, this humble wetland was filled in in the 1960s, which was a disaster for toads and other wildlife.

But in 2012 a Kommetjie environmentalist, Wally Petersen, was spurred on by Sam, a Western Leopard Toad which shared his garden, to turn the situation around and save the critically endangered toads.