In 2024 Compassionate Brattleboro undertook a series of actions related to creating a better understanding of compassion towards nonhuman animals. This included an ad campaign and a conversation with a panel of experts at the Brooks Memorial Library. On this page we present some facts, figures, and resources that can help start and illuminate conversations about compassion and nonhuman animals for those who are curious to explore the idea.
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Resources for learning more about compassion and nonhuman animals
**This section is in progress, check back for updates!**
Books The Inner Life of Animals by Peter Wohlleben Saving Simon: How a Rescue Donkey Taught Me the Meaning of Compassion by Jon Katz The Ethics of What We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter by Peter Singer and Jim Mason The Secret Life of Cows by Rosamund Young Animal Rights and Human Obligations edited by Peter Singer and Tom Regan Between Light and Storm: How We Live with Other Species by Esther Woolfson
Organizations The Humane League Berkshire Farm Sanctuary has pages of information (characteristics, abilities, how they are used by humans and cared for (or not), life span, etc.) on different farm animals and offers this advice: "Having compassion and being educated at any age gives you the power to change the world and make it a better place."