Compassion for Nonhuman Animals
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.
Additionally, thanks to grant funding from A Well-Fed World, we started a subgroup, Compassionate Dining, whose mission is to inspire people to eat compassionately, sustainably, and healthfully by increasing the availability of plant-based menu options. If you are connected to a restaurant in the greater Brattleboro area then we'd love to hear from you at [email protected]. We have a variety of ways to improve menus and create inclusive dining experiences that will help to grow your customer base.
Additionally, thanks to grant funding from A Well-Fed World, we started a subgroup, Compassionate Dining, whose mission is to inspire people to eat compassionately, sustainably, and healthfully by increasing the availability of plant-based menu options. If you are connected to a restaurant in the greater Brattleboro area then we'd love to hear from you at [email protected]. We have a variety of ways to improve menus and create inclusive dining experiences that will help to grow your customer base.
Compassionate Dining
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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
Articles
"Animal Emotions: Exploring Passionate Natures" by Marc Bekoff (BioScience, Volume 50, Issue 10, October 2000, Pages 861–870)
"The Truth About Your Bacon" by Nicolas Kristoff (New York Times, August, 6, 2023, Section SR pg. 3)
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."
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
Articles
"Animal Emotions: Exploring Passionate Natures" by Marc Bekoff (BioScience, Volume 50, Issue 10, October 2000, Pages 861–870)
"The Truth About Your Bacon" by Nicolas Kristoff (New York Times, August, 6, 2023, Section SR pg. 3)
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."