When I first began providing compassion fatigue workshops for animal welfare organizations in the mid 1990's, I very quickly became aware that people who work in this field have the most emotionally complex and morally challenging role of any trauma worker in our culture. All of you who work in this field deserve and need compassionate understanding and acknowledgement of all you do. This publication is like having a workshop and support system in a book. I highly recommend it for all animal care workers to pick up again and again as needed to find ways to both cope with the symptoms of compassion fatigue and explore ways to heal it.  An excellent book!

For all of you who work in the animal welfare field, thank you for all you do for the animals in your communities and all over the earth.  Not everyone who feels great love for animals has the strength to face the pain inolved in working with those who have been abandoned and abused. May this book support you as you do this very important work.

From the Foreward by Wayne Pacelle, President & CEO of HSUS:
“For years, compassion fatigue was an unspoken occupational hazard of humane work. It caused diminished productivity, high attrition rates among shelter workers and worst of all, despair. For most people who work in the animal protection field it's a calling, and along with the rewards come great emotional hardships. Whether you work at a shelter, a sanctuary or a veterinary clinic, or in one of the thousands of animal-protection groups, every day brings a mix of hope and despair. Even on the best of days, there are disappointments and painful moral choices—and there is always more work to do.”

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