The Kinship Times : Inaugural Issue

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[image: The Kerulos Center] The Kinship Times

May, 2010

Issue No. 1

 

 

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In this issue

 

• Of Dignity and Freedom <#1288a623d5c17a9d_1>

• Come Learn with Us <#1288a623d5c17a9d_2>

• A Sanctuary in Mind <#1288a623d5c17a9d_7>

• Elephant Listening Hands <#1288a623d5c17a9d_3.5>

• REACH Out! <#1288a623d5c17a9d_2.5>

• Man and Bear? Relax. <#1288a623d5c17a9d_4>

• Website Blends Art, Info <#1288a623d5c17a9d_5>

• Who's New <#1288a623d5c17a9d_5_5>

• On the Edge <#1288a623d5c17a9d_6>

• Giving Mindfully <#1288a623d5c17a9d_8>

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relationships, and create new ways of living to ensure animal dignity and

freedom.*

 

 

 

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Letter A World of Dignity and Freedom

 

 

Spring Greetings!

 

Welcome to the inaugural edition of The Kerulos

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*The Kinship Times*.

 

[image: Gay Bradshaw and Peanut]This issue celebrates the first anniversary

of our 501©(3) non-profit status.

 

Kerulos is a research and education center that integrates science and

sanctuary in service to animals. We are founded to prevent violence against

animals and to support animals’ ability to live with dignity and freedom.

 

Our programs are trans-species: we design our questions and activities to

reflect animal needs and cultures. Animals talk, we listen.

 

Last year, our efforts focused on creating a solid foundation for Kerulos

programs and faculty. Now, we are putting these preparations into action by

implementing new projects, services, and courses, and with the establishment

of the Kerulos Animal Recovery and Education

Sanctuary<http://kerulos.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=accb583e7e74dee49ae8e\

1921 & id=6bb4c559c5 & e=27a4d409a7>(KARES).

 

KARES<http://kerulos.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=accb583e7e74dee49ae8e1921\

& id=ca6b3daee2 & e=27a4d409a7>represents

the first animal care center founded on principles of human

trauma recovery. Our sanctuary will utilize the best of human knowledge to

restore animal hearts and minds. By healing animals, we heal humanity and

make all places sanctuary.The sanctuary motto, *Je t'attendrai* (I will wait

for you), conveys our commitment to animal kin: You will never be forgotten.

We are here for you.

 

Welcome to Kerulos. Join us in helping make a world where we live in peace

with animal kin.

 

For the Animals,

 

Gay Bradshaw, PhD, PhD

Executive Director

The Kerulos Center

 

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EDUCATION Come Learn With Us

 

[image: A successful day] Starting this Spring, The Kerulos

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offer new courses on a diversity of topics including animal psychology

and psychotherapy, elephant psychology and trauma recovery, and animal-human

communication.

 

In addition to introductory and general interest courses, we also offer a

Professional Series for those who seek an in-depth study of animal

psychology, concepts of animal trauma and methods of recovery, and other

specific topics.

 

To sign-up for courses or to obtain information on course content and

schedules, please visit the Kerulos Education

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id=81725199ed & e=27a4d409a7>.

 

 

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ANIMAL CARE & RECOVERY Elephant Listening Hands

 

[image: Elke's Listening Hands]The Elephant Listening Hands project is an

educational and therapy program to help stop elephant suffering and improve

human-elephant relationships—to catalyze profound transformation and bring

healing to these magnificent, sensitive beings enduring captivity.

 

Our work successfully convinced participating veterinarians and mahouts in

India that there is another way to relate with elephants and other animals:

one that is gentle and caring, not dominating and violent.

 

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service REACH Out!

 

[image: Silver and Ann] Service to the animal care community is an important

part of the The Kerulos

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Our new program,

*Resilience and Engagement for Animal Care and Healing* (REACH), is designed

to help animals by helping sanctuaries, shelters, and others in the animal

care community cope with stress, including burnout and compassion fatigue.

 

REACH is based on the idea that if animals are to be healed, we must also

" heal the healer. " Our goal is to build resilient, trauma-informed workplace

cultures where all animals, human and non-human, can thrive.

 

REACH services are provided by Kerulos faculty members, licensed and

certified psychotherapists with extensive experience in organizational

development, coaching, and employee assistance programs. For more

information, please visit the Kerulos Service

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id=c9283104c8 & e=27a4d409a7>.

 

 

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Projects [image: Safe at last]A Sanctuary in Mind

 

The Kerulos

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a unique vision for an animal sanctuary and training center that

brings

the theory and practice of animal trauma and recovery together under one

roof. The *Kerulos Animal Recovery and Education Sanctuary *(KARES) not only

helps animals restore their lives after trauma, but through study and

education

programs works with other sanctuaries to improve methods of animal trauma

recovery.

 

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TRANS-SPECIES LIVING Man and Bear? Relax.

 

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that knowledge only becomes meaningful with action. Trans-species

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individuals who venture beyond the ”human-animal barrier” to share

their lives with other species on an equal footing.

 

In this issue, we focus on Kerulos faculty members Charlie

Russell<http://kerulos.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=accb583e7e74dee49ae8e19\

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at right), and Margo

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who designed her house and her life to reflect the values and needs of house

rabbits. Also featured is Jill

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921 & id=4bdf329eaf & e=27a4d409a7>,

founder of Animals Asia and Bear Sanctuary in China.

 

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KERULOS EVENTS Website Blends Art, Info

 

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web site is officially launched and packed with information on ways to

become involved in our mission. As an international educational, research,

and networking organization, the website functions as a critical hub of

information and communication.

 

Celebrated photographer and advocate of wildlife, Robin

Lindsey<http://kerulos.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=accb583e7e74dee49ae8e19\

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has brought this vision to the internet through her creation of this

stunning website. A standing ovation and deepest thanks for Robin!

 

Each month you will find a new animal featured on our homepage in the

section, Bearing

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This month, we offer a glimpse into the life of Rupert, a Moon bear who was

rescued from bile farmers in China and brought to sanctuary.

Who's New

 

In addition to our already stellar faculty, we are proud to welcome Dr. Dame

Daphne Marjorie Sheldrick DBE,

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The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Nairobi, Kenya. Dame Daphne and

her

world-renown, groundbreaking work with orphaned elephants are described in

Gay Bradshaw's book, Elephants on the

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id=9215d12c8b & e=27a4d409a7>.

 

 

We are also honored with three more additions to our faculty:

 

- Ray

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id=82531e9f9a & e=27a4d409a7>.

Ray is a former elephant zookeeper who now works to free wildlife from zoos

and other forms of captivity

- Michael

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Michael is co-founder of Best Friends Animal Society and co-founder and

President of Zoe, a global community of people who care about the animals,

nature, and the environment.

- Carol

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21 & id=a5351870d2 & e=27a4d409a7>.

Carol is an expert in adult elephant trauma recovery and co-founder of the

Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee.

 

Please visit our

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to learn more about the unique expertise and perspectives that each

member and their animal colleagues bring to enrich Kerulos’ teaching and

leadership.

 

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PUBLICATIONS On the Edge

 

[image: Elephants on the Edge cover]*Elephants on the Edge: What Animals

Teach Us About

Humanity<http://kerulos.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=accb583e7e74dee49ae8e1\

921 & id=2ddd3b3748 & e=27a4d409a7>,

**by G.A. Bradshaw. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009.*

 

Through the lens of science and soul, Elephants on the

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id=7cb1548e9b & e=27a4d409a7>chronicles

the lives of individual elephants and their society struggling to

survive the onslaught of modern humanity.

 

Selected for *Scientific American’s Favorite Books of 2009*, Elephants on

the

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id=ac9d5ed941 & e=27a4d409a7>represents

the first of a series on animal psychotherapy, trauma recovery,

and wildlife cultural restoration. *The Atlantic Monthly* called Elephants

on the

Edge<http://kerulos.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=accb583e7e74dee49ae8e1921 & \

id=050c4536c0 & e=27a4d409a7>“[a]n

existentialist’s tract wrapped in a naturalist’s treatise… a reasoned

appeal to morality that’s as heartwarming as it is heartbreaking.”

 

Elephants on the

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received an honorable mention in the Psychology category of the

* 2009 PROSE Award*, presented by the Professional and Scholarly Publishing

Division of the Association of American Publishers, and was a Finalist for

the 2009 *Book of the Year Award* (BOTYA).

 

*

Bear in mind. Exploring the common minds and emotions of people and other

animals and their lives together.

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*Psychology Today blog.*

 

[image: Tom, Rest in Peace]In this frequently updated Psychology

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& id=30fdeac568 & e=27a4d409a7>blogspot,

Executive Director Gay Bradshaw explores the lives of animals

through the lens of trans-species psychology. Recent titles include, *Chicken

Like Me*, *The Woeful Whale*, and *Reconciling Difference.*

 

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[image: Centre Avenue School]In celebration of National Bird

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3rd grade students at Centre Avenue School in East Rockaway, New York,

developed a project sponsored by The Kerulos Center

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the Avian Welfare Coaltion. Led by teacher and Kerulos board member, Lorraine

Donlon <http://../../about_kerulos/board.html>, the students learned about

wild birds who are captured from their flocks and held in captivity. In

response to a letter written by the students to the Mayor of East Rockaway,

the Village Board voted unanimously to make January 5th official *bird day*!

Big cheer for Centre Avenue School!

 

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Many thanks for your generous donations in 2009! Your support in 2010 is

vital to our cause, your cause: the animals. We have accomplished a great

deal, but there is still much to be done. Your support will allow us to

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