The Kerulos Center for Nonviolence

The Kerulos Center for Nonviolence A community of mutual support co-created with Indigenous Wildlife, rescued Animals, the land & humans Tourists caught the “perpetrators” on camera.

We are committed to principles of transparency, ethical integrity, love, and beauty through work rooted in the philosophy and concept of nonviolence. Our story began two decades ago in South Africa when over 100 Rhinoceroses were found dead. Park biologists were shocked. The killers weren’t human, they were young male African Elephants (bulls). The naturally peaceful Elephant was acting completely

out of character. In 2004, Kerulos founder and Executive Director, Dr. Gay Bradshaw, discovered that the young bulls were suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a condition common to combat veterans and prisoners. While scientists tacitly acknowledge that Animals share with humans the same brain structures and processes that govern thinking, feeling, consciousness, and behavior, the diagnosis of Elephant PTSD was the first time this understanding was openly recognized. The large number of Rhinoceroses killed provided indisputable evidence of Animal psychological trauma caused by human violence. Kerulos was founded in 2008 in response to widespread scientific and public interest. In 2014, we founded The Tortoise and The Hare Sanctuary, located on 32 acres of forested land outside the town of Jacksonville, Oregon. Our sanctuary is home to domestic Animals and endangered, special needs wildlife. The land also provides refuge for native, free-living Animals. In 2009 (made up the year), we launched the Kerulos Learning Institute. Our programs integrate three areas of learning -
~ Science that provides insights into Animal minds, emotions, and cultures
~ Somatics that explores ourselves and Animals though the lens of movement and body
~ Contemplative studies that revitalize, deepen, and align our connection with nature

06/03/2026
We hope you'll join us tomorrow at 11am PDT, for a very special Living One Workshop with Midge Raymond and John Yunker!T...
05/21/2026

We hope you'll join us tomorrow at 11am PDT, for a very special Living One Workshop with Midge Raymond and John Yunker!

This will be an interactive session, so please bring your notebooks and a writing utensil!

Please note, you do not need to be a "writer" to enjoy and interact with this workshop. The aim is simply to empower people to speak out on behalf of their neighborhood non-human kin.

Register here: https://kerulos.org/2026-registration/

We hope you'll join this Friday, May 22nd, at 11am PT for our final Living One gathering of this session, and a very spe...
05/18/2026

We hope you'll join this Friday, May 22nd, at 11am PT for our final Living One gathering of this session, and a very special workshop hosted by Midge Raymond and John Yunker!

This workshop, 'Animal Writes: Advocating for animals who share our homes and towns" aims to empower people to speak out on behalf of their neighborhood non-human kin.

All around us, they converse and whisper and shout. But because they speak in different languages, we, like travelers in a foreign land, often tune out their voices, generalizing them into a background of bird calls, squirrel chirps, and dog barks. But there are some of us, such as naturalists and writers, who do try to interpret these foreign languages. In this one-hour program we'll discuss how writers can give "voice" to animals via essays, stories, and letters to the editor. We'll explore one real-life example of how using letters from a local deer helped raised awareness and understanding of the deer/human conflicts in Ashland, Oregon.

Register here: https://kerulos.org/2026-registration/

Please join us tomorrow, Friday May 15, 11 am PT on Living One with guest speaker Mary Finelli! Mary is Founder, Presid...
05/14/2026

Please join us tomorrow, Friday May 15, 11 am PT on Living One with guest speaker Mary Finelli! Mary is Founder, President, and Chairperson of Fish Feel, and she chairs the Save the Rays Coalition. Watch and listen to this video created for the Fishes!

Its on iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/fish-like-to-swim-single/id824706352Is it insane to state something so obvious in a song? Fish like to swim...

In the first of a series, Kerulos intern and friend Anne Mitchell shares her experience of an open rescue of 2000 Beagle...
05/11/2026

In the first of a series, Kerulos intern and friend Anne Mitchell shares her experience of an open rescue of 2000 Beagles at a research and breeding facility. Read about her experiences of Nonviolence in Practice here!

https://kerulos.org/may-we-are-living-among-them/

Celebrate Respect for Chickens Day with a lifelong commitment to Plant-based eating and speaking out for these magnifice...
05/04/2026

Celebrate Respect for Chickens Day with a lifelong commitment to Plant-based eating and speaking out for these magnificent beings! Watch rescued Chickens now in Grace Village enjoying life again.

Celebrate International Respect for Chickens Day, May 4, 2026

Join us this Friday, May 8th at 11am PDT, to hear Mary Finelli discuss "Fish Feel".Mary Finelli is President and Chairpe...
05/04/2026

Join us this Friday, May 8th at 11am PDT, to hear Mary Finelli discuss "Fish Feel".

Mary Finelli is President and Chairperson of Fish Feel, and she chairs the Save the Rays Coalition. Mary is a long-time animal rights activist with a B.S. in Animal Science. She has worked with various animal protection organizations, primarily focusing on farmed animals. Mary was the Producer of Farmed Animal Watch, a weekly online news digest sponsored by numerous animal protection organizations. She has contributed a chapter to Vegan Voices, and co-wrote a chapter of In Defense of Animals: The Second Wave (which has also been published in both editions of The Animals Reader).

Register here: https://kerulos.org/2026-registration/

Join us this Friday, May 1st at 11am PDT, to hear Rimona Afana discuss "Multispecies Domicide in Gaza: The Annihilation ...
04/28/2026

Join us this Friday, May 1st at 11am PDT, to hear Rimona Afana discuss "Multispecies Domicide in Gaza: The Annihilation of Human Homes, Nonhuman Homes, and Homeland".

Rimona Afana is a Romanian–Palestinian researcher, lecturer, activist, and multimedia artist. Her research on crimes against humans and nonhumans is published in leading law and criminology journals and books, and her artwork appears in literature journals, arts magazines, festivals and exhibitions. Over the past twenty years she has also contributed to many civic projects on human and nonhuman rights, in different countries.

Register below: https://kerulos.org/2026-registration/

Activists Tear-Gassed at Raid of Beagle Research FacilityOver 1,000 nonviolent protesters tried to rescue a private bre...
04/22/2026

Activists Tear-Gassed at Raid of Beagle Research Facility

Over 1,000 nonviolent protesters tried to rescue a private breeding and lab facility in Wisconsin which has been cited for Animal abuse and violations in an effort to save thousands of beagles used for medical experimentation.

Some 1,000 protesters tried to storm a private breeding and lab facility in Wisconsin in an effort to steal thousands of beagles that are bred for medical experimentation.

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