At The Open Sanctuary Project, we are committed to providing information in service of animal sanctuaries, especially proven data for improving the lives of animals in sanctuary environments without causing harmThe infliction of mental, emotional, and/or physical pain, suffering, or loss. Harm can occur intentionally or unintentionally and directly or indirectly. Someone can intentionally cause direct harm (e.g., punitively cutting a sheep's skin while shearing them) or unintentionally cause direct harm (e.g., your hand slips while shearing a sheep, causing an accidental wound on their skin). Likewise, someone can intentionally cause indirect harm (e.g., selling socks made from a sanctuary resident's wool and encouraging folks who purchase them to buy more products made from the wool of farmed sheep) or unintentionally cause indirect harm (e.g., selling socks made from a sanctuary resident's wool, which inadvertently perpetuates the idea that it is ok to commodify sheep for their wool). to them.
The Center For Compassionate Animal Studies (CCAS) was launched in 2020 as a platform for sharing and highlighting research conducted in a non-invasive, non-exploitative, transparent manner with the goal of helping sanctuaries provide better lifelong care for their residents.
Check back on this page in the near future to learn about our standards, guidelines, and methodologies required in order to have research published through the CCAS!
