A newsletter by Philip
What happens to the people who show up every day for the animals — and what does that tell us about how we build organizations that last?
Not the animals themselves — the humans behind the work. The shelter workers, rescue volunteers, and caregivers who carry the emotional weight of this field, often without anyone asking how they're doing.
Positive Animal Caregivers explores that question — through personal essays and conversations with people in the field, sitting with the experience of this work rather than rushing to explain it.
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Philip
Experience with shelters and rescues in Korea, Sri Lanka, Canada & the UK · Currently at Bali Animal Welfare Association
I came to animal welfare from the outside — a background in accounting, strategy consulting, and technology. What I kept noticing wasn't a gap in animal knowledge. It was a gap in how we talk about the people carrying it out. This newsletter is my attempt to explore that — honestly, and without pretending I have all the answers.
Archive
What you'll find here
Personal essays
Reflective, unhurried writing on what this work actually does to the people doing it.
Caregiver spotlights
Profiles of the people carrying out animal welfare, in their own words and voice.
Org & field notes
Field notes from inside animal welfare — what I notice, wonder about, and haven’t figured out yet.