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Compassion Support is a designated 501c3 nonprofit organization founded by veterinarians to address job related compassion fatigue and burnout. Our goals are to educate ease burdens and develop training strategies for personal and professional resilience. The concept of Compassion Support originated to help the veterinary community because veterinarians have the highest suicide rate when compared to careers of similar education level. In our research it became apparent that compassion fatigue and career burnout from ongoing job stress and trauma was likely part of the cause.