Keeping an animal research program going is no small feat—regardless of the size of the staff available to care for the animals and oversee the administrative details involved. This month, we have two Comments that focus on the people involved in the laboratory animal field.

Jordi Tremoleda and Angela Kerton walk us through the emotional burden and compassion fatigue that can come with caring for laboratory animals, with suggestions and resources for promoting the emotional resilience necessary to keep the people—and by extension, their animals—happy and mentally healthy. Christopher Keator describes some of the administrative struggles of a small animal research program, sharing his experiences in keeping such a program up and running when there is neither time nor staff to spare.

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