About us

The minds behind Circle of Compassion

Renato W.

Chairman of the Board

I am a general practitioner with my own practice in Eichberg SG. Besides medicine, I have been intensively involved in animal liberation for years. I am a convinced vegan and recommend a lifestyle without animal products for ethical and health reasons.

The activism form of educational videos and talk methinks is one of the most effective. That’s why I’m on Circle of Compassion.

Robert R.

Member of the Board

I like to live vegan, for animals, children, nature.

Economist. Entrepreneur. Activist.

“Do not go where the road leads, but go where there is no road and leave a trail” (R.W.Emerson)

Hubi B.

Member of the Board

I work full-time as a senior project manager and part-time as a photographer and nutritionist.

Since childhood, I have had a strong sense of justice and have always stood up for the weaker ones. A few years ago, I realised that I was blind to the greatest injustice that was happening day after day right in front of my eyes. Even worse – I was part of it myself!

Food, clothing, cosmetics, entertainment, medicine – violence against animals has many facets, and each is equally cruel and unnecessary. As a vehement and passionate animal rights activist, I want to open people’s eyes as they were opened to me and put an end to this exploitation of animals in any form.

Iris B.

Member of the Board

Not granting animals rights or a life in dignity and integrity means immeasurable suffering for all non-human living beings. Through the Circles, Circle of Compassion draws attention to precisely these issues, and that’s why I’m involved. Everyone here is passionately committed to the same values: the protection of all living beings from exploitation, violence and injustice.

Robert R.

Member of the Board

As an environmental and animal rights activist, I stand up for nature, animals and people. I work as a remedial teacher at a public school in the canton of Zurich. At Circle of Compassion I love the performance, the talks and the animal masks.

Gaspare O.

Organization team

Hello! 🙂 I am a person who appreciates life and I find interest in everything that surrounds me. Professionally I work as an intensive care nurse, in my free time I like to do sports. I can often be found in the role of activist and photographer during our campaigns! 🙂

Giulia B.

Organization team

For as long as I can remember, I have felt a deep connection to nature and to our fellow inhabitants on this earth – the animals. At the beginning of 2023, when I realized the exploitation of animals, I decided to choose a vegan lifestyle for them. It was the least I could do. I couldn’t let go of the issue – I felt a huge responsibility and knew I had to do more. I wanted to give the animals my voice.

Since then, I have spent my free time campaigning for animals in various activist organizations, including Circle Of Compassion. Together with Fabian, I am now bringing the Circle’s work to the Rhine Valley. My big dream is to one day work for the animals professionally.

I am fighting for justice, an end to speciesism, mass slaughter and the exploitation of animals – and for peaceful coexistence between all living beings.

Fabian N.

Organization team

I study philosophy and German language and literature at the University of Zurich and campaign for justice in my free time. In my youth, I co-initiated the climate movement in Liechtenstein and later joined the Liechtenstein Youth Council, the Young List (FL) and the Young Greens (CH).

It still took me some time to recognize one of the most serious injustices: Speciesism and the associated systematic oppression and exploitation of billions of non-human animals. For the past year, I have been taking to the streets in various parts of Switzerland and raising my voice for those who are being silenced. Together with Giulia, I am now taking the Circle to the Rhine Valley.

Sonja S.

Organization team

I work as a qualified nurse HF in a psychiatric clinic. In addition to my job, I invest my time and energy in various animal rights and animal welfare organizations to actively make a difference. At Circle of Compassion, I mainly organize the events in St.Gallen. As a convinced vegan, I am against any kind of animal exploitation. I have been passionately involved in animal rights since my youth and it is a matter close to my heart to fight for the dignity and rights of animals.

Tamara B.

Organization team

From an early age, I felt a strong connection to our animal companions. Although I didn’t want to and couldn’t eat my friends from an early age, I didn’t realize the full extent of the cruel facets of our “livestock” farming and killing for a long time. A few years ago, I finally decided that a vegan lifestyle was the only ethically justifiable thing for me.

I find public awareness of the cruelty involved in the production of animal products very important, valuable and essential for the future of us all. I am driven by the idea that every sentient being should be entitled to the same rights.

I support the association in administrative matters. I also work in the administration department of a hospital.

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