Highlights From the One Health approach, empathy represents the initial movement towards achieving planet harmony. The more emotions we attribute to animals, the more we develop pro-conservation behaviors. AES-Brazil may serve as a tool for reflection and monitoring interventions in human-animal relationships. ABSTRACT Objective: To design and validate a Brazilian version of the Animal Empathy Scale, based on the existing Portuguese version. Methods: Content validity assessment was performed by expert judges, and the adapted scale was administered to a sample […]