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Preventing Pandemics & Mistreatment of Animals via the Convention on Animal Protection, a global treaty (interview with Dr. Raj Reddy)
Episode 43
Law professor Dr. Raj Reddy explains an important new global treaty for animal welfare and pandemic prevention called “Convention on Animal Protection” found at https://www.conventiononanimalprotecti…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Bird Flu outbreak mass killing methods in industrial farms: An interview with Farm Sanctuary’s animal welfare expert
Episode 42
A highly pathogenic bird flu is causing the premature deaths of millions of birds in 2022, including wild birds but especially domesticated birds on industrial egg farms, since U.S. factory farms are…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Wild Animal Trapping Investigation by Born Free USA: Dr. Liz Tyson Exposes Cruel Reality and Calls for a Ban
Episode 41
We discuss an undercover investigation (in Iowa) of the wild animal trapping industry in the U.S., conducted by Born Free USA and the Humane Society of the U.S., where the investigator witnessed how …
Published on 3 years, 8 months ago
Women’s Earth & Climate Action Network: An interview with founder Osprey Orielle Lake
Episode 40
Women, especially women of color, are highly impacted by the climate crisis and the fossil fuel industry and also are leaders (and increasingly should be) in promoting a clean energy transition and h…
Published on 3 years, 8 months ago
Cattle Grazing on Public Lands: We all Pay as Ecosystems & Wildlife Suffer
Episode 39
Chris Bugbee, SW Conservation Advocate of the Center for Biological Diversity, discusses the ecological problems with cheap permits allowing cattle grazing across so many millions of acres of public …
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
”Like an Animal” Dehumanization & Speciesism in Immigration Discourse: Interview with Dr. Natalie Khazaal
Episode 38
This provocative discussion on Dr. Khazaal's book "Like an Animal" explores the intersection of immigration, discrimination, the problematic human/animal divide, and speciesism, within the context of…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Humanity‘s Quest for Immortality Triggering Denial of Animality: An Interview with Dr. Lori Marino
Episode 37
Based on humanity's subconscious anxiety at admitting we are mortal animals, we seek immortality through a denial of death and our animality. Dr. Lori Marino discusses this topic in her research pape…
Published on 4 years ago
Forecasting nightly bird migrations to go Lights Out to save lives: Julia Wang of Birdcast
Episode 36
Did you know that birds tend to migrate at night, and light pollution from our homes and buildings can mess up their navigation and cause deadly collisions? Birdcast.info is a website and a research/…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Wildlife Corridors Connecting Yellowstone USA to Yukon Canada: Y2Y with Hannah Rasker
Episode 35
North America’s animals can’t be restricted to living within park boundaries and must migrate freely. The vision of Y2Y is an interconnected system of wild lands and waters stretching 2,000 miles fro…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
An ecofeminist take on interspecies justice and animal law with rhetoric scholar Dr. Marek Muller
Episode 34
We talk about interspecies justice, animal rights, personhood, and earth jurisprudence from a legal and ecofeminist perspective, putting animal rights in context of intersectional social justice acti…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago