Does the Animal Rights movement have any role to play in the BLM movement? Are there common interests or conflicts? Marla Rose of VegNews explores. Plus Part 2 of our conversation with Wendy Williams and her book: “The Language of Butterflies: How Thieves, Hoarders, Scientists, and Other Obsessives Unlocked the …continue
How can we talk about animals at a time like this? Marc Bekoff ponders, how can we not? Plus Wendy Williams discusses her just-released homage to butterflies: “The Language of Butterflies: How Thieves, Hoarders, Scientists, and Other Obsessives Unlocked the Secrets of the World’s Favorite Insect” The post Talking about …continue
The US and Panama have been collaborating for years to control the scourge of screwworms by air-dropping millions of sterilized versions of the creatures every week. Sara Zhang of The Atlantic discusses the ramifications. Plus, we conclude our conversation with Jessica Pierce about animals in sports. The post Flesh-eating worms …continue
Sports and animals: Footballs, baseballs, and much sporting equipment is constructed from slaughtered animals. Are there alternatives? What about the use of live animals as mascots? We also get our first glimpse at the future of aquatic show parks with developers of animatronic dolphins, sharks, and whales. The post Animals …continue
From voting geese to deliberating honeybees, animals practice their own form of democracy. But can they participate in the human democratic process? Can they be considered citizens? Scholar and artist Eva Meijer discusses “an interspecies democracy.” Plus Paul Waldau unpacks Senator Booker’s proposed Farm System Reform Act The post Animal …continue
The blight of poaching continues to drive countless species to the brink of extinction. Damien Mander, founder of the International Anti-Poaching Foundation, joins us to discuss his on-the-ground efforts to battle poaching and the upcoming National Geographic documentary “Akashinga.” The post Combatting poaching: “Akashinga” with Damien Mander, plus the “Murder …continue
Before there was Beyond Meat or the Impossible Burger, there was Tofurky! This week we speak with Tofurky founder and CEO Seth Tibbott, about his pioneering work in the burgeoning plant-based market and his just-published book “In Search of the Wild Tofurky : How a Business Misfit Pioneered Plant-Based Foods …continue
