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Camel -feral or thoroughly Australian?

Dr Leah Gibbs chats to Emma Townshend 17 May 2015 20


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OUR CAMELS – FERAL OR THOROUGHLY AUSTRALIAN? A recent paper written by Leah Gibbs, Jennifer Atchison & Ingereth Macfarlane & published in Geoforum raises many questions about the place of camels in Australia. When do we accept that a species belongs here? What does the story of the camel have to tell us about our cultural development when it comes to ethnicity? While some view camels as ferals to eradicate others are building up their camel herds to eat unwanted weeds.Tune in  as we chat with Leah Gibbs. Photo courteousy of Jennifer Atchison -Thankyou Jennifer!

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Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics – Clair Linzey

Roy Taylor Clair Linzey 10 May 2015

This week we speak with Clair Linzey, deputy director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics and discuss their upcoming summer school and major report, “Normalising the Unthinkable – The ethics of using Animals in Research”. http://www.oxfordanimalethics.com/ Your browser does …continue

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Let’s Get Ethical! A Guide to Leaving the World’s Most Egregious Tech Monopolies (Summer Special)

Freedom of Species 11 January 2026

On this Summer Special, Lottie, Hayden and Nick discuss ways to use technologies more ethically.  We will have one more Summer Special next Sunday Jan 18. Normal Freedom of Species programming will resume on Jan 25.  Music: Spotify loves ICE by Dope Knife. Heavy …continue

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Meat Propaganda

Freedom of Species 21 December 2025

In today’s show, Betty and Trev discuss the impact of persistent meat propaganda on the general perception of veganism and plant-based nutrition. Meat propaganda refers to marketing and media efforts that promote consumption of animal products while downplaying their environmental …continue

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