On this show we’re joined by Mary Merkenich, a member of Socialist Alliance and writer for Green Left Weekly, who discusses links between capitalism and the oppression of animals. We also play a talk by Dilan Fernando, Co-Founder of Young Voices for Animals, from the event Animal Liberation and Capitalism, which …continue
-Mariann has an encounter at the gym with someone who wanted to eat meat at an animal sanctuary, Jasmin is infuriated by the awful dairy farm episode of Queer Eye, and Mariann gets into a conversation about the Beyond Burger and GMOs. -Mariann speaks with Nancy Lawson (The Humane Gardener) about …continue
We talk with Sheryl Pierre, Ph. D., about the various forms of Animal Assisted Intervention and therapy animals. Is the trend being taken too far? And what about the welfare of the animals themselves? Your browser does not support the HTML5 audio player. The Other Animals, hosted by Laurent Levy, …continue
On this episode of the Animal Law Podcast, I speak once again with Justin Marceau, author of the new book Beyond Cages: Animal Law and Criminal Punishment. We discuss what types of cruelty he believes are appropriate for prosecution, why the prosecution system around institutionalized abuse towards animals is so …continue
On this episode of the Animal Law Podcast, I speak once again with Justin Marceau, author of the controversial new book Beyond Cages: Animal Law and Criminal Punishment. We discuss why he believes there has been an overemphasis on criminal prosecution of animal abuse as a strategy for systemic change …continue
July 23, 2019 In Episode 37 of Paw & Order, Camille and Peter catch up on the six horse deaths in Calgary Stampede chuckwagon races (get ready for a lengthy discussion of whether rodeo events are illegal), a great column on why the Stampede needs to ditch animal events, golf …continue
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Nicholas Holm. Nicholas is Senior Lecturer in Media Studies at the Massey University. We discuss his journal article ‘Consider the Squirrel: Freaks, Vermin, and Value in the Ruin(s)’ of Nature’ which appeared in Cultural Critique in 2012. This episode of Knowing Animals …continue
