



Photo of Jasmin Singer is by Liz Dee (kitty is Murray) Hi everyone. Jasmin Singer here. I have been vegan for 12 glorious years; vegetarian for 18. And yet, for lunch today, I had a microwaved can of peas. It’s not as though I’m a terrible cook; I have a …continue

Jonathan Balcombe from the Washington DC based Humane Society University discusses his article ‘Animal pleasure and its moral significance’ which appeared in Applied Animal Behaviour Science in 2009. Jonathan explains why we should take animal pleasure much more seriously. Your browser does not support the HTML5 audio player. Knowing Animals is a fortnightly …continue

This is a talk given by Dr Jonathon Balcombe at the Abbotsford Convent in Melbourne, at a Humane Research Australia event. The talk is entitled Animals’ Inner Lives: Notes from a vegan biologist.”Animal behavior expert Jonathan Balcombe is a passionate advocate for animals and their living spaces. His best-selling books …continue

Just about everybody works and most of us want out professional lives and our ethical lives to line up. On today’s show, we’ll be talking with Bob Comis who was, until recently, a pig farmer. Then he realized that even though he wasn’t engaged in “factory farming,” he was engaged …continue

In this episode of Knowing Animals we speak to Di Evans, the animal welfare office with RSPCA South Australia (SA). She is working to ban jumps racing in SA. Your browser does not support the HTML5 audio player. Knowing Animals is a fortnightly podcast hosted by Dr Josh Milburn who …continue


Here it is – Episode #5 of the Animal Law Podcast! This brand new episode features Jared Goodman, Director of Litigation for the PETA Foundation, whom I love chatting with, and not only because he is my former student (!). […] Your browser does not support the HTML5 audio player. …continue