In this episode of Knowing Animals we talk to Professor David Schlosberg from the Sydney Environment Institute, at the University of Sydney, about his co-edited book ‘Political Animals and Animal Politics’ which came out in 2015 and is part of the Palsgrave Macmillan series on Animal Ethics. Your browser does …continue
In Australia, the current review of the Poultry Code is underway. The last review was in 2001 and gained pitifully little for the life of a chicken born into the food production industry which is of no surprise. Birds don’t belong in cages, let alone on our plate. Likewise, animal …continue
How can a Hindu-majority country that recognises cows as sacred also be a major global producer of beef, leather and milk?Dr Yamini Narayanan shares her research into this most perplexing contradiction.Dr Yamini Narayanan is a Research Fellow at Deakin University’s Australian Research Council. Her research explores trans-species feminist urban planning …continue
In this episode of Protection Animals I speak to Chris Townend who founded Animal Liberation NSW, Animals and Australia and who worked for animals in India for many years. Your browser does not support the HTML5 audio player. Knowing Animals is a fortnightly podcast hosted by Dr Josh Milburn who …continue
This episode of Knowing Animals is from the Protecting Animals series. I speak to Senator Lee Rhiannon from the Australian Greens about her work as the Greens Animal Welfare Spokesperson. Lee shared that latest on ag-gag in federal parliament, as well as her work to establish an independent office of …continue
In this special Knowing Animals episode Siobhan O’Sullivan speaks to Fiona Probyn-Rapsey about her paper ‘Dingoes and dog-whistling: a cultural politics of race and species in Australia’ which will appear in the Animal Studies Journal in coming weeks. This episode is also available as a video on Youtube so if you would like …continue
