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Episode 38: Protecting Elephants from Zoos with Lisa Kane

Siobhan OSullivan 27 March 2017 11


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In this episode of Knowing Animals we speak to Lisa Kane. Lisa is a lawyer and is passionate about the plight of elephants in zoos. Today we discuss her article from May 2010, ‘A Case Study of African Elephants Journey from Switzerland to US Zoos in 2003: a questions of commerce and a tale of Brinkmanship’ which was published in Journal of Animal Law.

This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you the AASA – the Australasian Animal Studies Association. Will you be at their Adelaide conference in 2017? I hope so. See you there!

Knowing Animals is a fortnightly podcast hosted by Dr Josh Milburn who discusses all things related to animals and ethics; animals and the law; animals and politics; and animal advocacy. The show features interviews with Animal Studies scholars and animal advocates.

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Episode 37: Animal captivity with Elan Abrell

Siobhan OSullivan 13 March 2017

This episode of Knowing Animals comes to you from New York University. I speak to Dr. Elan Abrell. Elan is based in the Urban Studies Department at Queens Colleague, City University of New York. We discuss his book chapter ‘Lively Sanctuaries: A Shabbat …continue

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Episode 244: Insect farming with Dustin Crummett

Knowing Animals 1 December 2025

Dr Dustin Crummet is an Affiliate Instructor in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington Tacoma and the Executive Director of the Insect Institute, a non-profit organization that critically explores insects in the food system. …continue

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Episode 243: Future animal rights declarations with Doris Schneeberger

Knowing Animals 3 November 2025

Today’s guest is Dr Doris Schneeberger of the Vienna University of Economics and Business. Doris’s academic background is in animal ethics and animal organizational studies. We’re discuss her 2024 Palgrave Macmillan book Envisioning a Better Future for Nonhuman Animals: Towards …continue

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