Freedom of Species

Hunting is a key threat to wild animal populations around the world. For the Love of Wildlife wants to reduce Australians impact on the trade of african animals by making it illegal to import and trade their body parts in Australia. We …continue

We chat with Graeme Linsell, a Melbourne-based volunteer wildlife rescuer & carer. He talks us through what’s involved in this critically important role, some of the basic principles, & how we can get trained so that we too can help …continue

We discuss language and animals and how by design, language acts as a weapon against animals perpetuating speciesism through demeaning terms like ‘you cow’ or by laundering terms that hide cruelty, for example, a ‘processing plant’ instead of a slaughterhouse. …continue

We are joined by a local campaigner from the Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses, Elio Celotto, to discuss the inherent issues with horse racing and what we can do about it.  In Australia, we are days away from the Melbourne …continue

This show features the talk ‘Veganwashing Israel’s Dirty Laundry? Animal Politics and Nationalism in Palestine-Israel’ by scholar-activist Esther Alloun. You can find more of Esther’s work at the following link: https://uow.academia.edu/EstherAlloun Esther’s talk is from the conference ‘Animal Nationalisms: Multispecies cultural …continue

We’re in the studio talking with Doug Leith, president of Melbourne Save Animals In Laboratories (MSAIL), about vivisection (animal experimentation) in Australia, as well as how and why it fails to meet its claimed objectives of improved human health outcomes.  …continue

We chat with Ingrid Marker about how large bodied dogs, in particular hunting dogs trained to kill pigs, are lethal to the cassowary population who are already up against it with their disappearing habitat, roads, and fragmented landscapes.Mentioned in podcast …continue

We speak with two activists from Melbourne, Trevor and Bess, about consistent anti-oppression. They unpack what it means and why it’s important.You can find out more about Consistent Anti-oppression here. Your browser does not support the HTML5 audio player. A …continue