Freedom of Species

On the 24th of November 2018 Victorians went to the polls to vote for their next state representatives. An Australian political party dedicated to animals, called the Animal Justice Party, fielded candidates in 43 of the 88 lower house electorates …continue

Andy of the Animal Justice Party talks about the recent live cattle export protest in Geelong, as well as the cattle export ship incident off Portland.  Caroline of Melbourne Cow Save joins Andy to explain the protest of last week’s …continue

We’re joined by PhD candidate Zoei Sutton who discusses her sociological research exploring pets from an animal liberation perspective. You can follow Zoei on Twitter @zoei_sutton and see the following link to see her academic publications: http://flinders.academia.edu/zoeisutton Zoei also gives a brief …continue

The Animal Justice Party held a summit discussing 1080 poison and we play three presentations from this informative and alarming evening.  Get the toxicogy facts of 1080, the legal ins and outs to help ban this cruel and environmentally destructive poison & …continue

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