Freedom of Species

Throwing the baby out with the bathwater? It appears current feverish land clearing, mostly for pastoral animal agriculture, makes a mockery of efforts & money to protect threatened species, biodiversity & climate change mitigation.We chat with Dr Hugh Finn from Curtin Law …continue

Sandra Higgin’s presentation at this year’s Irish Vegan Festival titled What Other Animals Need From Us.  Sandra Higgins is Founder and Director of Eden Farm Sanctuary and the woman behind the largest vegan advertising campaign, Go Vegan World. As a …continue

We hear from CEO Nick Spencer and Marketing Officer Phalkun Chan of Ibis Rice, in Phnom Penh. This project of the Wildlife Conservation Society protects some of Cambodia’s most endangered wildlife species, particularly the iconic giant ibis, by collaborating with …continue

WORLD DAY FOR THE END FOR SPECIESISMNearly 50 years on from when British psychologist Richard Ryder coined the term ‘speciesism’, we now have a World Day for the End of Speciesism.It’s a day to call for an end to discrimination …continue

We are savouring some sweet victories! We chat with Chris Del force from Aussie Farms whose ‘ag gag’ charges, as well as those of Dori Kiss, were dismissed. We also chat with Andy Meddick about the recent successful campaign that resulted in …continue

Be inspired by the selflessness of lamb foster carers Emma Sullivan of Animal Liberation Victoria & Luke Westmoreland of Victorian Lamb Rescue, and get angry about the enormous yet largely unknown death toll of the Australian sheep industry. Victorian Lamb Rescue https://www.facebook.com/Victorianlambrescue/Animal …continue

2017 ICAS OCEANIA CONFERENCE – Forging Alliances and Intersections Dr Yamini Narayanan on Cow Protectionism And Indian Animal AdvocacyAudio provided by Progressive Podcast Australia https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/Dr Yamini Narayanan is an ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Senior Fellow at the Alfred Deakin …continue

Fact: In Victoria, old growth native forests, home to many threatened species, are still being cut down for low grade cheap paper products. Volunteer citizen scientists are on the front line of defence saving hundreds of hectares of forest. We …continue