Freedom of Species

This week we chat with the International Vegan Rights Alliance, it’s founder Jeanette Rowley, and Australian representative Greg McFarlane. We discuss the paper Jeannette will be presenting at the current “ANIMAL PUBLICS: Emotions, Empathy, Activism” conference at The University of …continue

So, you’ve always wanted to move to the country and have an animal sanctuary? If that’s the case, you need to meet Justin Van Kleeck. He co-founded the Microsanctuary Movement which rethinks the conventional model of farm animal sanctuaries. Don’t …continue

 We chat with  Anne Lloyd-Jones, Australian Director of Animals Asia Foundation and get the facts on the Yulin dog meat festival in China.  We also discuss the mainstream media  recommendations to swap beef for chicken to combat climate change with …continue

This week we talk with Ahmad Safi, executive director of Palestinian Animal League, Ahmad is a Palestinian animal rights and veganism activist and founder of PAL. His work focuses on raising public awareness and the establishment of new laws for …continue

These two species have brought together John Lemon of Painted Dog Conservation and Kevin Richardson to collaborate on an Australian speaking tour to help raise awareness of the plight of these two remarkable species.   We chat with Kevin about …continue

Gerard Wedderburn-Bisshop from Beyond Zero Emissions talks about BZE’s Land Use Plan and its recommendations for Australia’s animal agriculture industry. And Judith Friedlander from the University of Technology Sydney sheds some light on why mainstream media goes so quiet on …continue

Ahead of the Institute for Critical Animal Studies Oceania conference, we talk to the opening night speaker, Dr Dinesh Wadiwel.Dr Wadiwel is a Lecturer in Human Rights and Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Sydney. His research interests include sovereignty …continue

OUR CAMELS – FERAL OR THOROUGHLY AUSTRALIAN? A recent paper written by Leah Gibbs, Jennifer Atchison & Ingereth Macfarlane & published in Geoforum raises many questions about the place of camels in Australia. When do we accept that a species …continue