Freedom of Species

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

This week we speak with Clair Linzey, deputy director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics and discuss their upcoming summer school and major report, “Normalising the Unthinkable – The ethics of using Animals in Research”. http://www.oxfordanimalethics.com/ Your browser does …continue

We chat with Mia Macdonald, Executive Director of policy action tank ,”Brighter Green” about global agribusiness & finance focusing on China , animal activism in China, that headline that circulated last week,”Feds vegan diet best for planet” & “What’s for …continue

When you enter the dark halls of lethal control we use for wildlife population and “‘pest control” 1080 poison is banned in most countries as an option -it is undeniably death by torture and it kills indiscriminately yet Australia still …continue

We catch up with Mark Pearson. You may know him as the long-standing Executive Director of Animal Liberation in Australia but he is also in the running to be the first person to represent the Animal Justice Party in Australian …continue

This week’s show features Donalea Patman from “For the Love of Wildlife”. Donalea was instrumental in lobbying Minster for the Environment Greg Hunt and Jason Wood MP to ban the importation of lion trophies to Australia. We hear how Donalea …continue

 AAAh..the kisses of crystal eucalypt air smudged by the welcome aroma of a campfire beckons many of us in autumn to pack our swag & go camping in the Snowy Mountain regions or Kosciuszko National Park -beautiful areas that have …continue