Have you ever heard people discussing gene editing of predators to turn them into herbivores? Or to gene edit animals who have many offspring, to have them create far fewer offspring? These are some of the extreme suggestions coming from advocates to reduce the suffering of wild animals. So what’s up with WAS? Davita and Trev discuss ideas within this movement, and the many responses to it. Links: Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations: https://www.facebook.com/mldrin Herbivorize Predators: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSaX8vDzaVvMGGfAPA2-Dsw/about Estimates for the number of animals in the world: https://reducing-suffering.org/how-many-wild-animals-are-there Overview of Wild Animal Suffering: https://longtermrisk.org/the-importance-of-wild-animal-suffering PTSD in wild animals: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6685979/ Music Played: Deadstar ‘Don’t it get you down’: https://open.spotify.com/album/6ugwsPiMoCHWsKyrIuJ1AZ Jordan Rakei ‘Lost Myself’: https://jordanrakei.bandcamp.com/album/cloak World Sick ‘Shower’: https://worldsick.bandcamp.com/album/shower Podcast Image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/50457550@N00 This image is licensed with CC BY-SA 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/
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We speak with Robyn from Lamb Care Australia, a not-for-profit registered charity that resucues and rehomes orphanied lambs born during the lambing season in Victoria.We discuss how Robyn’s experiences caring for newborn lambs prompted her and others to form the …continue
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On the show today, our guest is Nathan Poirier who returned to continue our discussion about veganarchism. We talked about some of the ideas raised in Nathan’s solo book and the edited books, and also highlighted some ideas that …continue
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Nick speaks with Sheena Chhabra, a campaigner with the Plant Based Treaty. We discuss the Treaty, the importance of structural change and the place of individual veganism in the movement. Links: You can find out more about the Plant Based Treaty and …continue
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