Animal Rights: the Debate explores the issues around around our relationship with animals with hosts Martyn Ford and David Thomas.
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Millions of animals spend their lives in ‘factory farms’, before they meet a brutal end in a slaughter house. Apart from its impact on the environment, animal farming raises some fundamental moral issues about the treatment and killing of other sentient beings. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals – PETA – is a world-wide organisation campaigning for a radically different approach to the way we treat animals. Join us for a discussion with Chelsea Munro, a campaign manager for PETA, as we consider the reality of intensive farming for animals.
The idea that animals have rights has now become mainstream, but what does that mean in practice? Whilst cruelty to animals has long been regarded as unacceptable, is it wrong to kill animals for food, or to cause them suffering …continue
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Animal Zone is an animal welfare series concentrating on animal rescue and sanctuaries. Arthur von Wiesenberger joins us to talk about his award-winning work bringing animals closer to us, with the intention to educate, entertain, and inspire. Donate here: https://ko-fi.com/animalrightsdebate …continue
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Rescuing animals from factory farms and laboratories, openly, and inviting prosecution for such alleged ‘crimes’, is an effective tactic that has widespread support in the U.S.A. and in the U.K. We talk to Wayne Hsiung, a former law professor, who …continue
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