Our political, societal and legislative landscape is changed by the information whistleblowers and activists bring to light, and in the current legal and political system, they often do this at great cost to themselves and their families. In today’s show, Meg and Trev explore what this means for the activists who collect and disseminate footage from slaughterhouses, farms and other locations within the animal agriculture industry, and how our country’s current ‘Ag Gag’ laws actively discourage and restrict the truth of what is occuring from being made public. ABC 7.30 report on Farm Transparency Project’s footage of pig slaughterhouses: https://animalsaustralia.org/our-work/farmed-animals/australias-pig-gas-chambers-receive-national-attention-on-abcs-7-30/ Music by Umbra Moon https://linktr.ee/umbramoon Army of me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNzkS_q5rGw&list=OLAK5uy_klgG4sDLBxBsx43DwJvySQxt1EHnR-jqA&index=1 It don’t work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pg6Y5wBQuI Goodbye https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJJ-iME3FtA Image by davide ragusa https://unsplash.com/photos/herd-of-sheep-in-grayscale-photo-cDwZ40Lj9eo
A weekly show hosted by Melbourne-based animal advocates, presenting local and international interviews, presentations, and music from this vibrant social justice movement. The show is broadcast on 3CR Community Radio 855AM
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Today Trev welcomes new presenter Betty Melon to the Freedom of Species team. Betty shares her reluctant journey to veganism and her history of animal advocacy. We introduce the meaning of the Anthropocene, a geologic time period defined by human …continue
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This week Savanna sits down with Nick and Ruby Ramsden (recently finished her PhD research on vegan activism in Japan). We talk about Japan’s culture towards animal rights and animal welfare issues in at Nara Park and Animal cafes in …continue
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Why are so many climate activists still hungry for flesh?In today’s show, Betty and Nick talk about the importance of adressing animal agriculture within the climate justice movement. Those of us living in the global North must be willing to …continue
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