Throwing the baby out with the bathwater? It appears current feverish land clearing, mostly for pastoral animal agriculture, makes a mockery of efforts & money to protect threatened species, biodiversity & climate change mitigation.We chat with Dr Hugh Finn from Curtin Law School who wants the animal welfare implications of land clearing addressed,April Reside from Queensland University about the crazy levels of land clearing happening there now & Fiona Probyn-Rapsey from UNSW about why we have an unhelpful blind spot when it comes to land use and animal agriculture.Further information, including the history of land clearing in Qld, courteousy of the Wilderness Society:https://www.wilderness.org.au/land-clearing-queensland#4Here’s the link to the APEEL organisation April Reside mentioned: http://apeel.org.auMentioned articles of interest: Hugh Finn https://theconversation.com/land-clearing-isnt-just-about-trees-its-an-a…April Reside https://theconversation.com/just-ten-mps-represent-more-than-600-threate…Listen to this thought provoking talk by Fiona Probyn-Rapsey titled, “The Feral Amongst Us”:http://www.freedomofspecies.org/show/fiona-probyn-rapsey-feral-amongst-us
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Sandra Higgin’s presentation at this year’s Irish Vegan Festival titled What Other Animals Need From Us. Sandra Higgins is Founder and Director of Eden Farm Sanctuary and the woman behind the largest vegan advertising campaign, Go Vegan World. As a …continue
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We celebrate the life and incredible contributions of Chris Rust and share tributes from Chris’s loved ones, friends and comrades. For decades, through Food not Bombs, Chris embodied a quiet, unwavering commitment to solidarity, anarchist DIY ethics, and animal …continue
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On today’s FoS show we’re talking total liberation, countering the mainstream vegan narrative and community building with guests Claire and Jesse. We discuss their personal journeys into activism and the founding of The Raven Corps, Cool Kids Snack Cakes …continue
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