Fish were front and centre last week with the release of Compassion in World Farming’s explosive report on salmon farming in Scottland. The undercover investigation revealed fish suffering on an industry-wide scale. And the Government has deferred imposing almost all of its proposed winter grazing regulations for a year, a …continue
Animals are increasingly at the forefront of research questions – not as shadows to human stories, or as beings we want to understand biologically, or for purely our benefit – but as beings who have histories, stories, and geographies of their own. PhD Candidate Claudia Hirtenfelder talks to animal studies …continue
Jessica Pierce (https://www.jessicapierce.net/) is a bioethicist & writer. Her work focuses on human-animal relationships & interconnections between ecosystems & health. Her “All dogs go to heaven” blog at Psychology Today is here https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/all-dogs-go-heaven. In these Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?” & “what matters?” …continue
We are so pleased to welcome Kimberly Renee Barnes, Founder of Might Be Vegan, to the podcast this week for a truly one-of-a-kind episode! But first, Jasmin and Mariann speak with Chilean activist (and Our Hen House Flock member!) Soledad […] Your browser does not support the HTML5 audio player. …continue
While the animal rights movement tends to focus on animal exploitation for food, the garment and fashion industries impose a misery of their own. Emma Håkansson, founder of Collective Fashion Justice and successful model, discusses this overlooked problem and what can be done about it. Also veterinarian Dr. Tom Pickard …continue
Welcome to Creature Tales, a new podcast from RSPCA Victoria! Creature Tales will feature interviews with animal experts from a wide range of fields. You’ll learn about everything from conserving wildlife to calming down an anxious house cat. There’ll be lots of engaging stories about all creatures great and small, …continue
Geoff spent three years working as an undercover investigator for Mercy for Animals in Canada, working in farms and slaughterhouses. His work uncovered some of the worst examples of animal abuse in Canada’s dairy industry. Some of the subject matter in this episode includes examples of animal cruelty that Geoff …continue
