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Today’s show is inspired by to two very courageous Asian Elephants; 6-year old Mosha and 50-year old Motala. After losing their legs from landmine accidents, Mosha and Motala were given a second chance to walk again thanks to the efforts of Soraida Salwala, founder of Friends of the Asian Elephant Hospital in Lampang, Thailand. To talk about “The (... More)
10 Jan 2012 at 8:00am[Download] [Play] [Expand] [Share] Player Error We wanted to take some time on today’s show to look back at 2011 with the hope that it will help inspire an even better year of activism in 2012 as we work toward earth, animal, and human liberation. The Live Free Collective put it really well when reflecting on their first year of activism [...]
3 Jan 2012 at 8:00am[Download] [Play] [Expand] [Share] Player Error To talk about the incredible rescue efforts of the Beagle Freedom Project, we are joined by Shannon Keith, civil and animal rights lawyer, president and co-founder of Uncaged films, and president and founder of Animal Rescue Media Education (ARME). Shannon tells us about her kind and generous work to rescue beagles who have spent their [...]
20 Dec 2011 at 8:00am[Download] [Play] [Expand] [Share] Player Error “A vegan diet is an effective and meaningful way to put your beliefs into practice,” say Virginia Messina and Jack Norris, authors of Vegan for life: Everything you need to know to be Healthy and fit on a Plant-Based Diet. But putting your beliefs into practice isn’t always easy with so many myths circulating about protein, iron, calcium, omega’s (... More)
13 Dec 2011 at 8:00am[Download] [Play] [Expand] [Share] Player Error We are joined by Joëlle Verdier, founder of CLAM and one of the 95 activists who occupied a bullfighting ring on October 8, 2011, in Rodilhan, France. The activists’ goal was to prevent apprentice Toreros from killing six calves by peacefully occupying the arena. As shown in the video below, the activists endured a violent beating from [...]
6 Dec 2011 at 8:00am[Download] [Play] [Expand] [Share] Player Error This week, we speak with Anita Krajnc from the Toronto Pig Save and Patti Blersch of the newly-created Burlington Pig Save. The Toronto Pig Save is a collective of artists, activists and writers based right here in Toronto; the group*s almost weekly protests bear witness to the suffering of pigs en route to Toronto*s biggest [...]
15 Nov 2011 at 8:00am[Download] [Play] [Expand] [Share] Player Error This week we are joined by Juliana Machado Ferreira, Biologist and Ph.D. candidate at University of Săo Paulo, to talk about her work with SOS Fauna. SOS Fauna is a non-profit organization that combats wildlife trafficking and rehabilitates the victims of illegal trade. Check out Ferreira’s TED talk to see some incredible images of the animals (... More)
8 Nov 2011 at 8:00am[Download] [Play] [Expand] [Share] Player Error Welcome to a jam-packed show inspired by a week of victories for animals after Toronto city council voted to both ban shark fin and send the surviving elephants at the Toronto Zoo to PAWS sanctuary in California. First, we’re joined by Julie Woodyer, campaigns director at Zoocheck Canada who tells us about the struggle to send Iringa, Toka, and (... More)
1 Nov 2011 at 8:00am[Download] [Play] [Expand] [Share] Player Error Today we talk with Joyce Tischler, co-founder of the Animal Legal Defense Fund. As one and of the visionaries who has shaped the field of animal law, Tischler’s work has pushed the boundaries of the law to protect the lives and interests of animals. With unique insight into the creative legal strategies that attorneys have developed to protect (... More)
25 Oct 2011 at 8:00am[Download] [Play] [Expand] [Share] Player Error In 2009, subway passengers from across Toronto were greeted with a provocative ad campaign that challenged them with a simple question: Why Love One But Eat The Other? The ads were put together and distributed by a dedicated Toronto team with the help of Mercy For Animals, and offered viewers information about factory farming in [...]
11 Oct 2011 at 8:00am[Download] [Play] [Expand] [Share] Player Error Rod Coronado. Just mentioning his name in animal rights circles is enough to generate discussion and debate about the ALF, about direct action more generally, and about the use of arson as a tactic specifically. Behind the name is a history spanning decades, from the cold waters of Iceland to the misty hills of Oregon, [...]
4 Oct 2011 at 8:00am[Download] [Play] [Expand] [Share] Player Error When it comes to the question of animal testing, advocates for animals are all too familiar with arguments rooted in a false dichotomy between “us or them.” To respond to common myths and assumptions about the legitimacy of animal based research, Animal Voices welcomes Dr. Ray Greek, President and co-founder of Americans for Medical Advancement. (... More)
27 Sep 2011 at 8:00am[Download] [Play] [Expand] [Share] Player Error With a growing industry of products, services, and even TV shows, dog training is big business in the United States and Canada. But some of the most popular practices in the dog training world are abusive and rely on dominance and intimidation to control behavior. Alana Stevenson, author of Training Your Dog the Humane Way: Simple [...]
6 Sep 2011 at 8:00am[Download] [Play] [Expand] [Share] Player Error This week we are joined by two guests from across the continent to talk about wolves. Sadie Parr, former director of the Canadian Wolf Coalition (which is now part of the Northern Lights Wildlife Wolf Centre) speaks to the Canadian context. Gary MacFarlan, Ecosystem Defense Director of Friends of the Clearwater, describes the situation for wolves living (... More)
23 Aug 2011 at 8:00am[Download] [Play] [Expand] [Share] Player Error This week we cover a recent Toronto event aptly named “10,000 Tastes, 10 Billion Reasons“. The event, held at both Young and Dundas Square (Canada’s busiest pedestrian intersection) and CIUT’s home at The University of Toronto’s Hart House, combined free vegan hot dogs with music, vegan celebrity appearances (including (... More)
2 Aug 2011 at 8:00am[Download] [Play] [Expand] [Share] Player Error We were joined very briefly last week by grassroots, DIY activist and co-founder of The Vegan Police, Dylan Powell. Dylan discussed the news that Seaworld has won a lawsuit against Marineland over the custody and care of Ikaika, an 8 year old Orka. Dylan is back today to tell us more about the Marineland Animal Defense (MAD), whose stated goals [...]
26 Jul 2011 at 8:00am[Download] [Play] [Expand] [Share] Player Error Animal Voices is proud to present a special feature with Kevin Tillman of the Vegan Hop Hop Movement. Kevin has been working with youth as part of the CRAVE (Cultivating Radical Activism, Vitality and Education) community. Click below to learn more about CRAVE and to hear two fresh tracks recently recorded at the “ComUNITY Art [...]
19 Jul 2011 at 8:01am[Download] [Play] [Expand] [Share] Player Error The Animal Voices team is offering up a jam packed show this week! First, we’re joined by Dylan Powell from Marineland Animal Defense (MAD) to discuss breaking news that Seaworld has won a lawsuit against Marineland over the custody and care of Ikaika, an 8 year old Orka. Read the story here. Stay tuned for an [...]
19 Jul 2011 at 8:00am[Download] [Play] [Expand] [Share] Player Error This week we present a special interview with Sharon Núńez Gough, co-founder of Igualdad Animal / Animal Equality. She is one of the 12 animal activists (including members of Equanimal) arrested in Spain last Tuesday, June 22nd, 2011. She and 8 others have since been released with charges, while three others remain imprisoned. In this interview we hear (... More)
30 Jun 2011 at 7:56am[Download] [Play] [Expand] [Share] Player Error We are joined by Christopher Hirschler, assistant professor of Health Studies at Monmouth University. Hirschler tells us about his paper “What Pushed Me over the Edge Was a Deer Hunter”: Being Vegan in North America, which asks questions about why people become began, how they stay vegan, and the impact of veganism on their relationships. (... More)
14 Jun 2011 at 8:00am[Download] [Play] [Expand] [Share] Player Error Vegan baker extraordinaire and self proclaimed dessert-enthusiast, Jenny Bundock, joins us to talk about her small vegan bakery that’s making a big impact on the Distillery District and U of T’s Farmer*s Market. APieCalypse Now! serves up delectable treats that are unabashedly Vegan, organic, and fair-trade because, as the APieCalypse Now! (... More)
7 Jun 2011 at 8:00am[Download] [Play] [Expand] [Share] Player Error This week is a very special edition of Animal Voices as we’re joined by guest host Dylan Powell of The Vegan Police to talk with animal liberationist and anarchist, Josh Harper. Listeners might know Harper as one of the six individuals charged in the Stop Hundington Animal Cruelty – SHAC7 case – one of the [...]
31 May 2011 at 8:00am[Download] [Play] [Expand] [Share] Player Error We talk with lauren Ornelas, founder and volunteer executive director of the Food Empowerment Project. Ornelas tells us about the Food Empowerment Project’s most recent study on how easy it is for communities of color and low-income communities to have access to healthy fruits and vegetables as well as alternatives to meat and dairy products. (... More)
24 May 2011 at 8:00am[Download] [Play] [Expand] [Share] Player Error The Animal Voices team is thrilled to bring you this talk with Keri Cronin, assistant professor of Art History at Brock University about her book, Manufacturing National Park Nature: Photography, Ecology and the Wilderness Industry of Jasper. By examining ways that Jasper National Park and its inhabitants are pictured through tourist postcards, advertisements, (... More)
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