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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 Thika to a sanctuary and not another zoo. Woodyer also discusses the potential for this decision to have positive implications for Lucy, who is still living alone in the Edmonton Valley Zoo. (click here to listen to our interview about the ongoing case of Lucy the elephant)

Second, Nicholas Wright, Toronto based attorney and founding director of Lawyers for Animal Welfare helps us make sense of Toronto’s new  bylaw which bans possession, sale, trade and distribution of shark fins or their derivative products. Wright tells us about the details of ban and the how the issue of municipal jurisdiction threatened to thwart attempts to ban shark fins.

Finally, Claudia Li, founder of Shark Truth joins us to talk about the traditional significance of shark fin in Chinese culture and why she argues the practice of shark finning no longer fits with Chinese values. Li addresses the concern that it is cultural discrimination to ban shark fin and also responds to claims made by the Toronto Chinese Business Association that the ban is unfair and irresponsible. To learn more about Shark Truth’s work visit them on Facebook and Twitter, or check out their 無翅溫市 Fin Free Vancouver campaign and Happy Hearts Love Sharks contest!

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If you’re in the area, reserve a spot at one of Rise Above’s 3 course private dinners!

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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 on the MAD Facebook page are to: end breeding programs at Marineland, end plans for expansion of animal captivity, remove captive animals to Sanctuary sites, and hold Marineland and (owner) John Holer  accountable for various abuses, human and non human.

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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 Jam” from Carlos and Donte – two youth activist/artists.

CRAVE is raising funds to send youth to the grassroots, youth-led “Rooted In Community Conference” in Philadelphia, PA. To support their work or donate to send youth to the conference, check out CRAVE online here or check out their blog

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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 in-depth interview with MAD next week!

We are also joined by award winning independent journalist and public speaker, Will Potter. Will is the author of Green is the New Red: An Insider’s Account of a Social Movement Under Siege, which details the US government’s repression of environmental and animal activism through terrorism legislation. The book follows the creation and evolution of the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) and its landmark application in the Stop Huntington Animal Cruelty – SHAC7 case. Potter also gives an insider’s look at the SHAC7 defendants – including recent guest, Josh Harper. A must read for all animal rights and environmental advocates!

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This week we present a special interview with Sharon Núñez 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 a firsthand account from Núñez Gough about the largest crackdown on animal activism in Spanish history, including descriptions of the recent arrests, background information about the groups’ actions, and associated state repression.

For more information on the “Spanish 12″ and how you can support them, please visit thespanish12.wordpress.com

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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! Facebook page says, “people are animals too, and vegan includes not being cruel to them.”

For more information on how to satiate your taste buds with vegan deliciousness from the most appropriately named bakery around, check out the APieCalyspe Now! website here.

Fair Warning: The Animal Voices team does not advise listening to this episode on an empty stomach!

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Check out the Conflict Gypsy Reading Club!

Check out some of the Food Empowerment Project’s work!

Food Availability Study

Food Chain Newsletter

Blog: Appetite for Justice

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We start the show off with Will Potter‘s talk about his new book, “Green is the New Red: An Insider’s Account of a Social Movement Under Siege.” Will gives us some invaluable insight into the challenges faced by animal rights activists in light of the relentless animal enterprise and government campaign to frame activists as “eco-terrorists” in the age of the “Green Scare.” A talk sure to both enrage and inspire!

To top off our selections from the conference, we bring you once again, Vasile Stanescu with “Paper Tigers: Nonviolent ‘Terrorists’ and the Danger of the Animals Enterprise Terrorism Act.” Vasile traces the development of the AETA while also compelling us to think about the rhetoric of “terror” as a tool of suppression.

This show is a very special treat that we’re happy to deliver for those who missed the 2011 Thinking about Animals Conference. Enjoy!

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First up is Dr. David Nibert on “Conflict, Violence & the ‘Domesecration’ of Animals”- the Animal Voices team has had trouble using the word “domestication” ever since!

Next up, Zipporah Weisberg shares her thoughts on “Animal Monstrosities: Technocapitalism & the Reification of Animal Life.” Zipporah will be sure to get you thinking about our dependence on technological innovation, corporate power and the manufactured separation between humans and “nature.”

Finally, Vasile Stanescu talks about “‘Green Eggs and Ham?: The Myth of Sustainable Meat and the Danger of the Local“, which is his contribution to “Critical Theory and Animal Liberation.” This edited collection of essays is hot off the press and a must read for anyone interested in human/animal liberation. Stay tuned to hear more presentations from the conference on next week’s show.

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