Travel Tips with Sarah Kramer, and Beating the Odds with BETA
Seasoned traveller Sarah Kramer invites you to share your favourite recipes from How it All Vegan, The Garden of Vegan, and La Dolce Vegan, for her upcoming cute and compact travel book. In this fun interview, we peek into Vegan A Go-Go, and hear Sarah’s essential tips for the road. Then we connect with Maggy (Marguerite Shaarawi) from Beirut for...
Rescue, Shelter, and Education: The Ferret Aid Society Speaks
When people think of vivisection, ferrets aren’t usually the first animals who spring to mind. Or, similarly, mention animal cruelty investigations, and people tend to imagine cats and dogs. While ferrets are plagued by cultural stereotypes that they stink and love to bite, The Ferret Aid Society offers a very different interpretation of these inquisitive animals....
The Secret Lives of Sloths – Part II
We’re delighted that Judy Avey-Arroyo, co-founder of the Aviarios del Caribe Wildlife Centre and the Buttercup Centre Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica, will join us again to talk about sloths. We’ll hear more about sloths’ habitat and history, the sloth pet trade, the Sanctuary’s “Adopt A Sloth” program, additional stories about the individual animals at the...
The Secret Lives of Sloths
Definition of “Sloth”: “Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)”, and, “Any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits.” Sloths are one of those maligned animals whose very existence is associated...
Animals in the Crossfire
What happens to animals during times of war? How do animal organizations mobilize in high risk areas? How does war compound existing problems for animals, and also create new ones? We are joined by representatives from two animal organizations, one from Lebanon and one from Israel, to learn more about how animals are tangled up...
Updates: Hurricane Katrina Part 2 & Sheena the New Vegan
After the media left, and the controversy began to subside, rescue workers continued their efforts in New Orleans. Laura Brown, a leading member of PETA’s Domestic Animal and Wildlife Rescue & Information (DAWRI) Department, shares her personal account of saving animals in the hurricane and flood-ravaged areas. From animals left in cages, chained in backyards, and...
Hurricane Katrina Update
It’s been over four months since Hurricane Katrina made its first landfall. As rescue efforts began, stories of abandoned animals gradually surfaced. Some people were forced to leave their animals because of space limitations, while others refused to leave their companions, dangerously weathering the storm and its effects. There were also animals, including farm animals,...
Helping the Animal Victims of Hurricane Katrina
For info on helping the animals affected by Hurricane Katrina: 1) Emergency Animal Rescue Service (EARS) (916) 429-2457 Donations 2) HSUS Disaster Fund Donations Questions about donating – 1-888-259-5431 Snail Mail – Cheques payable to HSUS Disaster Relief Fund and mail it to HSUS, Dept. DRFHBM, 2100 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037 General Inquiries...
West Coast Activism: Resisting the Fur Industry and Dissection; Visakha SPCA
First we hear from Rae Vasudevan, coordinator of Skinned!, a BC animal protection group. Two years of pressure from Skinned! has finally paid off: Famous Players has stopped advertising for the Fur Council of Canada and other independent furriers. Want to learn the secret of Skinned!’s success? Interested in learning more about the Canadian fur industry?...
The Black Vegetarian Society of Georgia & Tsunami Disaster Aid for Animals
First, we speak with Traci Thomas, founder of the first Black Vegetarian Society in North America. She’ll tell us about why she started the organization in 1997 and how the BVSG has inspired the creation of similar societies. Also from the BVSG, Dr. Joy Scott will talk about “super foods”. For the last half of the...
Dr. Martin Balluch and the Austrian animal rights movement
Interview with Dr. Martin Balluch, a prominent activist within the Austrian animal rights movement and President of Verein Gegen Tierfabriken (Association Against Animal Factories). He’ll tell us about hosting Tierrechtsradio, an animal advocacy program. Then he’ll give us an insider look into the development and texture of the current animal rights and animal liberation movements in...
