Santa Fe's Wednesday Poetry Group Topic: Animal-themed poetry by local writers Janet Eigner, Linda Whittenberg, Jane Lipman, Elizabeth Raby, Blair Cooper and Judith Toler

Dena Jones, Animal Welfare Institute Topic:  (Series on Farmed Animals and Industrial Agriculture) A Critical Review of USDA's "Process Verified" certification program

Gary Dahl, USDA Food Safety & Inspection Service, Meat Inspector Topic:  (Series on Farmed Animals and Industrial Agriculture) Practices and Conditions of Slaughterhouses; industry-led safety inspection systems; Humane Slaughter Act (Part 2)

Gary Dahl, USDA Food Safety & Inspection Service, Meat Inspector Topic:  (Series on Farmed Animals and Industrial Agriculture) Practices and Conditions of Slaughterhouses; industry-led safety inspection systems; Humane Slaughter Act (Part 1)

Gail Eisnitz, Author of "Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, and Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.S. Meat Industry" Second of two-part interview on inhumane treatment of animals in slaughterhouse and extensive violations of the federal Humane Slaughter Act; failure of USDA to comply with federal Humane Slaughter Act

Gail Eisnitz, Author of "Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, and Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.S. Meat Industry" First of 2 Interviews on inhumane treatment of animals in slaughterhouse and extensive violations of the federal Humane Slaughter Act; failure of USDA to comply with federal Humane Slaughter Act

First of Series on Industrialized Agriculture; factory farming and inhumane treatment of animals

What are Puppy Mills?  Dale Bartlett, Humane Society of United States.

John Horning, Executive Director, Wild Earth Guardians talks about Conflict in Reintroducing Mexican Gray Wolf to Southwest; Extinction risk

Amy Gibson-Grant, The Ad Council discusses Designing public service advertisement campaign to encourage adoptions from shelters

New Mexico Wildlife Federation and Animal Protection of New Mexico discuss New Mexico Game Commission cougar ruling; expansion of trapping on State public lands.

Kim Paschen, Coalition for Consumer Information on Cosmetics, talks about Cosmetics testing on animals; Leaping Bunny humane certification program for cosmetics; Humane Cosmetics Act of 2015, a bill currently before Congress.

Pound Seizures/The Selling of Animals in American Pounds.  Allie Phillips, attorney and author of “Understanding Pound Seizure: How Shelter Pets are Brokered for Experimentation”

Efforts to Regulate Puppy Mills in Iowa.  Lyle Mueller, Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism.

What are Puppy Mills?  Dale Bartlett, Humane Society of United States

Representative Katherine Clark (D-Massachusetts) Sponsor of  Pets and Women Safety Act of 2015, a federal bill before Congress to create protections for family pets targeted in domestic violence.

Kim Paschen, Coalition for Consumer Information on Cosmetics, talks about Cosmetics testing on animals; Leaping Bunny humane certification program for cosmetics; Humane Cosmetics Act of 2015, a bill currently before Congress.

Representative Katherine Clark (D-Massachusetts)Sponsor of  Pets and Women Safety Act of 2015, a federal bill before Congress to create protections for family pets targeted in domestic violence.

Tammy Fiebelkorn, Chair, Forming Positive Links discusses the correlation of domestic violence and animal abuse; developing resources in New Mexico to enable families fleeing domestic abuse to bring family pets to safety; Pets and Women Safety Act of 2015, a federal bill before Congress to create protections for family pets targeted in domestic violence situations.

Patrick Ramage, Whale Program Director of the International Fund for Animal Welfare discusses moratorium on commercial whaling; International Whaling Commission; impact of International Court of Justice March 2014 ruling against Japan’s program of scientific whaling; consensus-making process in the IWC.

Anne Baker discusses two decades of experience as a foster to needy animals from the Espanola Valley Humane Society shelter; the healing process for animals; support fosters receive from the ESHS; the joy of fostering

Representative Jim Moran (Ret), Previous Chair, Congressional Animal Protection Caucus discusses Challenge of advancing humane animal policies in Congress; Current issues, including refunding of USDA inspection of horse slaughterhouses

Reverend Gary Kowalski talks about The soul of animals; theology and animals; our relationship to other species as Creation

Representative Jim Moran (Ret), Previous Chair, Congressional Animal Protection Caucus discusses Challenge of advancing humane animal policies in Congress; Current issues, including refunding of USDA inspection of horse slaughterhouses

International Court of Justice ruling on Japan’s defacto commercial whaling

Patrick Ramage, Whale Program Director of the International Fund for Animal Welfare discusses moratorium on commercial whaling; International Whaling Commission; impact of International Court of Justice March 2014 ruling against Japan’s program of scientific whaling; consensus-making process in the IWC.

Che Green, founder and Executive Director of Faunalytics, a nonprofit research organization dedicated to helping animals by providing useful information to advocates to help them increase their impact; role of information in advocacy.

Hannah Padilla, Director of Behavior & Training and Ben Swan, Public Information Officer of the Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society discuss The Roddey Burdine Rehabilitation Center, a new rehabilitation program for needy animals at the Shelter

Matt Rice, Director of Investigations of Mercy for Animals discusses Walmart May 2015 adoption of “Five Freedoms”  as part of its animal welfare policy; impact on factory farming in US; impact on quality of life for animals on factory farms; process of identifying and implementing changes consistent with Five Freedoms.

Dr. Simon Brockington, Executive Secretary of the International Whaling Commission, discusses International Whaling Commission origins and present day consensus-making process

Patrick Ramage, Whale Program Director of the International Fund for Animal Welfare discusses moratorium on commercial whaling; International Whaling Commission; impact of International Court of Justice March 2014 ruling against Japan’s program of scientific whaling; consensus-making process in the IWC.

Anne Baker discusses two decades of experience as a foster to needy animals from the Espanola Valley Humane Society shelter; the healing process for animals; support fosters receive from the ESHS; the joy of fostering

Chris Heyde, Deputy Director of Government and Legal Affairs of the Animal Welfare Institute, discusses the Safeguard American Food Exports Act 2015; horse slaughter process; exports of horses to slaughterhouses in Mexico and Canada; alternatives that provide care for unwanted or abandoned horses.

Dr. Kelli Heckman, Executive Director of the Global Federation of Sanctuaries, discusses GFAS certification standards for animal sanctuaries; lack of regulation of sanctuaries in the United States; origins of wildlife in sanctuary.

Dr. Gay Bradshaw, Director of The Kerulos Center, discusses trauma in elephants and the study of sentience in other mammals.

Stephanie DeYoung, Director of Elephant Husbandry at The Elephant Sanctuary discusses the psychological needs and healing process of elephants once held in captivity (e.g., circuses); animal-first standards and practices of the Sanctuary.

Ryan Wulff, Deputy United States Commissioner, International Whaling Commission talks about Creating Sanctuary for Whales in South Atlantic

Journalist Joseph Sorrentino discusses the December 2014 article in Santa Fe Reporter; undercover recording of animal cruelty at NM dairy; factory farming

Horse racing industry investigation, continued

Doping in American horse racing

Hetti Brown, Administrator of Delaware's state-funded spay/neuter program, talks about how other states have created a state-funded spay/neuter program to address animal overpopulation and high euthanasia rates; reductions in intake to shelters as a result of expanded access to spay/neuter resources; financial savings to counties

Today we learn about House bill 415 and its significance with Representative Carl Trujillo of Santa Fe County and with Leslie King, Program Manager of Animal Protection New Mexico and Animal Protection Voters.

First in month long series about horse racing industry. Catastrophic breakdowns and euthanasia

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Animal Protection of New Mexico's Phil Carter discusses a bill to end current law requiring homeless horses under NM Livestock Board management be auctioned to highest bidder; proposed bill to help licensed horse shelters offer homeless horses permanent home.

Senator Daniel Ivey-Soto and Ennio Garcia-Miera, Legislative Director, Animal Protection of New Mexico talks about important animal bills to watch for in the 2015 session; Senator Ivey-Soto sponsoring of bill to move Animal Sheltering Board to NM Department of Environment.

Peter Marsh, Expert on Addressing Companion Animal Overpopulation, discusses animal overpopulation in New Mexico; states' spay/neuter programs; creating a state spay/neuter program.

Senator Mark Moores and Representative Jeff Steinborn discuss a 2015 bipartisan legislation jointly sponsored to end animal killing contests in New Mexico

Senator Daniel Ivey-Soto and Ennio Garcia-Miera, Legislative Director, Animal Protection of New Mexico talks about important animal bills to watch for in the 2015 session; Senator Ivey-Soto sponsoring of bill to move Animal Sheltering Board to NM Department of Environment.

Animal Protection of New Mexico's Phil Carter discusses a bill to end current law requiring homeless horses under NM Livestock Board management be auctioned to highest bidder; proposed bill to help licensed horse shelters offer homeless horses permanent home

Peter Marsh, Director, Solutions to Overpopulation of Pets (New Hampshire) talks about a State Funding Feasibility Study for Companion Animals of New Mexico’s Low Income Households.

Hetti Brown, Administrator of Delaware's state-funded spay/neuter program, talks about how other states have created a state-funded spay/neuter program to address animal overpopulation and high euthanasia rates; reductions in intake to shelters as a result of expanded access to spay/neuter resources; financial savings to counties