Fri, 26 June 2015
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. |
Fri, 19 June 2015
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. |
Fri, 12 June 2015
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 |
Fri, 5 June 2015
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. |