Guest: Alley Cat Allies, Misty Christo, Staff Attorney; Rebekah
DeHaven, Staff Attorney and Director of Humane Law and Policy
Topic: Understanding feral cats; comparing effectiveness and humaness
of traditional methods of population control versus modern
"trap-neuter-return" approach; update on Texas license revocation case
involving killing of cat by Kristen Lindsay, DVM

Guest: The Horse Shelter, Susan Hemmerle, Director
Topic: Rescue and Adoption of New Mexico's Homeless Horses; Effort to
save horses from kill-buyers sending New Mexico's horses to slaughter
in Mexico; NM rescues having to bid against kill-buyers.

Guest: FBI, Stephen Fischer, Chief, Criminal Justice Information Services
Topic: FBI tracking of animal cruelty crimes; role of state and local
law enforcement in identifying and reporting animal cruelty crimes

Guest: National Sheriffs Association, John Thompson, Deputy Executive Director
Topic: National Sheriffs Association and FBI tracking of animal
cruelty crimes; role of state and local law enforcement in identifying
and reporting animal cruelty crimes

Cruelty-free Cosmetics; Required Testing on Animals for Access
to Chinese Cosmetics Market; Cosmetics companies Choosing to Not Test
on Animals

USDA Settlement with Santa Cruz Biotechnology; Legal and
Regulatory System and Problems in Protecting Animals Used in Research
and Experimentation

Guest: Bruce Friedrich, Executive Director, The Good Food Institute
Topics: Farm animal industry; factory farming

USDA’s Food Safety & Inspection Service HACCP-Based Inspection Models Project, or HIMP; privatization of meat inspection process; impact of HIMP inspection model on welfare of animals, consumers and workers alike.

Wayne Pacelle discusses his newest book, "The Humane Economy: How Innovators and Enlightened Consumers Are Transforming the Lives of Animals" (published May 2016)

Campaign members Michelle Pawliger of Animal Welfare Institute, Jose Oliva of  Food Chain Workers Alliance, and Elizabeth Jardim of Green America  on “Good Food Now” campaign to address animal welfare, worker and environmental policies at Olive Garden and other Darden Company restaurants.