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