Fri, 10 July 2015
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 |
Fri, 3 July 2015
International Court of Justice ruling on Japan’s defacto commercial whaling |
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. |
Fri, 29 May 2015
Dr. Simon Brockington, Executive Secretary of the International Whaling Commission, discusses International Whaling Commission origins and present day consensus-making process |
Fri, 22 May 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, 15 May 2015
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 |
Fri, 8 May 2015
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. |
Fri, 1 May 2015
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. |
Fri, 24 April 2015
Dr. Gay Bradshaw, Director of The Kerulos Center, discusses trauma in elephants and the study of sentience in other mammals. |
Fri, 17 April 2015
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. |
Fri, 3 April 2015
Ryan Wulff, Deputy United States Commissioner, International Whaling Commission talks about Creating Sanctuary for Whales in South Atlantic |
Fri, 27 March 2015
Journalist Joseph Sorrentino discusses the December 2014 article in Santa Fe Reporter; undercover recording of animal cruelty at NM dairy; factory farming |
Fri, 20 March 2015
Horse racing industry investigation, continued |
Fri, 13 March 2015
Doping in American horse racing |
Fri, 6 March 2015
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 |
Fri, 27 February 2015
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. |
Fri, 20 February 2015
First in month long series about horse racing industry. Catastrophic breakdowns and euthanasia |
Fri, 13 February 2015
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Fri, 6 February 2015
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.
Direct download: AnimalTalk_02062015_Daniel_Ivey-Soto_Ennio_Garcia-Miera.mp3
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Fri, 6 February 2015
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. |
Fri, 30 January 2015
Peter Marsh, Expert on Addressing Companion Animal Overpopulation, discusses animal overpopulation in New Mexico; states' spay/neuter programs; creating a state spay/neuter program. |
Fri, 23 January 2015
Senator Mark Moores and Representative Jeff Steinborn discuss a 2015 bipartisan legislation jointly sponsored to end animal killing contests in New Mexico
Direct download: AnimalTalk_01232015_Moores_and_Steinborn.mp3
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Fri, 16 January 2015
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 |
Fri, 16 January 2015
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.
Direct download: AnimalTalk_01162015_Daniel_Ivey-Soto_Ennio_Garcia-Miera.mp3
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Fri, 9 January 2015
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. |
Fri, 2 January 2015
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 |
Fri, 19 December 2014
Ole-David Stenseth, Director, Department for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the Norwegian Ministry Of Trade, Industry and Fisheries discusses International Whaling Commission; IWC moratorium on commercial whaling and Norway's decision to continue commercial whaling; March 2014 International Court of Justice ruling against Japan in Australia v. Japan case and scientific whaling; whales as cognitively complex and IWC study of whale cognition; international consensus making. |
Fri, 12 December 2014
Else Poulsen, Bear Biologist and Author of "Bärle's Story: One Polar Bear's Amazing Recovery from Life as a Circus Act" talks about Wildlife trafficking, polar bears, wildlife as commodity in entertainment, sentience in polar bears. |
Fri, 5 December 2014
Rae Sikora discusses Compassionate Holiday Food Choices |
Fri, 28 November 2014
Ennio Garcia-Miera, Legislative Director, Animal Protection of New Mexico talks about Legislative Priorities for 2015 Legislative Session
Direct download: AnimalTalk_11282014_Ennio_Garcia-Miera.mp3
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Fri, 21 November 2014
New Mexico overpopulation of unwanted animals. Making spay/neuter services more available |
Fri, 14 November 2014
Migration of Sand Hill Cranes to Bosque |
Fri, 7 November 2014
Ken Shapiro, Co-founder, Animals & Society Institute discusses an approach to studying and advancing compassionate change in the human relationship to other species; animals and society. |
Fri, 31 October 2014
Phil Kline, Senior Oceans Campaigner, Greenpeace talks about Commercial Whaling, March 2014 International Court of Justice Opinion; International Whaling Commission Regulation of "Scientific" Whaling |
Fri, 24 October 2014
A replay from October 3, 2014
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Fri, 17 October 2014
Today's episode was a replay from October 3, 2014
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Fri, 10 October 2014
Ongoing conversation about New Mexico’s overpopulation of reproductive animals |
Fri, 3 October 2014
Rae Sikora, Co-founder of the Institute for Humane Education, Vegfund, and Plant Peace Daily talks about Compassionate Consumerism |
Fri, 26 September 2014
Socorro County Commissioner Martha Salas and Deputy Sheriff Ed Sweeney discuss Animal Overpopulation in Socorro County; State Spay/Neuter Fund |
Fri, 19 September 2014
Film Director Mark Devries talks about "Speciesism: The Movie", a documentary film exploring the concept and practice of speciesism, the assignment of value to beings on the basis of species membership. |
Fri, 12 September 2014
Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Gary King discusses New Mexico's Overpopulation of Reproductively Intact Animals; Creating a State Fund to Increase Access and Affordability of Spay/Neuter Services for Companion Animals of Low-income New Mexicans |
Fri, 5 September 2014
Tammy Fiebelkorn, Chairperson of Forming Positive Links Committee, talks about the link between Animal Cruelty and Domestic Violence and Upcoming Annual Conference in New Mexico on the Link
Direct download: AnimalTalk_09052014_Tammy_Fiebelkorn.mp3
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Fri, 29 August 2014
Animal law programs at UNM Law School |
Fri, 22 August 2014
Cindy Yurth, Reporter, Navajo Times talks about "Rez dogs" on Navajo Nation and Needed Cooperation Between Navajo Tribal Government and County Governments to Have Successful Spay/Neuter Programs |
Fri, 15 August 2014
Peggy Weigle, Executive Director, Animal Humane New Mexico discuses Humane New Mexico 2014 Conference Agenda, including Creating Federation of New Mexico Animal Advocacy Organizations |
Fri, 8 August 2014
Kevin Chase, Director of Operations, Beagle Freedom Project discusses Re-homing Beagles used for experimentation in research facilities |
Fri, 1 August 2014
Otero County Representative Yvette Herrell and Sheriff Benny House talk about Otero County’s problem with overpopulation of reproductively intact animals; Cost to county; Creating State Spay/Neuter Fund |
Fri, 25 July 2014
Kathy Guillermo, Senior Vice President, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals discusses Humane Cosmetics Act; animal testing by cosmetics industry; deception by certain companies claiming to be “cruelty free” |
Fri, 18 July 2014
Vicky Murphy, Albuquerque Animal Control talks about Animal overpopulation, Creating State Spay/Neuter Fund |
Fri, 11 July 2014
A replay from July 4, 2014
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Tue, 8 July 2014
Animal Overpopulation in Guadalupe County, Creating State Spay/Neuter Fund |
Fri, 4 July 2014
Guadalupe County Commissioner Vincent Cordova talks about Animal Overpopulation in Guadalupe County, Creating State Spay/Neuter Fund. |
Fri, 27 June 2014
Pam Wiseman, Executive Director, New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence; and Daniel Abrams, Deputy Director, Animal Protection of New Mexico talk about Understanding the Link between Animal Cruelty and Domestic Violence
Direct download: AnimalTalk_06272014_Pam_Wiseman_Daniel_Abrams.mp3
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Fri, 20 June 2014
A replay from December 8, 2014
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Fri, 13 June 2014
Chris Green, Director of Legislative Affairs, and Animal Legal Defense Fund talks about a Tiger Living at a Louisiana Truckstop; Wildlife as Entertainment; Mom & Pop Operations and Captive Wildlife |
Fri, 6 June 2014
Representative Carl Trujillo, District 46, Santa Fe County discusses the State Funding Feasibility Study for Spay/Neuter of Companion Animals of New Mexico’s Low Income Households, and Animal Homelessness. |
Fri, 30 May 2014
Steve Wise talks about Legal Rights for Nonhuman Animals and Litigation |
Fri, 23 May 2014
Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO, The Humane Society of the United States joins in a discussion on "Big Picture" Issues in Animal Protection. |
Fri, 16 May 2014
Laura Bonar of Animal Protection Voters talks about Fur Trapping on Public Lands. |
Fri, 9 May 2014
Maureen O'Brien, Co-Founder, Woofaste Dog Cooperative, Ulla Pedersen, Director, Kindred Spirits Animal Sanctuary discuss Companion Animal Overpopulation in NM, State Funding Feasibility Study for Companion Animals of New Mexico’s Low Income Households.
Direct download: AnimalTalk_05092014_Companion_Animal_Overpopulation.mp3
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Fri, 2 May 2014
NM Senator Tim Keller, Bernalillo County talks about State Funding Feasibility Study for Companion Animals of New Mexico’s Low Income Households. |
Fri, 25 April 2014
Phil Carter, Equine Campaign Manager, Animal Protection of New Mexico talks about Interventions to Prevent Horse Neglect in New Mexico, Commercial Horse Slaughter. |
Fri, 18 April 2014
Father Frank Mann, Roman Catholic Priest and Writer (Queens, New York) talks about A Spiritual Examination of the Human/Non-Human Relationship. |
Fri, 11 April 2014
Poets Judith Toler, Blaire Cooper and Jane Lipman share their Poetry about our relationship to other species (second of two recordings). |
Fri, 4 April 2014
Kathy Guillermo, Senior Vice President, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals talks about an Undercover investigation of trainers/jockey’s use of electric shocks on racehorses; doping in horseracing; horse death on the racetrack. |
Fri, 28 March 2014
Poets Janet Eigner, Linda Wittenberg, Elizabeth Raby share their Poetry about our relationship to other species (first of two recordings). |
Fri, 21 March 2014
Donna Leschne, Director and Founder, Dew Paws Rescue talks about the State Funding Feasibility Study for Companion Animals of New Mexico’s Low Income Households, Animal Homelessness. |
Fri, 7 March 2014
Rena DiStacio, Chair, New Mexico Animal Sheltering Board talks about the State Funding Feasibility Study for Companion Animals of New Mexico’s Low Income Households. |
Fri, 28 February 2014
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. |
Fri, 21 February 2014
Allie Phillips, Director, Center for the Prosecution of Animal Abuse of the National Association of District Attorneys (Washington DC) talks about Legal Prosecution of Animal Abuse |
Fri, 14 February 2014
Dr. Beth Vesco-Mock, Director, Mesilla Valley Animal Shelter, NM; Stacy Voss, Director, Farmington Animal Shelter, NM discuss the State Funding Feasibility Study for Companion Animals of New Mexico’s Low Income Households, Animal Homelessness |
Fri, 7 February 2014
Con Slobodchikoff, Professor Emeritus, Biology Department, Northern Arizona University talks about Animal Communication, Prairie Dog Communication |
Fri, 31 January 2014
Lori Paras, Director, The Raptor Center talks about Raptors in New Mexico |
Fri, 24 January 2014
Gary King, New Mexico Attorney General talks about Commercial Horse Slaughter |
Fri, 17 January 2014
Ulla Pederson, Director, Kindred Spirits Animal Sanctuary (Santa Fe, NM) discusses Animal Rescue/Rescue of Elderly Animals. |
Fri, 10 January 2014
Kathryn Eagleston, Director, The Wildlife Center (Espanola, NM) talks about Wildlife Rehabilitation, Coexistence with Wildlife. |
Sun, 5 January 2014
Rabbi Marvin Schwab, Temple Beth Shalom; Rev. Larry Haslam, President, Baptist Convention of New Mexico; and Rev. Richard Murphy, St. Bede’s Episcopal Church have an Interfaith Discussion on human/non-human relationship. |
Sun, 29 December 2013
Anne Schmauss, Birder and Owner of Birds Unlimited, Santa Fe, NM talks about Birds in New Mexico. |
Sun, 22 December 2013
Tina Holguin, Director, Animal Welfare Coalition Animal Shelter, Las Vegas, NM discusses Animal Shelters in New Mexico – profile of rural shelters (AWC Animal Shelter in Las Vegas, NM) |
Sun, 15 December 2013
Adele Douglas, CEO, Humane Farm Animal Care talks about “Humane” certifications of conditions on factory farms. |
Sun, 8 December 2013
Lyn Martin, Healing Hearts, and “Michelle”, Previous Inmate at New Mexico Women’s Correctional Facility discuss Healing emotional trauma of incarcerated women, training, rehabilitation and homing of shelter dogs. |
Sun, 1 December 2013
Tamara Ward, LISW, Mental Health Therapist, talks about Psychological Counseling of People Convicted of Animal Abuse, Anicare Approach |
Sat, 16 November 2013
Rick and Heather Dillender, Directors and Founders, A Fresh Perspective Dog Training, discuss Rehabilitating and Training Service Dogs, Mental Health and Physical Disabilities and Canine Assistance |
Sat, 2 November 2013
Jennifer Rios, President of the Board of Directors, The Horse Shelter talks about Horse Abandonment and Neglect in New Mexico |