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.