Santa Fe's Wednesday Poetry Group Topic: Animal-themed poetry by local writers Janet Eigner, Linda Whittenberg, Jane Lipman, Elizabeth Raby, Blair Cooper and Judith Toler

Dena Jones, Animal Welfare Institute Topic:  (Series on Farmed Animals and Industrial Agriculture) A Critical Review of USDA's "Process Verified" certification program

Gary Dahl, USDA Food Safety & Inspection Service, Meat Inspector Topic:  (Series on Farmed Animals and Industrial Agriculture) Practices and Conditions of Slaughterhouses; industry-led safety inspection systems; Humane Slaughter Act (Part 2)

Gary Dahl, USDA Food Safety & Inspection Service, Meat Inspector Topic:  (Series on Farmed Animals and Industrial Agriculture) Practices and Conditions of Slaughterhouses; industry-led safety inspection systems; Humane Slaughter Act (Part 1)

Gail Eisnitz, Author of "Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, and Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.S. Meat Industry" Second of two-part interview on inhumane treatment of animals in slaughterhouse and extensive violations of the federal Humane Slaughter Act; failure of USDA to comply with federal Humane Slaughter Act

Gail Eisnitz, Author of "Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, and Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.S. Meat Industry" First of 2 Interviews on inhumane treatment of animals in slaughterhouse and extensive violations of the federal Humane Slaughter Act; failure of USDA to comply with federal Humane Slaughter Act

First of Series on Industrialized Agriculture; factory farming and inhumane treatment of animals

What are Puppy Mills?  Dale Bartlett, Humane Society of United States.

John Horning, Executive Director, Wild Earth Guardians talks about Conflict in Reintroducing Mexican Gray Wolf to Southwest; Extinction risk

Amy Gibson-Grant, The Ad Council discusses Designing public service advertisement campaign to encourage adoptions from shelters