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This show begins with Lori describing two of her many adventures in cruelty free shopping. Ever increasingly, merchants who ignore vegan buyers do so at their own peril. Lori then continues with a discussion about the environmental impact of plastic trash, with a focus on plastic drinking straws. We continue with a discussion about training with […]
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Governor Jerry Brown has just signed a bill into law that makes California the country’s leader in reducing the routine, irresponsible and harmful use of antibiotics in animal agriculture. More antibiotics are used in agriculture than for human disease, and their use causes the creation of antibiotic resistant bacteria that harm and kill people. Jonathan […]
http://s3.amazonaws.com/at-radio/072813.mp3 On this show, Lori ws joined by Dr. Con Slobodchikoff, author of Chasing Dr. Doolittle – Learning the Language of Animals. Con, who is Professor Emeritus of Biology, Northern Arizona University, has dedicated his career to studying language of Prairie Dogs. He discovered the prairie dog calls contain a tremendous amount of information, constituting […]
http://s3.amazonaws.com/at-radio/030412.mp3 On this week’s show, Peter ventured down to the Born Free USA Primate Sanctuary in Texas to meet with Director Tim Ajax (and more than 500 monkeys). They discussed the history of the sanctuary, why it is needed, and how they are preparing to receive more than one hundred new residents. The sanctuary is […]
http://s3.amazonaws.com/at-radio/092511.mp3 On today’s show, Peter was first joined by Debbie Knaan, who serves as Deputy DA, Los Angeles County as Animal Cruelty Case Coordinator. We discussed the successes and challenges in prosecuting cases of animal abuse and neglect, as well as community efforts to decrease animal abuse. Then, Jonathan Balcombe joined us in support of […]
http://s3.amazonaws.com/at-radio/091811.mp3 On this week’s show, we were first joined by Dr. Nicholas Dodman. Nick is Professor, Section Head and Program Director of the Animal Behavior Department of Clinical Sciences at the Tufts Cummings school of Veterinary Medicine, book author, media personality and lecturer. He and his colleagues have made some groundbreaking discoveries into canine compulsive […]
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Lori’s first guest is author and naturalist Jim Cornett who teaches us all about roadrunners. Check out all his books here. We continue sharing this year’s list of unusual and amusing dog and cat names. In the second hour, Eric Van Nice, DVM, discusses dental and oral health in dogs and cats. Then Dr. Peter […]
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Lori begins the show discussing the cruelty of bullfighting. The rest of the hour is devoted to devocalization, with Joel Woolfson, DVM, Cheryl Major of the Coalition to Protect and Rescue Pets, and Attorney Laura Allen of the Animal Law Coalition. Amazing lineup! The second hour features many aspects of eye and vision health with […]
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Lori begins the show commenting on a street performer’s exploitation of animals, leading into a discussion on the use of animals in circuses with attorney Tracy Silverman from Animal Welfare Institute. Next up is Judy McGee with the National Tiger Sanctuary. Lori then welcomes Professor Marc Bekoff, ethologist, author and columnist to discuss private ownership […]
