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Animals Today August 20, 2023. Wind farms vs: whales. Bats, rabies and you! Wild and wonderful animal adaptations. Hot news.

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Lori begins the show with worrisome events surrounding the ever-expanding offshore wind farm industry and its probable detrimental effect on whales. The recent alarming increase of the deaths of whales, mostly humpbacks, along the eastern shores of the US coincided with increased construction of wind farms and windf arm activity. There are many ways offshore […]

Filed Under: rabies, 2023 Show, General Information, whales Tagged With: Wild animals, News, Environment, Whales

Animals Today May 26, 2018. “Feeding two birds with one scone.” Humane animal idioms. Emotional support animals at Yale. Canine Confidential, by Marc Bekoff. Preventing dog bites. Differences between dog and cat people.

May 29, 2018 by Peter Spiegel Leave a Comment

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The show begins with a fun segment about animals in popular sayings. Many of them, such as, like shooting fish in a barrel, evoke cruel and violent images, so we are always on the lookout for nicer substitutes. Listen in and tell us what you think. And please share your favorite humane animal idioms on […]

Filed Under: Emotional support animal, 2018 Show Archive, Books, Dogs, Environment, General Information Tagged With: cats, Dogs, Environment, Books

Animals Today March 17, 2018. Puppy dies in overhead bin of United flight. Remembering Snickers, who perished after a 2011 Delta flight. Appreciating snakes. More animals in song titles. What’s wrong with plastic straws?

March 19, 2018 by Peter Spiegel Leave a Comment

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We begin with Peter and former Los Angles Animal Cruelty Prosecutor, Bob Ferber, talking about the recent death of a small dog who perished after forced into the overhead bin of a United airplane. Bob cautions that we need to wait for more facts to come out, but it looks pretty bad for the involved […]

Filed Under: 2018 Show Archive, Airline, Snakes, Animal rights, Environment, General Information Tagged With: cats, Culture, Environment, Fun

Animals Today – July 26, 2015. Professor Lisa Kemmerer discusses her book, Eating Earth- Environmental Ethics and Dietary Choice.

August 2, 2015 by Peter Spiegel Leave a Comment

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On this show, Professor Lisa Kemmerer joined Peter to discuss her book, Eating Earth- Environmental Ethics and Dietary Choice. Peter and Lisa touched on each of the main topics in the volume, which are the environmental damage caused by farming, fishing and hunting. Using numerous diagrams, simple but powerful calculations and indisputable facts, Kemmerer’s book […]

Filed Under: 2015 Show Archive, Animal Cruelty, Books, Environment, General Information, Plant based diet Tagged With: Environment, Animal Cruelty, Veganism, Books

Animals Today April 19, 2015. Wildlife killing contests. Devocalization legislation. Earth Week celebrates its 45th birthday

April 24, 2015 by Peter Spiegel Leave a Comment

Big show here. http://s3.amazonaws.com/at-radio/AnimalsToday041915.mp3 First Lori was joined by Camilla Fox, Founder and Executive Director of Project Coyote. Camilla explained the origins and ongoing practice of having contests to kill wildlife, typically done under the guise of conservation or protection of agricultural interests. California has banned the practice and now Project Coyote and other groups are […]

Filed Under: 2015 Show Archive, Aniamal Cruelty, Environment, General Information, Veterinary topics, Wild animals Tagged With: hunting, Wild animals, Animal Cruelty, Environment

Animals Today July 27, 2014. The harmful effects of rodent poisons on pets, people and wildlife. Cats control our lives.

August 4, 2014 by Peter Spiegel Leave a Comment

http://s3.amazonaws.com/at-radio/072714.mp3 Poisons to control infestations of rodents are widely used and easy to obtain. However, rat or mouse poisons, or rodenticides, are toxic products that can cause illness and even death of non-target wildlife, pets and people. On this show, we learned about the poisons and their harmful effects from two expert guests. First, Lori welcomed […]

Filed Under: 2014 Show Archive, Bobcats, Cats, General Information, Posion, Rodent control Tagged With: Poison, cats, Environment, Rodents, Wild animals

Animals Today – July 6, 2014 – How meat consumption harms the environment and wildlife. Summertime quiz.

August 2, 2014 by Peter Spiegel Leave a Comment

http://s3.amazonaws.com/at-radio/070614.mp3 On this show, Lori welcomed Stephanie Feldstein from the Center for Biological Diversity, where she is Population and Sustainability Director. Stephanie explained how meat consumption negatively impacts wildlife, climate, habitats, water and land. The Center has introduced new campaign called “Take Extinction Off Your Plate” in which people are urged to consume less meat […]

Filed Under: 2014 Show Archive, Business, diet, Environment, Food, General Information, Quiz Tagged With: Diet, Environment

Animals Today – May 18, 2014. Federal government sued over wind farm regulations. Repopulating wild bison herds: A good idea?

May 21, 2014 by Peter Spiegel 1 Comment

On Sunday’s Show, Lori welcomed three acclaimed guests. http://s3.amazonaws.com/at-radio/051814.mp3 The first topic revolved around the lawsuit recently filed by the American Bird Conservancy (ABC) against the Department of the Interior, which is now able to approve 30-year permits for wind farms. Dr. Michael Hutchins, National Coordinator, Bird Smart Wind Energy Campaign, American Bird Conservancy, explained […]

Filed Under: 2014 Show Archive, Bison, Eagles, energy, Environment, Law, Legal Tagged With: Raptors, Law, Environment, Bison

Animals Today November 17, 2013: Birds, Bats Wind Turbines and Problems with Green Energy featuring Mark Duchamp

November 18, 2013 by Peter Spiegel Leave a Comment

http://s3.amazonaws.com/at-radio/111713.mp3 On this show Mark Duchamp from Save the Eagles International launched a devastating assault on conventional green energy thinking on behalf of birds, bats and indeed all animals and the environment. Mark explained wind farms will cause the extinction of many bird and bat species, especially if the planned expansion of their use worldwide […]

Filed Under: 2013 show archive, Birds, energy, Environment, General Information Tagged With: energy, Environment, Birds, bats

Animals Today – July 14, 2013: Richard Schwartz and Michael Fishbach

July 19, 2013 by Peter Spiegel Leave a Comment

http://s3.amazonaws.com/at-radio/071413.mp3 Two fabulous guests joined us on this show. First, Lori welcomed Richard Schwartz, President of Jewish Vegetarians of North America (JVNA) and Society of Ethical and Religious Vegetarians (SERV). Richard is diligently working on growing the transformed and reborn Jewish holiday, “New Year for Animals” and updated us on his progress. It is a big […]

Filed Under: 2013 show archive, Environment, General Information, vegan, whales Tagged With: Judaism, Environment, Whales, Veganism

Animals Today April 7, 2013 – Derek Burkholder and Tracy Coppola

April 8, 2013 by Peter Spiegel Leave a Comment

http://s3.amazonaws.com/at-radio/040713.mp3 The first guest on this show was Dr. Derek Burkholder, research scientist at Save Our Seas Shark Center at Nova Southeastern University. Lori and Derek discussed shark threats and conservation and the recent news from CITES, which added protected status to more shark and ray species. Then, Tracy Coppola appeared to discuss the issues […]

Filed Under: 2013 show archive, Animal Sanctuary, Sharks, Tigers Tagged With: Environment, Sharks, Tigers

Animals Today – December 16, 2012 Dr. Richard Oppenlander discusses the oceans

December 18, 2012 by Peter Spiegel Leave a Comment

http://s3.amazonaws.com/at-radio/121612.mp3 On this show,  Dr. Richard Oppenlander returned to speak about the poor state of our oceans. Not only are we depleting their resources, we are thoroughly ruining their health. Many factors are at play including overfishing (or as Richard prefers, simply “fishing”), acidification, global warming, oversue of fertilizers, oil exploration and more. Is it […]

Filed Under: 2012 Show Archive, Environment, General Information, Oceans, Water Tagged With: Oceans, Fishing, Environment, Veganism

Animals Today – December 2, 2012. Craig Sholley, African Wildlife Foundation. Conservation of Gorillas and other wildlife

December 9, 2012 by Peter Spiegel Leave a Comment

http://s3.amazonaws.com/at-radio/120212.mp3 On this show, Lori was joined by Vice President of of Philanthropy and Marketing for African Wildlife Foundation, Craig Sholley. Craig discussed the results of the most recent Mountain Gorilla census, as well as the ongoing threats to their survival. African Wildlife Foundation has existed for 50 years and works to help both people and […]

Filed Under: 2012 Show Archive, Africa, General Information, Gorilla Tagged With: Gorilla, Environment, Africa

Animals Today – October 28, 2012. Dr. Richard Oppenlander discusses Global Depletion and his book, Comfortably Unaware

October 29, 2012 by Peter Spiegel Leave a Comment

http://s3.amazonaws.com/at-radio/102812.mp3 On this show, Lori was joined by author, lecturer, consultant and entrepreneur, Dr. Richard Oppenlander. Richard persuasively argued that our diets are directly responsible for harming the earth. Richard’s book, Comfortably Unaware: Global depletion and food responsibility…what you choose to eat is killing our planet, outlines the unsustainability of our meat and dairy -intensive […]

Filed Under: 2012 Show Archive, Environment, General Information, vegan, Water Tagged With: Environment, Veganism

Animals Today July 29 2012 Profesor Richard Schwartz

July 31, 2012 by Peter Spiegel Leave a Comment

http://s3.amazonaws.com/at-radio/072912.mp3 On this show, Lori Welcomed Richard Schwartz, Professor Emeritus, College of Staten Island and President of Jewish Vegetarians of North America. Richard announced and described his new effort to revive and modernize an ancient Jewish holiday to benfit animals and the environment. The new hoilday is called Rosh Hashana La’B’heimot (New Year for Animals), […]

Filed Under: 2012 Show Archive, Animal Ethics, diet, Environment, Religion, vegan Tagged With: Environment, religion, Veganism

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