Knowing Animals

This episode of Knowing Animals comes all the way from the UK. We speak to Dr. Alasdair Cochrane from the University of Sheffield about his book chapter 'Labour Rights for Animals' which will appear in the upcoming book 'The Political Turn in Animal Ethics'. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA - the Australasian Animal Studies Association. Join today and help support the organisation that supports Animal Studies.

In this episode of Knowing Animals we talk to Rowena Lennox from UTS about her writing about Dingos. We discuss her piece 'Apex Predators' which appears in the highly respected literary journal 'Meanjin' in 2014. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by the Australasian Animal Studies Association. Are you a member? You should be. Join today!

In this episode from the Protecting Animals series I speak to Nathan Runkle founder and CEO of Mercy for Animals. He explains why he established the organisations and how it has grown and changed over the years. This episode is brought to you my AASA - the Australasia Animal Studies Association. Join ASSA for just $50 a year and be the first to know about Animal Studies events around the world. Join here: http://animalstudies.org.au.

This episode of Knowing Animals is from the Protecting Animals series. We talk to Phillip Hall from Animal Liberation NSW. Phillip is the education officer and is actively involved in circus protests and social media outreach. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by the Australasian Animal Studies Association (AASA). Join AASA now!

This very special episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you from Hong Kong. We speak to Associate Professor Amanda Whitfort from the Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong. Amanda is an expert in animal law and today we will be discussing her paper ‘Evaluating China’s Draft Animal Protection Law’ which was published in the Sydney Law Review in 2012. This episode is brought to you by AASA - the Australasian Animal Studies Association.

This episode of Knowing Animals comes to you from Hong Kong. We talk to Dr. Fiona Woodhouse, deputy director of animal welfare at SPCA Hong Kong. She tells us about animal welfare issues in Hong Kong and what the SPCA is doing to make the lives of animals better. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA - the Australasian Animal Studies Association.

Happy 1st birthday Knowing Animals! The celebrate our 1st birthday Knowing Animals recorded a live episode with musician, entertainer, vegan and animal advocate Lindsay McDougall. Lindsay talks about his journey toward veganism, what it's like as a member of the vegan community, and ends with a couple of songs. So much fun! This special episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA - the Australasian Animal Studies Association. Follow Knowing Animals on Twitter @knowing_animals. Follow Siobhan on twitter @so_s and like us on Facebook at 'Knowing Animals'. Finally, don't forget to leave a review at iTunes!

In this episode of Knowing Animals we speak to Dr. Denise Russell. Denise is a philosopher and research fellow at the Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts at the University of Wollongong. In addition to being an ethicist Denise is also an animal advocate. One of her areas of interest is animal research. We talk to her about why alternatives are developing so slowly in Australia. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by the Australasian Animal Studies Association (AASA). Join now!

This episode of Knowing Animals is from our Protecting Animals series. We speak to Jessica Bailey from the Cruelty Free Shop. She explains what motivated her to establish a vegan business and she also answers the age old question; which city is better: Sydney of Melbourne! This episode of Knowing Animals is sponsored by the Australasian Animal Studies Association (AASA). Are you a member?

In this episode of Knowing Animals we speak to Bidda Jones from RSPCA Australia. We discuss her work on live animal exports and her new book 'Backlash': https://shop.animalsaustralia.org/products/backlash. This episode of Knowing Animals is sponsored by AASA: http://animalstudies.org.au. Following Knowing Animals on twitter @knowing_animals and Facebook at Knowing Animals. Join us for a live recording of Knowing Animals in Sydney on Monday May 2: http://www.meetup.com/Podcasting-Sydney/events/229567571/.