Freedom of Species

Chay Neal (Executive Director) and Amanda Holly (Campaign Manager, Intensive Farming) from Animal Liberation Queensland speak with us about ALQ's approach to animal rights advocacy and some of their successful campaigns including their expose on live baiting in the greyhound industry, the amazing BEEF.ORG.AU campaign, their campaign for veganism Vegan4Life, rodeo campaigns and more.  Links:  Animal Liberation QLD https://alq.org.au/ Greyhound racing campaign https://alq.org.au/greyhound-racing Rodeos https://alq.org.au/rodeos BEEF.ORG.AU campaign https://www.beef.org.au/ Campaign for veganism, Vegan4Life https://www.vegan4life.org.au/ Dairy industry https://alq.org.au/dairy World Plant Milk Day 2021 https://www.worldplantmilkday.com/ Brisbane Animal Save https://alq.org.au/brisbane-animal-save Music: All the Good Girls go to Hell by Billie Eilish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PZsSWwc9xA January 26 by A.B. Original https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ9qeX4gUeo Nameless, Faceless by Courtney Barnett https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZZSYDhx0FI   If you enjoyed the show, please consider donating to 3CR and specify that your donation is for Freedom of Species – we appreciate any support! https://www.3cr.org.au/donate

Harley McDonald-Eckersall from Animal Rebellion discusses their campaign demanding McDonald’s goes totally plant-based by 2025. This campaign has included a blockade of a McDonald’s burger factory and distribution centres.  Links: Find out more about Animal Rebellion here: https://animalrebellion.org/ For more information on the McLibel case mentioned during the show, you can check out the documentary ‘McLibel’ and the following website: https://www.mcspotlight.org/case/  Music played: Frenzal Rhomb ‘Not So Tough Now’: https://open.spotify.com/track/3GekUIPmZj1MxOcZRdStcr?si=bb4fbe72cb914e0c Jonathan Mann ft. Ivory King ‘Vegan Myths Debunked’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc8TrchWeO0 Anti-Flag ‘Underground Network’: https://anti-flag.bandcamp.com/track/underground-network  Please donate to 3CR and specify that your donation is for Freedom of Species – we appreciate any support! https://www.3cr.org.au/donate

Trev and Davita chat with Vanessa Letico - author of the children's book Luca's Adventure From Table-to-Farm. Vanessa and the illustrator Diandra Hwan have published a compassionate and gentle book that vegans, vegetarians and vegan-curious people can read to their kids. Listen back for our interview with Vanessa about her book.   Links: You can find Vanessa's book here: https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/lucas-adventure-from-table-to-farm-by-vanessa-letico-and-diandra-hwan-and-laurena-letico-9780646830360  Music Played:Dua Lipa 'Levitating' - https://open.spotify.com/album/5lKlFlReHOLShQKyRv6AL9Olivia Rodrigo 'Good 4 U' - https://open.spotify.com/album/6s84u2TUpR3wdUv4NgKA2jCharlie Lane 'Sail' - https://open.spotify.com/album/1QHQT6rWcwSwTWQR5OJHST

On this show we analyse mainstream media reporting on plant-based meats and discuss the benefits of eating plant-based rather than animal-based meats, for animals and the environment.  Links: The article we discuss for most of the show is ‘Plant-based meat sales are soaring, but experts warn it may not be better for you or the environment’ by Cara Waters in The Sydney Morning Herald: https://amp.smh.com.au/business/companies/plant-based-meat-sales-are-soaring-but-experts-warn-it-may-not-be-better-for-you-or-the-environment-20210317-p57bi2.html We also discuss the article ‘Taste alone won't persuade Americans to swap out beef for plant-based burgers’ by Anna Mattila in The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/amp/taste-alone-wont-persuade-americans-to-swap-out-beef-for-plant-based-burgers-158682 The article ‘The Civilised Burger: Meat Alternatives as a Conversion Aid and Social Instrument for Australian Vegetarians and Vegans’ by Nath and Prideaux in the Australian Humanities Review is briefly touched on: http://www.australianhumanitiesreview.org/archive/Issue-November2011/nath%26prideaux.html We finish the show by discussing cultured meat – for more on this, check out our previous episode on the topic: https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies/episode-202101171300/would-vegans-eat-cultured-meat  Music played: Goldfinger ‘Walk Away’: http://www.goldfingermusic.com/ The Living End ‘End of the World’: http://www.thelivingend.com.au/ World/Inferno Friendly Society ‘Cats are not lucky creatures’: https://www.worldinferno.com/  If you enjoy the music we play on our show, check out our Spotify playlist ‘Freedom of Species’! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3TJQujKYjGFoFP6LhBbaTS?si=a84054801d704f12  Freedom of Species t-shirts are now available via the 3CR website, in a range of colours and both tighter fit and looser fit styles!   https://3cr-shop.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/freedom-of-species-semi-fitted-tshirt?fbclid=IwAR0lXtTukvk2EvefI7zwNfwky8848pzh8bjUcJpHAEPoUh6RMCSaJnnGM2o   https://3cr-shop.myshopify.com/collections/tshirts/products/freedom-of-species-loose-fitted-tshirt?fbclid=IwAR2EQqTFmQQMLHbMgcz53L3hQ-H_i63cx2gfTU2LV1FX6EtD7AfkP5M3MQw

Have you ever heard people discussing gene editing of predators to turn them into herbivores? Or to gene edit animals who have many offspring, to have them create far fewer offspring? These are some of the extreme suggestions coming from advocates to reduce the suffering of wild animals. So what’s up with WAS? Davita and Trev discuss ideas within this movement, and the many responses to it.   Links:  Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations: https://www.facebook.com/mldrin  Herbivorize Predators: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSaX8vDzaVvMGGfAPA2-Dsw/about  Estimates for the number of animals in the world: https://reducing-suffering.org/how-many-wild-animals-are-there  Overview of Wild Animal Suffering: https://longtermrisk.org/the-importance-of-wild-animal-suffering  PTSD in wild animals: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6685979/   Music Played: Deadstar 'Don't it get you down': https://open.spotify.com/album/6ugwsPiMoCHWsKyrIuJ1AZ Jordan Rakei 'Lost Myself':  https://jordanrakei.bandcamp.com/album/cloak World Sick 'Shower': https://worldsick.bandcamp.com/album/shower   Podcast Image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/50457550@N00 This image is licensed with CC BY-SA 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

We speak with Robyn from Lamb Care Australia, a not-for-profit registered charity that resucues and rehomes orphanied lambs born during the lambing season in Victoria.We discuss how Robyn's experiences caring for newborn lambs prompted her and others to form the charity and how they help lambs in need with the support of exceptional carers. Robyn talks about some of the lambs that have really made an impact on her including Ben, Dawn and Mimi. Ben is pictured in the photo with Robyn here.Please view the stories of the gorgeous individuals that have come into LCA's care here: https://lambcareaustralia.org.au/our-lambs/There are lot of ways you can support Lamb Care Australia including making a donation or purchasing  merchandise, checking out the volunteering options, or purchasing items from the LCA wishlist that will help them continue their great work. Details here: https://lambcareaustralia.org.au/how-to-help/wishlist/Lamb Care Australia has an upcoming fundraising event, Trivia for the Lambs on Sunday August 14, 2021 at the Edinburgh Gardens Community Hall in Fitzroy North, VIC. Tickets are available here: https://lambcareaustralia.org.au/blog/ Music we played on the show:Riverside by Anges Obel https://www.agnesobel.com/First day of my life by Bright Eyes https://www.thisisbrighteyes.com/index.php

On this show we are raising money to support 3CR Radiothon with our animal trivia show! Please donate via our GiveNow page: tinyurl.com/48yjk96v  3CR has supported Freedom of Species for over ten years. Anything you can donate is a big help! Thank you everybody who has donated already. Listen in and see if you can beat us to the correct answers! All hosts are live on air and the winner of this show is the sound effects.   Music Played Magic Dirt 'Competition Girl' - https://open.spotify.com/album/5PlFvFbKnFPpgAI1X9Ty3Y Soul 'Outsiders' - https://sole.bandcamp.com/album/no-god-nor-country-3 Leanne Kingwell 'Choking on Halos' - https://open.spotify.com/album/3DYS30pmGQ7fbFQvC9AZv5

The recent snap lockdown in Melbourne provided a good opportunity for Trev and Davita to stay put and review what has happened in the past months in the animal advocacy world. Listen in to the Freedom of Species News Show for current events in Melbourne and Victoria’s activism groups, international activism, legislation and culture and media.  And please donate to our radiothon campaign, to keep Freedom of Species and 3CR on the air for another year!  https://www.givenow.com.au/crowdraiser/public/freedomofspeciesradiothon2021  Links:  WAR (Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance) recommended First Nations facebook pages and groups to follow: https://www.facebook.com/WARcollective/posts/314739183589313  Victoria Wildlife Act 1975 - review and open submissions: https://engage.vic.gov.au/independent-review-victorias-wildlife-act-1975  Animal Rebellion UK McDonalds campaign https://animalrebellion.org/noloveinit/  Greta Thunberg’s ad in cooperation with mercy for animals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAOCnDMGdKU https://www.sbs.com.au/news/greta-thunberg-hails-australian-court-ruling-as-a-huge-win-for-the-whole-climate-movement  Vegan children health study   https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/113/6/1565/6178918  BDS: https://bdsaustralia.net.au/campaigns/stop-elbit/ https://bdsaustralia.net.au/campaigns/boycott-israeli-dates-checkthedate/ https://bdsmovement.net/get-involved/what-to-boycott  New Zealand Live export ban https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/14/new-zealand-to-stop-exporting-livestock-by-sea https://safe.org.nz/take-action/demand-ban-live-export-2/  UK sentience legislation https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/12/animals-to-be-formally-recognised-as-sentient-beings-in-uk-law  EU proposal to ban more dairy terms for vegan products https://plantbasednews.org/culture/law-and-politics/european-parliament-rejects-dairy-ban/  JBS ransomware cyber attack https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-31/cyber-attack-shuts-down-global-meat-processing-giant-jbs/100178310  Freedom of Species Survey https://forms.gle/Q5MQDFHLZheCFTGQ7   Music Played: Ruby Gill 'Borderlines' https://open.spotify.com/album/3242Bu9TVXE2MemMn6jjvN Dear Stalker 'Back For A Beating' https://open.spotify.com/album/0Pi8HJBRsHPwzjt7wdV0Az The Superjesus 'Milk' https://open.spotify.com/album/5NXfQ3oIhEbkafEm7WoJBk  Podcast Image: https://www.flickr.com/people/chodhound/ This image is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.

This show features the talk 'Anti-speciesism and the Fight for Global Climate Justice' by Harley and Jam from Animal Rebellion. The talk covers speciesism (discrimination based on species) and connections to other issues such as capitalism, colonisation and racism.  Links: Check out the video of the full talk on Animal Rebellion’s Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMBWOUnuicQ&ab_channel=AnimalRebellion Find out more about Animal Rebellion here: https://animalrebellion.org/  Music: Every Last Life by RESIST AND EXIST: https://resistandexist.bandcamp.com/track/every-last-life Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land by MARINA: https://www.marinaofficial.co.uk/ Black Magic by Baker Boy and Dallas Woods: https://www.bakerboyofficial.com/

This show features Harley McDonald-Eckersall from Animal Rebellion on the role of individual veganism and system change within the animal movement.  Links for the show: Find out more about Animal Rebellion here: https://animalrebellion.org/ This show builds on the themes covered on our previous episode: 1 in 3 People Support Plant-Based Diets – Progress for the Vegan Movement! https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies/episode-202104041300/1-3-people-support-plant-based-diets-%E2%80%93-progress-vegan-movement Please fill out our survey for Freedom of Species listeners! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeRAIRBPZ7ptOfuhJ8Nd_9JGBrBijPXMoAvsOSfBOZGqRryKA/viewform The phrase carbon footprint received “its biggest boost in 2005 through an enormous BP media campaign on the carbon footprint” – from William Safire in The New York Times magazine:  https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/magazine/17wwln-safire-t.html The world’s top five meat and dairy corporations are already responsible for more emissions than ExxonMobil, Shell or BP – from Josh Gabbatiss in the Independent: https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/meat-dairy-industry-greenhouse-gas-emissions-fossil-fuels-oil-pollution-iatp-grain-a8451871.html  Music/clips: Adam Ruins Everything – Going Green: 'The Corporate Conspiracy to Blame You for Their Trash': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koqNm_TgOZk Shoreline and Nervus ‘Meat Free Youth’: https://shorelineband.com/meat-free-youth/ MARINA ‘Purge the Poison’: https://marina.lnk.to/PurgeThePoisonID