Freedom of Species

We speak with Elio Celotto, Campaign Director with the Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses (CPR), about the dark secret of the Australian horse racing industry, as recently revealed by the ABC's 7.30 Report. Elio talks about the thousands of prize-winning racehorses that meet cruel brutal deaths in abattoirs each year, to be sold as pet meat or to be exported for human consumption.We also debut the new music track "You Bet, They Die", written specifically for the CPR campaign.  The episode screened on the ABC's 7.30 Report:  https://iview.abc.net.au/show/7-30/series/0/video/NC1901H164S00?fbclid=IwAR0KP_l13R_zHgadrGEBeXg79FgblaJDnMumpW6x8SIvEev4-KzCtHRKfBg

On this show, we discuss some of the talks and key themes from the recent Animal Activists Forum, which took place in Melbourne. You can find out more about this Forum and listen to talks from previous events here: http://www.activistsforum.com/resources/ You can watch a video of Harley McDonald-Eckersall’s talk from this year’s conference, ‘Animal Rights Under Occupation — Lessons from the Palestinian Animal League’: https://medium.com/@harleymcdonaldeckersall/animal-rights-under-occupation-lessons-from-the-palestinian-animal-league-339bae8f87a6 Another talk from this year that there is a video online for is 'Forming Alliances With Other Movements' by Betty Melon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItkAhRrj10g&fbclid=IwAR0G0dv2g0wqnNryiMsDBSEkmAnp4yveJFy0-QqFK3pnSFoThfPpGf2B5i8 There will be more talks available online soon, keep your eye on the Collectively Free - Kulin Nations Facebook page for links to these talks: https://www.facebook.com/cfkulinnations

We discuss recent news in the world of animal activism and veganism, including a chat about the documentary 'The Game Changers', footage showing the horrors of the horse racing industry and animal testing.

Katja & Nick of local volunteer organisation Mange Management talk about the devastating impacts of the mange mite parasite on wombats.  They explain how mange can be identified, how it can be successfully treated by members of the public and landholders with Mange Management's support, and how the government could better respond to this issue that's causing immense suffering to our native wildlife.  Mange Management  https://mangemanagement.org.au/and on Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/mangemanagement/

This show features representatives from the new activist group Collectively Free – melbourne who discuss their Animals Against Animal Experiments campaign, Liberated Futures conference and the importance of standing up against all forms of oppression. Collectively Free – melbourne Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/cfmelb/ Animals Against Animal Experiments campaign: https://www.facebook.com/animalagainstx/ Liberated Futures conference: https://www.facebook.com/events/479005459344363/ Check out Approaching Critical to be kept up to date with a wide range of activist actions happening around Melbourne: https://www.facebook.com/approachingcritical/

On this show we’re joined by activist Meghan Street, host of Green Left Radio on 3CR, who discusses the recent Global Strike For Climate marches and how vegan activists can better connect with environmental and Left movements. Meghan also covers how the desire for constant growth harms the environment and the other animals we share it with. You can listen to Green Left Radio on 3CR every Friday from 7 to 8:30am plus catch up on shows here: https://www.3cr.org.au/greenleftweeklyradio On this show we play a little bit of journalist Naomi Klein speaking on Democracy Now. You can listen to this episode of Democracy Now here: https://www.democracynow.org/shows/2019/9/17 Photo from: https://www.veganaustralia.org.au/clear_vegan_message_at_climate_marches

On Friday 20th September 2019, hundreds of thousands of Australians joined the Global Climate Strike. We took along a recorder to get a sense of how people were thinking about animals and agriculture in relation to the climate and climate action.

Martin Stringer is a nature photographer & videographer who has become personally involved in crowd-funded tropical rainforest protection & restoration projects, both in Australia's Daintree and in the Amazon.  He explains these inspiring conservation programs and the huge benefits they're having on wildlife and carbon storage.   Halfcut www.halfcut.orgRainforest Trust www.rainforesttrust.orgRainforest Rescue www.rainforestrescue.org.au

We are joined by Nikki Viveca, a Melbourne-based performer who brings a touch of theatre to stand-up. Nikki has performed solo shows, such as Asexual Healing, was most recently performing in the Comedy Festival improv show Completely Improvised Potter (which is great!) and won the 2019 Midsumma Poetry Slam.Nikki will tell us about her new fringe show Wasp Movie. When Nikki moved into her cute new house, she was looking forward to turning it into the home of her dreams. She wasn’t counting on the wasps who also wanted to make it their dream home as well. In Wasp Movie, Nikki pools her creative talents to pay homage to one of the world’s least loved animals - the Wasp.You can find out more details about the show and buy tickets at the Melbourne Fringe website - Wasp Movie.Another show about animals that you might want to check out is Creatures Lost

This is a presentation given by Terry Hurtado, an environmental & animal rights activist in Colombia, at the Decolonizing Animals conference in New Zealand in July 2019.  "Colombia had a very strong welfareist tradition linked to dog and cat shelters, and to some extent, the welfare of horses used for pulling wagons. New generations took reasonability to fight against spectacles in which non-human animals were used, like bullfights, horse parades and circus displaying new ways of advocacy, and bringing in innovative discussions for the country. The new ways of advocacy, as activism, brought a shift in how organization members perceived their role. The way the public and the media saw organizations that worked for animals, changed as well."Decolonizing Animals conference  https://aasa2019.org/Photo credit:  Alejandro Sánchez Lariccia