Freedom of Species

Roy Taylor interviews Justin Kerswell of Viva! who has been supporting Australian activist groups by campaigning against the sale of kangaroo meat in the UK. https://www.savethekangaroo.com/https://www.viva.org.uk/

Every year hundreds of brumbies lose their freedom & are transported for slaughter. This Sunday on FOS we discuss this & find out what is going on with the wild horse draft management plan for Kosciuszco National Park with Peter Cochran of Snowy River Mountain Bush Users Group & Mae Lee Sun from Wild Horse Journal.Photo of Trooper, a 'lucky' brumby that escaped slaughter.

Via Voiceless - The Animal Protection Institute Few Australians are aware of the real economic forces behind the production of meat, fish, eggs, and dairy.Animal food producers rely on government subsidies, artificially low prices, and influence over legislation and regulation to provide the cheap meat, eggs and dairy to which consumers have become accustomed.As a result, Australians incur massive hidden costs associated with every animal product that are not visible at the checkout. These additional costs relate to animal suffering, damage to the environment, and healthcare.The 2017 Voiceless Animal Law Lecture Series will examine the real costs of animal agriculture, and ask the question - could a tax on meat be the answer?To answer this question and challenge the current system is lawyer and author of Meatonomics, David Robinson Simon.David Robinson Simon was the first person to calculate the enormous hidden costs that the US animal food system imposes on taxpayers, animals and the environment, finding that these totalled to at least $414 billion annually.For this exclusive Australian Lecture Series, Simon will discuss how US meat and dairy producers have influenced markets and consumer behaviour, and how Australian meat and dairy producers have already begun implementing the American playbook in a number of ways.“The same forces are at work in Australia. Animal food producers have successfully pushed for legislation in a number of Australian states and territories that helps externalise their production costs and insulate them from scrutiny and liability,” said Simon.“These measures keep prices of meat low and consumption high, and they help explain why Australians’ per capita meat consumption is among the highest in the world.”The 2017 Voiceless Animal Law Lecture Series will challenge the relationship between industry, government and the consumer, and ask what cautionary tales Australia should learn from the US.

We speak to Sally Hunter, an animal and human rights activist who works to end the oppression of all individuals. Sally describes the connections between the animal and human rights movements, what they do well and what they can learn from each other. For more information about the Declaration for Animal Rights, as discussed in the show, please see: http://declarationofar.org/textSign.php To contact the Darebin Council and tell them that food and animal agriculture must be part of their plan for an emergency response to climate change please see: http://surveys.darebin.vic.gov.au/s3/darebinclimateemergencyplan. For more information about the Darbin Councils emergency response plan please see: http://www.yoursaydarebin.com.au/climateaction

We chat with Ren Hurst, founder of New World Sanctuary. Ren gives us a lot to think about when it comes to our relationship with horses and how training can shut down a healthy conversation between human and horse, and, well, all sentient beings!Photo credit:Brandy Setzer Photography

Lorinda (founder and president, pictured) and Natalie (committee member) explain why palm oil has become so popular in food manufacturing and its consequences for orangutans and other forest species of Indonesia and Malaysia.  They also describe how Palm Oil Investigations has become a force to be reckoned with and how governments prefer consumers to remain ignorant of the ingredients and impacts of their purchases.  Palm Oil Investigations http://www.palmoilinvestigations.org/POI scanner app http://www.palmoilinvestigations.org/poi-scanner-app.html

We chat with Sydney Fox Rescue about 1080 poison which is used to kill foxes and in its usage kills many other 'unwanted' and 'wanted' species . Andy Meddick from AJP also  joins us  to shed light on this very dark & cruel poison.For info on the July school holiday event:https://www.facebook.com/events/170644623461223/Please sign the petitions!https://www.change.org/p/wollondilly-shire-council-stop-the-use-of-1080-...https://www.change.org/u/7136654

Welcome back, Anita!Anita Krajnc returns to Freedom of Species to discuss how Toronto Pig Save has inspired an animal save movement; pig, chicken, cow, sheep and soon-to-be fish save groups are bearing witness to animal suffering and changing hearts and minds all over the world. We also hear about the #pigtrial that is proving #compassionisnotacrime in the Canadian courts and garnering global media attention.It's great to have Anita back on the show!Toronto Pig Save http://www.torontopigsave.org/ Toronto Pig Save FB https://www.facebook.com/TorontoPigSave/Compassion Is Not A Crime FBhttps://www.facebook.com/CompassionIsNotACrime/The Save Movement http://thesavemovement.org/Freedom of Species' Kate Gracey interviews Melbourne's local Save groupshttp://www.freedomofspecies.org/show/save-movement-melbourneMelbourne Pig Save http://www.melbournepigsave.org/Melbourne Chicken Save http://www.melbournechickensave.com/Melbourne Cow Save https://www.facebook.com/MelbourneCowSave/Melbourne Sheep Save https://www.facebook.com/melbournesheepsave/

Adelaide dive instructor Kate Wilkins was so sick of seeing rubbish while diving, she decided to do something about it.Also we have an update on Jumps Racing from Adelaide over the Easter Weekend.

If you missed the National Day of Action for Greyhounds on April 9th, fret not. We recorded the following speakers at the Melbourne rally: Dr Eleonora Gullone, Brian Murray, Dr Helen Jeges, Kim Oxley, Dr Sonja Kassenboehmer and Jennifer Davis. We also chatted a bit further with Dr Helen Jeges about the Victorian Government's promotion of greyhound racing to children.https://coalitionprotectgreyhounds.wordpress.com/https://www.facebook.com/ShutItDownNationalDayOfAction/