Freedom of Species

On this week's show we meet Vincent Berraud. Vincent has been involved in animal liberation for two and a half decades. He took part in the creation of Paris’s first animal lib group, magazine and radio show in the early 1990’s.Vincent has recently been involved in setting up Friendly and Pragmatic Vegans and Vegetarians, a successful facebook space promoting a rational and non-dogmatic approach to animal friendly ideas and lifestyles. Vincent’s blog, The Animalist, regularly tackles the issues of pragmatism and animal activism, promoting a science based approach close to humanism but inclusive of all sentient animals. Berraud doesn’t care about the vegan label and is regularly reprimanded by vegans. He recently joined the Grassroot Campaign Leadership team of VeganGMO, an organisation whose aim is to promote biotechnology as a tool of formidable benefits for all sentient animals.One of Vincent’s current projects is to look at setting up a branch of One Step for Animals in Melbourne.https://www.facebook.com/groups/fapvv/https://medium.com/@TheAnimalisthttp://www.vegangmo.com/http://onestepforanimals.weebly.com/

2015 ANIMAL ACTIVIST FORUM PRESENTATION - ONE BAD DAY: A LOOK INTO THE TRANSPORTATION & SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS IN AUSTRALIAANGELA POLLARD & JOSH AGLANDAnimal Lawyer | Ex-Industry InsiderYou often hear the justification “my animals are treated well and they only have one bad day”.This “one bad day” refers to the day the animal is transported and slaughtered at an abattoir.Josh Agland spent three years working at an abattoir and witnessed all stages of the slaughter process. He will speak about the realities of that “one bad day”.Angela Pollard, an animal lawyer, will give an overview of the Model Code of Practice for the Welfare of Animals: Slaughtering Establishments

We revisit World Vegan Day 2015 in Melbourne when we asked festival attendees about veganism. And wow, what a cornucopia of thoughtful insightful responses we received!

Emma Hurst is a Registered Psychologist, BA(Psy), PGDip(Psy), M(HealthPsy) and the Campaign Director at Animal Liberation, a New South Wales-based animal rights charity that works to end the suffering of exploited and confined animalsThis podcast is Emma Hurst's presentation at the 2015 Animal Activist Forum, Using Psycholinguistics to Create Strong Messages for Change.The talk focuses on psycholinguistics (the psychology of language) and discusses how the meat and dairy industries create messages to increase consumption of animal products and what messages the animal protection movement can create that will reduce or even eliminate the consumption of animal products.Animal Liberation NSW http://www.animal-lib.org.au/The Centre for Story-based Strategy http://www.storybasedstrategy.org/Coalition for the Protection of Greyhounds https://coalitionprotectgreyhounds.wordpress.com/ and Facebookpage https://www.facebook.com/Coalition-for-the-Protection-of-Greyhounds-1399337737039887/

What's changed it's name (not its business) 6 times, gotten legally thrown out of many environments because it is basically  killing them and yet its' cruel net of  killing in our Australian waters is welcomed?After finding out about this issue I can't get this Edvard Munch ,"The Scream" expression off my face. These are the boats we should be stopping Australia!!We discuss the Geelong Star Supertrawler with Andy Meddick, candidate for Corangamite for the Animal Justice Party.- See more at: http://www.freedomofspecies.org/show/geelong-star-supertrawler-andy-meddick-ajp#sthash.UBRWgPWH.dpufWhat's changed it's name (not its business) 6 times, gotten legally thrown out of many environments because it is basically  killing them and yet its' cruel net of  killing in our Australian waters is welcomed?After finding out about this issue I can't get this Edvard Munch ,"The Scream" expression off my face. These are the boats we should be stopping Australia!!We discuss the Geelong Star Supertrawler with Andy Meddick, candidate for Corangamite for the Animal Justice Party.- See more at: http://www.freedomofspecies.org/show/geelong-star-supertrawler-andy-meddick-ajp#sthash.UBRWgPWH.dpufWhat's changed it's name (not its business) 6 times, gotten legally thrown out of many environments because it is basically  killing them and yet its' cruel net of  killing in our Australian waters is welcomed?After finding out about this issue I can't get this Edvard Munch ,"The Scream" expression off my face. These are the boats we should be stopping Australia!!We discuss the Geelong Star Supertrawler with Andy Meddick, candidate for Corangamite for the Animal Justice Party.- See more at: http://www.freedomofspecies.org/show/geelong-star-supertrawler-andy-meddick-ajp#sthash.UBRWgPWH.dpufWhat's changed it's name (not its business) 6 times, gotten legally thrown out of many environments because it is basically  killing them and yet its' cruel net of  killing in our Australian waters is welcomed?After finding out about this issue I can't get this Edvard Munch ,"The Scream" expression off my face. These are the boats we should be stopping Australia!!We discuss the Geelong Star Supertrawler with Andy Meddick, candidate for Corangamite for the Animal Justice Party.- See more at: http://www.freedomofspecies.org/show/geelong-star-supertrawler-andy-meddick-ajp#sthash.UBRWgPWH.dpuf

Chay Neal and Rebecca Russo of Animal Liberation Queensland detail how the greyhound racing industry's live baiting exposé came to be, what the outcomes were, and what ALQ is planning for the future.This is a recording of the presentation from the 2015 Animal Activists Forum in Melbourne.www.alq.org.auhttps://chuffed.org/project/help-ban-greyhound-racing

A friendlier look at our introduced species with Dr Arian Wallach.

Bruce Friedrich from The Good Food Institute 2015 Animal Activist Forum presentation - Veganism in a Nutshell: The health, environmental, human rights, and animal rights/ protection arguments for Veganism Bruce Friedrich is executive director of The Good Food Institute (GFI). By assisting the most promising plant-based and cultured meat alternatives and companies, GFI is creating a healthy, humane, and sustainable food supply. Bruce previously served as director of policy and advocacy at Farm Sanctuary, as vice president for campaigns at PETA, as a public school teacher in inner city Baltimore through Teach for America (where he was teacher of the year for his school), and at a Catholic Worker homeless shelter and soup kitchen in inner city Washington, D.C. He has been a progressive activist for more than 25 years.The Good Food Institute http://www.thegoodfoodinstitute.orgBruce Friedrich's contributions to The Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-friedrich/

In the lead up to the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21) that begins in Paris late this month, we are replaying two very relevant interviews we recorded in June:Gerard Wedderburn-Bisshop from Beyond Zero Emissions talks about BZE's Land Use Plan and its recommendations for Australia's animal agriculture industry. And Judith Friedlander from the University of Technology Sydney sheds some light on why mainstream media goes so quiet when it comes to meat's role in climate change.www.bze.org.au