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Airs at: Fri, 04/26/2024 at 10:00am - 10:30am
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Interviews about animal rights issues

 

Every 4th Friday of the month from 10a -10:30am

"Voices for the Animals" is a monthly half-hour program that tackles the issues around animal rights and welfare. Host Michele Coppola features interviews and news with front-line activists and advocates who are working to make a difference in the lives of animals around the world.

(Music "Cajongo" by Gaia,  played by Martin Watkinson on the cello & Cherita Meadows on the cajon.)


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Come Closer: Bearing Witness to the Lives and Deaths of Earthlings

Airs at: Fri, 10/25/2019 at 10:00am - 10:30am
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The Save Movement (Save) is a global network of groups who bear witness as farmed animals are en route to slaughter. They also organize regular vigils and rallies at live markets and slaughterhouses. Their events are documented with photography and video footage which is th... Read more

Fighting Back Against Climate Destruction with Climate Save Organizer Tim Verhoef

Airs at: Fri, 09/27/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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Hosts Michele Coppola and Noah Bristol speak with Tim Verhoef of Climate Save Movement, an grassroots organization with over 170 worldwide chapters dedicated to solving the climate crisis by ending animal agriculture, reforesting the Earth and phasing out fossil fuels. Join... Read more

Counsel for the American Wild Horse Campaign

Airs at: Fri, 08/23/2019 at 10:00am - 10:30am
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  For centuries before there was an America, wild horses ran free on this continent—but now they compete with millions of head of livestock on the rangelands of the Western United States. The Bureau of Land Management is proposing a plan to sterilize wild mares using a pro... Read more

Laying my life on the line for animal liberation

Airs at: Fri, 07/26/2019 at 10:00am - 10:30am
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Hosts Julianne Schwartz and Noah Bristol speak with Thomas Chiang, a Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) activist working diligently for animal rights. Thomas was recently part of June 3rd, 2019 mass action at Reichardt Duck Farm in Petaluma, California. Thomas, along with other... Read more

THE END OF GREYHOUND RACING

Airs at: Fri, 06/28/2019 at 10:00am - 10:30am
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    Host Dab Steadman will be talking with Carey Theil,  Co-founder & Executive Director of Grey2KUSA-Worldwide,  an organization dedicated to ending the cruelty of dog racing both in the States and abroad.  Since 2001, Carey has worked tirelessly for this cause-   author... Read more

Animal Liberation Conference: Interview with Almira Tanner of DxE

Airs at: Mon, 05/27/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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  On this episode of Voices for the Animals, host Courtney Scott interviews Almira Tanner, who will fill us in on the upcoming Animal Liberation Conference in Berkeley, CA, May 29 through June 4, 2019. Almira is a core organizer with the grassroots animal rights network Di... Read more

CHEETAH CONSERVATION FUND

Airs at: Mon, 04/22/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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“Voices for the Animals” host Dab Steadman talks with Dr. Laurie Marker , the founder & executive director of the Cheetah Conservation Fund…a non-profit organization dedicated to saving wild cheetahs and their habitats.   CCF  is the global leader in research and conservati... Read more

Portland Fur Ban

Airs at: Mon, 03/25/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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  Los angeles just passed a ban on the sale of fur. Will Portland be the next major city to do likewise?  On this episode of VFA, host Courtney Scott interviews Amber Canavan of Compassionate PDX, who will inform us about a plan to ban the sale of fur here in Portland... Read more

THE END OF ANIMAL FARMING with Jacy Reese

Airs at: Mon, 02/25/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Host Dab Steadman talks with Jacy Reese, Director of Research and Co-founder of the Sentience Institute in New York City.  He has lectured worldwide and has written for many online publications on the subject of “Effective Animal Advocacy”.  Our discussion will focus on his... Read more

Interview with Rodeo Activist Eric Mills

Airs at: Mon, 01/28/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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  On this episode of Voices for the Animals, host Courtney Scott talks to long time anti rodeo activist Eric Mills of Action for Animals-Oakland. Eric takes us on a journey to the dark side or rodeo, where he explains no rodeo events, calf roping etc, were ever practiced b... Read more