Freedom of Species

We hear from CEO Nick Spencer and Marketing Officer Phalkun Chan of Ibis Rice, in Phnom Penh. This project of the Wildlife Conservation Society protects some of Cambodia's most endangered wildlife species, particularly the iconic giant ibis, by collaborating with local rice farmers for a win-win outcome.Ibis Rice www.ibisrice.com

WORLD DAY FOR THE END FOR SPECIESISMNearly 50 years on from when British psychologist Richard Ryder coined the term 'speciesism', we now have a World Day for the End of Speciesism.It's a day to call for an end to discrimination against another purely on the basis of their species.Marches are being held in over forty cities in ten countries, including Melbourne, Sydney and Burleigh Beach in Queensland https://www.end-of-speciesism.org/en/Melbourne March for the End of Speciesism event details https://www.facebook.com/events/1415916478454442/Program interviews include:Clinical neuropsychologist Dr Ash Nayate - Speaker at the Melbourne March for the End of SpeciesismTrevor Weedon - Event organiser for the Melbourne March for the End of SpeciesismPaul York - Academic and activist - Animal Rights Academy http://animalrightsacademy.org/  & Comparing Racism & Speciesism presentation http://animalrightsacademy.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Comparingracismandspeciesism.pdfDr Brock Bastion - Voiceless the Animal Protection's  2014 Rethinking: Speciesism seminar series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INu5VsBFBXk

We are savouring some sweet victories! We chat with Chris Del force from Aussie Farms whose 'ag gag' charges, as well as those of Dori Kiss, were dismissed. We also chat with Andy Meddick about the recent successful campaign that resulted in a refusal to permit a new greyhound breeding & training facility . Photo credit: the beloved Sputnik Meddick courtesy of the Meddick familyFor more info on 'ag gag' laws:https://www.voiceless.org.au/the-issues/ag-gagThe tune at the end of the show titled , "I will be their voice" is by Vegan Smythe: http://www.vegansmythe.com

Be inspired by the selflessness of lamb foster carers Emma Sullivan of Animal Liberation Victoria & Luke Westmoreland of Victorian Lamb Rescue, and get angry about the enormous yet largely unknown death toll of the Australian sheep industry. Victorian Lamb Rescue https://www.facebook.com/Victorianlambrescue/Animal Liberation Victoria https://www.alv.org.au/lamb-truth/End to the silence about 15 million dead lambs http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/end-to-the-silence-about-15-..."Where there's livestock, there's dead stock" - farmer Simon Teate http://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2015-07-10/sheep-lambing-booroola-lambs...Emma & Dawn the lamb photo credit: Love Bree Photography

2017 ICAS OCEANIA CONFERENCE - Forging Alliances and Intersections Dr Yamini Narayanan on Cow Protectionism And Indian Animal AdvocacyAudio provided by Progressive Podcast Australia https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/Dr Yamini Narayanan is an ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Senior Fellow at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation.Her work explores the notion that that religion influences urban development in India, and must inform policy. India's scale and speed of urbanisation makes its sustainable urban development critical globally, yet modernist urban planning has failed to address slum growth, poverty, gender inequality and ecological crises.More recently, her research has begun investigate to the ways in which animals – particularly those regarded as heritage or sacred icons in India, such as cattle – are invoked as symbols of human identity politics and/or as resources for growth in cities. Animals have a significant yet invisible role of in city building, and urban religion can be complicit in enabling animal exploitation for urban development. Her work now also seeks to develop frameworks for multi-species inclusive urban planningInstitute for Critical Animal Studieshttp://www.criticalanimalstudies.org/Dr. Yamini Narayanan http://www.deakin.edu.au/about-deakin/people/yamini-narayananDr. Yamini Narayanan article Dairy, Death and Dharma:The devastation of cow protectionism in India https://www.animalliberationcurrents.com/dairy-death-dharma/

Fact: In Victoria, old growth native forests, home to many threatened species, are still being cut down for low grade cheap paper products. Volunteer citizen scientists are on the front line of defence saving hundreds of hectares of forest. We speak with Ed Hill from GECO, Goongerah Environment Centre, East Gippsland."The fact that citizen surveys are repeatedly finding threatened species in forests that have not been appropriately surveyed raises questions about the functionality of the regulatory system."Photo credit: Greater Glider at home http://www.geco.org.au/

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