UnchainedTV: Parrots in Crisis! They are NOT Pets!
The Truth Files with Jane Velez-Mitchell
Release Date: 04/02/2025
Day 1 of Chicken Rescue Trial
The Truth Files with Jane Velez-Mitchell
The long-anticipated trial of animal rights activist Zoe Rosenberg is finally starting in Sonoma County, California, and UnchainedTV is the only news organization providing live, gavel-to-gavel coverage of this historic criminal case. With the potential to reshape how animal rescues are viewed under the law, this case has galvanized activists, legal scholars, and the general public alike. And now, all eyes are on the courtroom. At the heart of the case are 4 rescued chickens named Poppy, Ivy, Aster, and Azalea. Zoe Rosenberg, an animal cruelty investigator affiliated with Direct Action...
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Town Hall to End Fireworks!
The Truth Files with Jane Velez-Mitchell
The time has come! Please sign this petition: https://bit.ly/Stopfireworks In California alone, 10 people died around the July 4th, 2025 holiday, including a tragic blast in Buena Park that killed an eight-year-old girl and the catastrophic warehouse explosion in Northern California that claimed seven lives. A Simi Valley man also died and a house caught on fire when fireworks exploded. A man was also killed in Pacoima when fireworks exploded, sparking a fire. Others were injured. -Fireworks can release clouds of toxic metals and particles. -The bright flashes and...
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CDC Under Fire: TB Monkey Crisis
The Truth Files with Jane Velez-Mitchell
In a dramatic press conference held in Washington, D.C., outside the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, PETA raises the alarm on a shocking and largely hidden public health threat: the importation of tuberculosis (TB)-infected monkeys into the United States for use in laboratory experiments. This eye-opening event features crates of shrieking “monkeys” and humans in hazmat suits to highlight the grave biosecurity risk involved—one that has remained dangerously under the radar for far too long. PETA’s new investigation alleges that monkeys imported from Asia and Africa have...
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What’s The Good Card—and Why Everyone’s Signing Up!
The Truth Files with Jane Velez-Mitchell
What You’ll Discover In this exciting episode of Truth Files with Jane Velez-Mitchell, live from UnchainedTV headquarters, we unveil The Good Card—Los Angeles’ first eco-minded loyalty program that’s revolutionizing how consumers shop, save, and support compassionate businesses. Founder Jill Ettinger shares how this simple, smartphone-integrated loyalty card gives shoppers instant access to discounts at sustainable businesses like Yoga-urt, a plant-based soft serve ice cream shop with four LA locations, and Pura Vita, a West Hollywood favorite featuring authentic Italian cuisine...
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How You Can Help Stop Turkey’s Dog Massacre
The Truth Files with Jane Velez-Mitchell
Save Turkish Strays! In 2024, Turkey passed a now infamous “Massacre Law” targeting stray animals. Since then, millions of dogs and cats have been poisoned, burned, crushed, and buried alive. Famed comedian and activist Ricky Gervais says: “Homeless dogs and cats don’t deserve to be treated with such violent contempt.” This UnchainedTV Global Emergency Town Hall brings together global leaders, activists, and rescuers demanding an end to what one London protester called “the biggest mass slaughter of dogs and cats seen anywhere in recorded history.” 🐾 Sign these urgent...
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Why UnchainedTV & Documentary Channel Teamed Up | Truth Files
The Truth Files with Jane Velez-Mitchell
Why are The Documentary Channel and UnchainedTV joining forces? On this episode of Truth Files, Jane Velez-Mitchell welcomes Tom Neff, an award-winning documentary filmmaker and co-founder of the Documentary Channel. Together, they unveil a game-changing strategic partnership that brings UnchainedTV’s most powerful films—including Countdown to Year Zero and Ending Real Fur—to a broader audience through the Documentary Channel. “This is a crisis. Where do these filmmakers go?” – Tom Neff Join the Adventure Discover how this partnership empowers indie filmmakers, supports...
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Buddhist Temples Challenged to Go Vegan — Truth Files with Jane Velez-Mitchell
The Truth Files with Jane Velez-Mitchell
A bold new challenge has been issued to Buddhist temples across the United States: go vegan. Dharma Voices for Animals—the world’s only global Buddhist animal advocacy group—is calling on American centers to align more fully with the Buddha’s First Precept: cause no harm. The organization offers practical tools and compassionate guidance to help temples transition to a plant-based model grounded in spiritual integrity. What You’ll Discover In this episode of Truth Files with Jane Velez-Mitchell, Dharma Voices for Animals leaders Andrea Diaz and Forrest Tierce explain why this...
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Little Red Bans - This could be the decade's most important book.
The Truth Files with Jane Velez-Mitchell
Little Red Barns is a book that needs to be read by every journalist, influencer, politician, CEO and consumer. Investigative journalist Will Potter spent years going from “factory farms to international climate summits, from Congressional hearings to neo-Nazi fascist groups” to expose the ugly, hideously cruel, environmentally devastating truth about animal agriculture. The book shatters the quaint fantasy of happy animals frolicking in Little Red Barns that so many cling to in order to avoid changing their eating habits. Get the book NOW: Says the Washington Post, “The...
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Why PETA Begs AG Pam Bondi to Save 1,200 Monkeys Now
The Truth Files with Jane Velez-Mitchell
In this powerful episode, you’ll hear how endangered long-tailed macaques are caught in a heartbreaking limbo. PETA is calling on Attorney General Pam Bondi to take action—and you can help right now by clicking here to urge US government officials to stop this tragedy: 👉 PETA is asking the Attorney General to investigate alarming reports that “the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) may deliver more than 1,200 endangered long-tailed macaques to a controversial animal testing company even though, they contend, these animals were...
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The Truth Files w Jane Velez-Mitchell: How Bird Flu Has Shut Down A Massive Egg Operation!
The Truth Files with Jane Velez-Mitchell
A catastrophic bird flu outbreak has forced Hickman's Eggs—the Southwest’s largest egg producer—to halt most operations for two years after losing more than 6 million birds to the avian influenza virus. This egg industry crisis underscores the vulnerability of industrial animal agriculture to disease outbreaks. Now, Animal Outlook, a major animal rights organization, is publicly calling on Hickman's Family Farms to transition out of animal agriculture into “more sustainable, ethical, and innovative practices.” The move comes amid growing consumer interest in plant-based egg...
info_outlineParrots: One of nature’s most gorgeous and captivating creatures. That’s why people want then as pets. But, the parrot pet trade is causing unimaginable suffering for parrots. Now, there’s a growing push to stop the parrot trade and protect these highly intelligent, sensitive birds from exploitation. We’ll tell you about the latest moves to make this trade a thing of the past. The African grey parrot is among the most popular bird species kept as companions due to their ability to mimic human speech. Suriname is one of the biggest exporters of live birds in Latin America. Now, experts and activists tell us how we can stop the removal of parrots from the wild, stop the breeding of parrots and end the cruelty and death that comes with this trade. LoraKim Joyner, Co-Director of One Earth Conservation, Liz Cabrera Holtz, Senior Campaign Manager, World Animal Protection US, and advocate/attorney Justine Block tell UnchainedTV’s Jane Velez-Mitchell about the latest moves to save these amazing species! For more, visit: https://www.allianceforparrots.org & https://www.worldanimalprotection.us/
More about our host:
Jane Velez-Mitchell is an award-winning journalist, TV producer and NY Times bestselling author who founded and runs UnchainedTV, the world's premier streaming TV network to promote the plant-based, compassionate, sustainable lifestyle. UnchainedTV offers 2,000 free documentaries, vegan cooking, lifestyle and news shows as part of its nonprofit media network. You can download UnchainedTV for free on any cell phone. You can watch UnchainedTV for free on any TV via streaming devices like Amazon Fire Stick, Roku device and Apple TV device. And, it's on all Samsung TVs. Here's the online portal: https://watch.unchainedtv.com/browse