Ep. 154: The Torture Before the Torture; Supply Companies that Breed Animals for Labs
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Listen to what the animals have to endure before they are exploited in laboratories. Dr. Alka Chandna, VP-Laboratory Investigations Dept., exposes how nasty the conditions are for the animals at 4 companies recently cited by the USDA. She talks with Emil Guillermo.
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Ep. 154: The Torture Before the Torture; Supply Companies that Breed Animals for Labs
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Listen to what the animals have to endure before they are exploited in laboratories. Dr. Alka Chandna, VP-Laboratory Investigations Dept., exposes how nasty the conditions are for the animals at 4 companies recently cited by the USDA. She talks with Emil Guillermo.
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Ep. 153: Update---Mink Covid Threat is Real in Utah
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Mink are the only non-human animals who can contract Covid and pass it on to humans. In Utah, at least one man has died and twelve mink farms have the virus. But nothing is being done to make sure the mink there don't lead the next surge in community spread. Jeremy Beckham with UARC (Utah Animal Rights Coalition) talks to Emil Guillermo about how and why everyone should be concerned about the mink/covid issue.
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Ep.152: PETA Goal for 2021: Getting Ethical Scientists to End Cruel Animal Testing
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John Gluck, once mentored by the notorious vivisector Dr.Harry Harlow at the University of Wisconsin, changed his life when he saw the animals as patients, not tools of science. His book, "Voracious Science and Vulnerable Animals" has become a guide for scientists, seeking to practice a science aligned with their enlightened ethical identity. Gluck's journey is a model for other scientists to end animal testing.
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Ep.151: Winning The Vaccine Race By Skipping Useless Animal Tests
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Skipping animal tests as wasteful and unnecessary enabled Moderna and Pfizer to get to market sooner than normal. Jeffrey Brown, PETA Science Advisor talks with Emil Guillermo about the significance of this move, not just to bring the world a vaccine quickly, but to hasten the day no animals will be killed in the regulatory test process.
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Ep. 150:How Forty Years of PETA and Animal Rights Changed the World
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PETA Sr. VP Kathy Guillermo talks about the many changes in animal experimentation, food, clothing, and entertainment after 40 years of PETA.
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Ep.149: South African President's Cruel Side-hustle: Big Game Trophy Hunting
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa profits from both breeding game animals and a trophy hunting safari operation, according to a PETA investigation. And many of the hunter/customers are wealthy Americans. Ramaphosa denies wrongdoing but the joint activities have been halted for now. Hannah Schein, PETA Sr.Director of Investigations talks with Emil Guillermo.
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Ep.148: PETA Saves Dogs: The Story of Jes and Edith
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Jes Cochran, a PETA field worker, found Edith the dog chained in a yard for 10 years. How Edith was saved by PETA's Community Animal Project is one of the stories captured in the new documentary, "Breaking the Chain," executive produced by Anjelica Huston. See it free now on Amazon Prime. And on I-Tunes, Apple TV, Google Play, Vudu, and Vimeo on Demand.
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Ep. 147: PETA's CAP on "Breaking the Chain," a new documentary FREE on Amazon Prime
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Daphna Nachminovitch, PETA Sr. VP for Cruelty Investigations, believes a dog on a chain is imprisoned. Her fight to save chained dogs is featured in, "Breaking The Chain," a new documentary executive produced by Anjelica Huston and available now FREE on Amazon Prime.
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Ep.146: Monkey Crossing: Scientist Joins PETA To End Primate Research
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After spending most of her career researching monkeys Dr. Lisa Jones-Engel found she couldn't in good conscience continue her work at the Washington Primate Research Center. Now she works at PETA and advocates the shutting down of the center and the six other primate research centers in the nation. She talks of her ethical journey with Emil Guillermo on the PETA Podcast.
info_outlineAmid the news of the virus, the media tries to offer hope when reporting the latest vaccine developments. But we are still early in the process, with no guarantee of success. That means the big news may not be in the discovery of a cure, but in the near elimination of animal testing as the vaccines are raced to human trials. PETA Science Advisor Jeffrey Brown says sparing animals in wasteful tests may be the most significant breakthrough for now.
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Originally released May 27, 2020