Animal Voices

If you’re an average-earning American, Dave Simon calculates that you give a $1500 gift to the meat and dairy industries every year, as part of your taxes. Simon, a lawyer, vegan, and the author of Meatonomics, shows us how these powerful industries benefit from government subsidies, industry-friendly laws, national marketing programs and more. Continue reading →

Victoria Moran is an author, speaker, health counsellor, and vegan for 30 years. She’ll talk about her journey from the early days writing about vegan philosophy and practice, to her latest endeavour, the Main Street Vegan Academy. With an all-star group of advisors and lecturers, the Academy trains vegans educators and lifestyle coaches. Continue reading →

From bear conservation in the B.C. rainforest to undercover work in Asia, from the group that’s closing fur shops in Dublin to the filmmaker who shook up Seaworld, we take a look back at some of the inspiring stories we featured in 2013. Continue reading →

Bears on the B.C. coast are being killed for their heads and paws. Elephants, rhinos and tigers are being hunted to extinction for ivory and folk remedies. Douglas Neasloss from the Bears Forever project, and Anne Pick and Tristan Chytroschek from the documentary film Gambling On Extinction, join Animal Voices to talk about what can be done. Continue reading →

Should we be learning compassion for animals at the same time as our ABCs? Ruby Roth thinks so: her new illustrated book, V is for Vegan, gives kids aged 3 and up a fun introduction to veganism in 26 sentences. Roth will entertain us with rhymes from the book, but we’ll also get serious about navigating the tricky waters of grown-ups’ concerns around veganism and children. Continue reading →

Dr. Kendra Coulter is teaching the first-ever Labour Studies course focused on nonhuman animals at a major university. Using examples ranging from therapy dogs to horse racing, from socialized care of street dogs in Greece to low-cost veterinary clinics in Hamilton, Coulter shows us how animal work is enmeshed with capitalism and class, and how we can approach solidarity with working animals and the humans who work with them. Continue reading →

Following the success of his film Sharkwater, Rob Stewart aims to educate people about ocean acidification, the “evil brother of climate change”, with his new film Revolution and book Save The Humans. Plus, we take a whirlwind tour of animal rights events happening across southern Ontario in October. Continue reading →

Father & daughter T. Colin Campbell and LeAnne Campbell talk about The China Study Cookbook, which brings the findings from The China Study straight into your kitchen! Then, two members of Guelph Pig Save join us to chat about pigs, slaughterhouse vigils, and Ribfest resistance. Continue reading →

To protect kangaroos, would you put yourself between the animals and hunters — in the dark?? The volunteers of Animal Liberation Australian Capital Territory would. Carolyn Drew tells us about opposing the government-ordered kangaroo kills, and about the many other issues that ALACT works on. Continue reading →

Anthony Bellotti knows that lots of Americans dislike big government spending programs. So he's making sure they know about the $12 billion of taxpayer money that's handed out every year to fund cruel and unnecessary animal experiments. The White Coat Waste Project is both a watchdog group and a novel way to spread the anti-vivisection message. Continue reading →

The Ghosts in Our Machine is a new documentary that follows photographer Jo-Anne McArthur as she documents the lives of animals whose suffering is largely invisible in industrialized society. Join us for a conversation with writer & director Liz Marshall. Continue reading →

The comic strip "Mutts" appears in over 700 newspapers — and creator Patrick McDonnell uses that platform to promote adoption of shelter animals, and awareness of other animal issues, too. McDonnell will talk cartooning, his work with animal charities, and whether Guard Dog will ever be free. Then, Keri Cronin and Laurie Morrison will tell us about all the exciting things to expect at Niagara Veg Fest, coming up this Sunday June 2nd! Continue reading →

18 years ago, Robert Cheeke was a “scrawny kid” who raised and sold animals through the 4-H program. Now, he is the best-known vegan bodybuilder in North America. He joins Animal Voices to tell us about this physical, and ethical, transformation. Ever wonder what dinner looks like for a vegan who eats 5,000 calories per … Continue reading →

Big companies all use research to understand public opinion, hone their message, and measure their effectiveness. Shouldn’t animal advocates be able to do that, too? That’s what Che Green had in mind when he founded the Humane Research Council. The HRC does research for animal advocacy organizations large and small (sometimes even for free!) and … Continue reading →

Mosha and Motala, two elephants who lost legs to landmines, received prosthetic legs and a new lease on life thanks to a unique hospital in Thailand. In this show, AV is joined by hospital founder Soraida Salwala and documentary filmmaker Windy Borman. They will discuss what life is like for elephants in Thailand, and how an international campaign is pushing to ban landmines and end their tragic effects on human and animal life. Continue reading →