Voices for the Animals

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Hosted by: 
Michele Coppola
Produced by: 
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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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Topic tags: 
Animals, Activism, Agriculture, Food, Environment/Climate
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Saving America's Wild Horses

Airs at: Fri, 06/28/2024 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Voices for the Animals
  They're a symbol of freedom and their protection is mandated by federal law--but America's wild horses are being cruelly mismanaged by the very government agency charged with making sure they are safe. On this edition of Voices For The Animals, Michele Coppola talks with... Read more

Animal Issues Update: The Latest On EATS, Wolves, and Animal Shelters

Airs at: Fri, 05/24/2024 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Voices for the Animals
  This month we'll revisit some of the most urgent animal welfare issues featured on VFTA recently. We'll talk about what's happening with: the federal EATS Act, which threatens to undo even the small gains made to improve conditions for food animals in the US the conti... Read more

Wolves: Victims, Not Villains

Airs at: Fri, 04/26/2024 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Voices for the Animals
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  Back in February a Wyoming man named Cody Roberts deliberately ran over a wolf in his snowmobile, traumatically injuring the animal. Instead of immediately putting the wolf out of its misery, he taped its mouth shut and posed for pictures with it. He then dragged the poo... Read more

Stopping Octopus Farming Before It Starts

Airs at: Fri, 03/22/2024 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Voices for the Animals
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  If you've seen My Octopus Teacher or read the book Remarkably Bright Creatures, you know that octopuses are incredible animals. Unfortunately, people find them tasty as well, which is why a company in Spain wants to farm them--basically the equivalent of an octopus facto... Read more

Voices For The Animals: Bad EATS [ENCORE]

Airs at: Fri, 02/23/2024 at 10:15am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Voices for the Animals
  99% of the meat and dairy products we eat in this country come from industrialized factory farms. By and large, these are terrible places for animals, and voters in some states have passed laws to make those farms a little more humane. Unfortunately, some in Congress are... Read more

Voices for the Animals on 02/23/24

Airs at: Fri, 02/23/2024 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Voices for the Animals
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BAD EATS: A Harmful Law For Animals & People

Airs at: Fri, 01/26/2024 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Voices for the Animals
  99% of the meat and dairy products we eat in this country come from industrialized factory farms. By and large, these are terrible places for animals, and voters in some states have passed laws to make those farms a little more humane. Unfortunately, some in Congress are... Read more

America's Animal Shelter Crisis

Airs at: Fri, 12/22/2023 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Voices for the Animals
After years of progress in reducing euthanasia rates in this country, healthy, adoptable pets are once again being killed in our nation’s shelters at record levels, simply because they’re homeless--it's especially bad for dogs. So why is this happening? Are more pets being ... Read more

A Girl, A Goat, & An Alternative to 4-H (Encore)

Airs at: Fri, 11/24/2023 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Voices for the Animals
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In April of this year, a 9-year-old girl in Northern California who was raising a 4-H goat named Cedar decided that she couldn't go through with giving up her friend to be killed, as the program demands. The fair board, which runs the 4-H program, decided that was unaccepta... Read more

Run To Death: Why Horse Racing Needs To End

Airs at: Fri, 10/27/2023 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Voices for the Animals
  Horse racing has historically been known as the Sport of Kings. But in the modern day, horse racing is demonstrably rampant with corruption abusive drugging of horses, catastrophic injuries, and dangerous breeding practices. The Jockey Club’s own Equine Injury database r... Read more