A feature interview with world champion Canadian figure skater Meagan Duhamel on thriving as a vegan athlete and her animal advocacy. Plus, an interview with the Humane Society International’s Executive Director, Rebecca Aldworth, on their campaign to shut down the dog meat industry in South Korea.
Show for the Dogs: Ewa Demianowicz, HSI, on Puppy Mills; & Activist Ashley Fruno on helping dogs in the Philippines, as well as the situation for the animals post-Typhoon Haiyan.
Show for the Pigs: Karen Bowman of Toronto Pig Save, and a feature interview with Sayara Thurston of Humane Society International on the issue of phasing out gestation crates for pigs in Canada by the year 2014.
How we spent Valentine’s Day; the SFU LOVE Club; an interview with Member of Canadian Parliament Fin Donnelly on Bill C-380 to Ban the Shark Fin Trade; and a feature interview with Teresa Telecky, Director for Wildlife for Humane Society Internetional, on Polar Bears and the CITES Proposal to Ban the International Trade on Polar Bear Parts.
It’s our Co-op Radio Spring Membership Drive! Plus, a discussion about the claims that fur is eco-friendly, and a feature interview on the Annual Canadian Seal Slaughter, which is happening NOW.
This week we talk with Nicole from Vegan Prom YVR about the preparations she and crew have underway for the first every Vegan Prom in Vancouver, and in our feature interview, we talk to Naomi Rose, marine mammal biologist and Senior Scientist with the Humane Society International about the upcoming 63rd Annual International Whaling Commission.