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Freedom of Species

The Freedom of Species Team

Animal advocacy on the airwaves, hosted by a team of local animal advocates.

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Introducing Harley

Freedom of Species ·

2019/03/03

On this show we introduce our newest team member, Harley, and we discuss the animal movement and where she fits within it. Harley is a part of the group Young Voices for Animals: https://yva.org.au

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Mark Halliday - Vestige documentary

Freedom of Species ·

2019/02/24

We hear from Mark Halliday, a documentary filmmaker from Sydney about his new feature film, Vestige. The film follows some of the last remaining rhinos, protected in South Africa's Kruger National Park from the onslaught of poachers, and the people who risk their lives on a daily basis while trying to protect them. Vestige film site www.vestigemovie.com

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Jim Kremar – Animals and the Environmental Movement

Freedom of Species ·

2019/02/17

We’re joined by Jim Kremar, environmental activist and one of the hosts of The SUWA show on 3CR, who discusses the place of animals in the environmental movement. You can listen to The SUWA show on 3CR every Friday from 5.30-6.30pm and catch up on episodes here: https://www.3cr.org.au/suwa Jim also recommends the following groups for those who are interested in getting involved in environmental activism: https://www.frontlineaction.org/ https://www.melbournefoe.org.au/ Please subscribe to 3CR here:

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Greg McFarlane – The Rise of Veganism

Freedom of Species ·

2019/02/10

On this show we’re joined by Greg McFarlane, the Director of Vegan Australia. He discusses the rise of veganism and the various ways Vegan Australia promote veganism, both on an individual and society-wide level. You can find out more about and support Vegan Australia at: https://www.veganaustralia.org.au/ This show also features a little bit of Animal Justice Party Victoria MP Andy Meddick’s Maiden Speech. You can watch the whole speech here: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=232595841028447

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David Huynh - Melbourne Climate Save

Freedom of Species ·

2019/02/03

David is the founder of Melbourne Climate Save, one of the latest groups to join the worldwide Save movement. David talks the connection between animal agriculture and climate change, the emergency in the Amazon with the new Brazilian government now endorsing its deforestation, and ponders whether veganism is the silver bullet for the escalating climate crisis. Melbourne Climate Save https://www.facebook.com/MelbourneClimateSave/Climate Save

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Jon Pawson – Maori Veganism

Freedom of Species ·

2019/01/27

This episode features Jon Pawson on how his veganism fits within Maori culture and decolonisation. Jon is from the Facebook group “Māori and Pasifika Vegans”: https://www.facebook.com/groups/399648523567337/ We also discuss the Abolish Australia Day protests and animal advocacy, as well as a bunch of animal and/or vegan-related stories, including ‘Agribusinesses continue to close due to drought, oversupply’ by ABC Radio Adelaide:

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AJP 1080 Poison Summit - Part 2

Freedom of Species ·

2019/01/20

We play two more presentations from the Animal Justice Party summit on 1080 poison that are essential listening to get your head around this baiting issue. Learn about the ins and outs of the Victorian wild dog/dingo 'management' (killing) plans which purposefully 'un'protect the dingo so they can legally be killed in Victoria & more about our Australian 'lion king' dingo. Part 1 link: http://www.freedomofspecies.org/show/1080-poison-summit-facts-we-all-can...(Note: the full AJP Summit video link is

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Christian Freitag – Travelling as a Vegan

Freedom of Species ·

2019/01/06

We’re joined by vegan and frequent flyer Christian Freitag who gives tips on travelling as a vegan. Check out Christian’s Instagram ‘alwaysthen’ for travel photos. For more information on vegan travel including links to some of the resources we mentioned throughout the show, check out the following article: http://veganperth.org.au/living-vegan/vegan-travelling/

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Practical Advice on Vegan Living

Freedom of Species ·

2018/12/30

This show features advice to help people to go vegan and stay vegan. This includes eating out, shopping for vegan products at your local supermarket, veganism beyond diet, and much more! This Facebook post contains links to the resources mentioned throughout the show: https://www.facebook.com/freedomofspecies/posts/2551639568195871

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Olly Hornung – Creative Activism

Freedom of Species ·

2018/12/23

This show features Olly Hornung’s talk ‘You Did What? Creative Tactics and Strategies to Boost Your Campaign’. This talk covers many examples from the book Beautiful Trouble: https://beautifultrouble.org/ Olly also discusses some of his own activism with Evolens: https://www.facebook.com/EvoLensMelb/ This talk was given at the 2017 Animal Activists Forum. You can listen to other talks from previous Animal Activists Forums here: http://www.activistsforum.com/resources/

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Madison Griffiths – Animal Rights as a Social Justice...

Freedom of Species ·

2018/12/16

We’re joined by journalist Madison Griffiths who discusses animal rights as a social justice issue and connections with other issues such as feminism, mental health and media representation of marginalised groups. You can connect with Madison on social media @mgriffithz and you can also read her article ‘I don't eat meat because I'm a feminist’: https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/i-dont-eat-meat-because-im-a-feminist-20160830-gr4nmi.html You can also hear Madison discuss

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Victoria Votes 2018 - Animal Justice Party

Freedom of Species ·

2018/12/09

On the 24th of November 2018 Victorians went to the polls to vote for their next state representatives. An Australian political party dedicated to animals, called the Animal Justice Party, fielded candidates in 43 of the 88 lower house electorates and had candidates running in each of the 8 upper house regions. It is looking very likely that one of the Animal Justice Party candidates will be elected to the upper house. We are joined by Bruce Poon the President of the Animal Justice Party to discuss

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Andy Meddick & Caroline Hartley - Live cattle export...

Freedom of Species ·

2018/12/02

Andy of the Animal Justice Party talks about the recent live cattle export protest in Geelong, as well as the cattle export ship incident off Portland. Caroline of Melbourne Cow Save joins Andy to explain the protest of last week's professional bull riding event in Melbourne. Animal Justice Party (Victoria) https://www.ajpvic.org.au/Melbourne Cow Save https://www.facebook.com/MelbourneCowSave/

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Zoei Sutton – Pets and Animal Liberation

Freedom of Species ·

2018/11/25

We’re joined by PhD candidate Zoei Sutton who discusses her sociological research exploring pets from an animal liberation perspective. You can follow Zoei on Twitter @zoei_sutton and see the following link to see her academic publications: http://flinders.academia.edu/zoeisutton Zoei also gives a brief overview of the Sociology and Animals session at the ‘Precarity, Rights and Resistance’ conference by The Australian Sociological Association (TASA). You can listen to Zoei’s talk and other talks

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The 1080 poison summit - facts we all can't ignore

Freedom of Species ·

2018/11/18

The Animal Justice Party held a summit discussing 1080 poison and we play three presentations from this informative and alarming evening. Get the toxicogy facts of 1080, the legal ins and outs to help ban this cruel and environmentally destructive poison & listen to the fatal impacts it has on our dingo populations. For the entire video of the summit:https://www.facebook.com/AJPWesternVic/videos/250357265814657/For more info on the "Rubber Jellyfish" film

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For The Love Of Wildlife

Freedom of Species ·

2018/11/11

Hunting is a key threat to wild animal populations around the world. For the Love of Wildlife wants to reduce Australians impact on the trade of african animals by making it illegal to import and trade their body parts in Australia. We discuss their success in getting a ban on the importantion and sale of lion body parts from canned hunting in Australia and their work to help elephants and rhinos.

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Graeme Linsell - How to help & save wildlife

Freedom of Species ·

2018/11/04

We chat with Graeme Linsell, a Melbourne-based volunteer wildlife rescuer & carer. He talks us through what's involved in this critically important role, some of the basic principles, & how we can get trained so that we too can help save lives. Wildlife Rescuers Incorporated (northern & north-eastern suburbs of Melbourne) https://www.facebook.com/WildlifeRescuersInc/ http://wildliferescuers.org.au/training/ Wildlife Victoria (statewide) https://www.facebook.com/wildlifevictoria/

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Language & animals

Freedom of Species ·

2018/10/28

We discuss language and animals and how by design, language acts as a weapon against animals perpetuating speciesism through demeaning terms like ‘you cow’ or by laundering terms that hide cruelty, for example, a 'processing plant' instead of a slaughterhouse. We also have categories of language to label species as belonging or not belonging - for example, native, pest or feral - and a species can switch catgegory depending on our human agenda for the landscape. Speciesism means the assumption of

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Elio Celotto - Horse Racing Kills

Freedom of Species ·

2018/10/21

We are joined by a local campaigner from the Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses, Elio Celotto, to discuss the inherent issues with horse racing and what we can do about it. In Australia, we are days away from the Melbourne Cup, a 3200 m race where horses are often pushed to physical exhaustion or injury by being forced to race.You can find out more about the campaign at the website - https://www.horseracingkills.com/ and check out upcoming events at their Facebook page

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Esther Alloun – Animal Activism in Palestine/Israel

Freedom of Species ·

2018/10/14

This show features the talk ‘Veganwashing Israel’s Dirty Laundry? Animal Politics and Nationalism in Palestine-Israel’ by scholar-activist Esther Alloun. You can find more of Esther’s work at the following link: https://uow.academia.edu/EstherAlloun Esther’s talk is from the conference ‘Animal Nationalisms: Multispecies cultural politics, race, and nation (un)building narratives’, organised by the Deakin Critical Animal Studies Network. For more information about this group, check out:

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