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Peter Singer, philosopher, professor, author: “Consider The Turkey”

Duncan — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 05:00:41 +0000

Peter Singer–the philosopher, professor emeritus of bioethics at Princeton University, and author (including his landmark 1975 work, “Animal Liberation” and the just-published “Consider The Turkey”—explains that his slate of pursuits post-retirement from Princeton includes a stint as visiting professor at the National University of Singapore. He goes on to clarify that while, yes, he did […]

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Mark Devries, documentary filmmaker, “Humans and Other Animals”

Duncan — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 04:00:34 +0000

Mark Devries–the documentary filmmaker (https://markdevries.com/) who specializes in exploring the realm of animals and animal welfare—expands on the final line (the fate of our kin is up to us) of his new film, “Humans and Other Animals.” Laying out an eloquent and philosophical operating principle—which permeates his new film, as it did his debut doc, […]

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Gene Baur, co-founder and president of Farm Sanctuary

Duncan — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 04:00:51 +0000

Gene Baur–co-founder and president of Farm Sanctuary, which Baur helped launch in 1986—responds to the observation that, nearly 40 years later, he could be excused if some days felt “same old, old,” recounting some of the activities that currently most invigorate him. Fortunately, for him (and, really, for the rest of us), Baur explains he […]

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Jane O’Hara, animal advocate and artist

Duncan — Wed, 24 May 2023 04:00:13 +0000

Jane O’Hara, the animal advocate and artist–whose paintings tend to celebrate animals or explore animal issues—recalls a regular upbringing, amidst conventional companion animals. Only some years later, O’Hara adds, did she start researching animals, reading some influential books, becoming steeped in the good, the bad, and the ugly of eating and otherwise mistreating animals. It […]

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Liz Marshall, director of “Meat The Future”

Duncan — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 04:00:41 +0000

Liz Marshall—a documentary director whose latest film, “Meat The Future,” examines the realm of “cultivated meat,” generated in a lab setting, from animal cells, but these animals remain unharmed—explains the criteria she considers when deciding what topic or person will constitute her next movie. More specifically, Marshall recounts how she started down the path of […]

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Anita Krajnc, global campaign coordinator of the Plant Based Treaty

Duncan — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 04:00:10 +0000

Anita Krajnc—the global campaign coordinator of the Plant Based Treaty, which views itself as a companion to the Paris Agreement, described, on the Treaty website, as “a grassroots campaign designed to put food systems at the forefront of combating the climate crisis”—describes the key elements of both The Paris Agreement and The Fossil Fuel Treaty, […]

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Avalon Theisen, 14-year-old environmentalist, animal advocate and educator

Duncan — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 04:00:22 +0000

Avalon Theisen—the 14-year-old Tampa environmentalist, animal advocate, and founder of Conserve It Forward—describes what Conserve It Forward is and does, and what prompted her to launch it 2010 (at age nine). She explains how the organization has evolved, including adding an element that reflects her growing interest in “a plant-based lifestyle,” noting that she’s working […]

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Gail Clifton, Sarasota Manatee Assn. for Riding Therapy (SMART)

Duncan — Wed, 20 May 2015 04:00:05 +0000

Gail Clifton—who has worn multiple hats at the Sarasota Manatee Association for Riding Therapy (SMART), including 11 years as its volunteer Executive Director—discusses SMART’s history and mission. She also tells stories about the organization’s early triumphs, when its focus was serving disabled children, and explains how the SMART program widened out to additionally welcome military […]

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Gene Baur, co-founder of Farm Sanctuary

Duncan — Wed, 13 May 2015 04:00:51 +0000

Gene Baur—co-founder and president of Farm Sanctuary, and author of “Living The Farm Sanctuary Life: The Ultimate Guide To Eating Mindfully, Living Longer and Feeling Better Every Day”—provides an overview of Farm Sanctuary since he helped launch it in 1986 and its current mission, sort of Farm Sanctuary 101. Baur addresses the conversations he and co-author […]

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Nathan Runkle, founder of Mercy For Animals…Plus, Joan Jett!

Duncan — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 04:00:23 +0000

Nathan Runkle—founder and president of Mercy For Animals—recounts the horrific incident (a fellow high school student that Runkle said slammed a baby piglet on a concrete floor during class) that prompted him to create the organization in 1999. He discusses Mercy For Animals’ early years and early achievements, as well as the evolution of the organization […]

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Kip Andersen & Keegan Kuhn, “Cowspiracy” filmmakers

Duncan — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 04:00:45 +0000

Kip Andersen & Keegan Kuhn—filmmakers behind the documentary “Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret,” which examines how the animal agriculture industry dwarfs all other causes of global climate change (and other ills), and how the most prominent environmental nonprofit organizations look the other way, and worse—discuss their respective backgrounds and how they teamed up for this project. […]

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Marianne Thieme, founder of the Party for the Animals

Duncan — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 04:00:05 +0000

Marianne Thieme—the founder and chairwoman of the Party for the Animals, a political party in the Netherlands—discusses a bit of her history, and how that led to her co-founding, in 2002, of the Party, which is chiefly concerned with animal welfare, and affecting change in that realm from within…as members of Parliament. She recalls the […]

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Anthony Damiano, president of Alliance for Earth, Life, Liberty & Advocacy (AELLA)

Duncan — Wed, 07 May 2014 04:00:40 +0000

Anthony Damiano—president and co-founder of the Alliance for Earth, Life, Liberty & Advocacy (AELLA), an environmental, animal and human rights organization—discusses his childhood and formative years as an activist, launched when he began writing about environmental issues. He recalls an experience more than a decade ago, observing an isolated beluga whale pushing around a beach […]

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Mark Devries, director of “Speciesism: The Movie”

Duncan — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 05:00:36 +0000

Mark Devries—director of the new documentary, “Speciesism: The Movie”—discusses how the film came about, and how he first became interested in factory farming. He traces the genesis of “Speciesism” to encountering some PETA protests, spurring an interest in learning more about what truly goes on behind the walls of factory farming operations, at about the […]

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Jodi Chemes & Nikki Benoit–members of Florida Voices For Animals

Duncan — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:00:31 +0000

Jodi Chemes (pictured with a bovine buddy) & Nikki Benoit–members of Florida Voices For Animals, a Tampa-based organization devoted to educating the public about a host of animal issues and fostering compassionate choices–discuss the history and evolution of FVA, how and why increasing awareness about factory farming became FVA’s chief objective (cruelty to animals, environmental […]

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