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Animals Today July 22, 2012 – Erica Meier and Matt Ellerbeck

on July 23, 2012 in Amphibians, Farmed animals, vegan

On this show, Erica Meier, Executive Director of Compassion Over Killing, first joined Lori. COK has been obtaining important undercover video of animal cruelty, and the discussion began with the closure of the Cal Cruz hatchery, thanks to video obtained by COK. Compassion Over Killing has a wide variety of innovative campaigns focused on farmed [...]

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Animals Today, December 25, 2011 – Robinson and Kriger

on December 25, 2011 in Amphibians, Asia, Bears, Cats, Companion animals, diet, Dogs, Featured Books, For Children, Frogs, General Information

First, Lori interviewed Jill Robinson, Founder and CEO of Animals Asia. They discussed the practice of people consuming dogs and cats for food in China. Animals Asia has a number of programs to reduce this practice and to encourage people to regard dogs and cats as pets and companions. Visit Animals Asia here. It is [...]

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Animals Today, September 18, 2011 – Dodman and Davidson

on September 18, 2011 in Amphibians, Animal behavior/ ethology, Dogs, General Information

On this week’s show, we were first joined by Dr. Nicholas Dodman.  Nick is Professor, Section Head and Program Director of the Animal Behavior Department of Clinical Sciences at the Tufts Cummings school of Veterinary Medicine, book author, media personality and lecturer. He and his colleagues have made some groundbreaking discoveries into canine compulsive disorders, [...]

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Animals Today show of August 21 2011

on August 26, 2011 in 2011 Show Archive, Amphibians, Animal Rescue, General Information, Penguins

On today’s show, we had a woman who refers to herself as the Penguin Lady, and a man who calls himself the Snake Man. First, we spoke with Dyan DeNapoli for 2 segments, about her book, The Great Penguin Rescue. It is a first hand account of the largest rescue of wild animals ever, which [...]

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Animals Today – show of June 12, 2011

on June 10, 2011 in 2011 Show Archive, Amphibians, Featured Books, Frogs, General Information

Animals Today with Dr. Lori Kirshner – show of June 12, 2011. We are joined by Paul Waldau with his new book, Animal Rights – What Everyone Needs to Know, and by Dr. Kerry Kriger, from Save The Frogs!

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