Animals Are Calling

World Animal Protection
Podcasten: Animals Are Calling

A podcast from World Animal ProtectionAnimals Are Calling is a powerful podcast by World Animal Protection that explores the deep connection between animals, people, and the planet. Across two seasons, we uncover the often hidden impacts of human activities on animals, shedding light on the complex emotions they experience, from pain to joy, and exposing the systems that contribute to their suffering. Through expert discussions, real-world stories, and scientific insights, we aim to inspire change and offer practical solutions for a kinder, more compassionate world. Season One: Exposing Systems of CrueltyIn season one, host Carly Squires is joined by a panel of experts from World Animal Protection to address some of the biggest issues affecting animals today. From global pandemics to the climate crisis, we hold the systems behind animal cruelty accountable, revealing the ways in which industrial practices and environmental destruction harm not only animals but people and the planet as well. Each episode uncovers the root causes of animal suffering and offers actionable steps for how we can work together to dismantle these harmful systems and build a better future. Season Two: Understanding Animal Sentience and Taking ActionSeason two expands the conversation to focus on the deeper meaning of animal sentience and its far-reaching implications. Featuring voices from around the globe, we explore how factory farming, wildlife exploitation, and habitat loss directly affect individual animals, while also examining the science behind their emotions. Contributors share how learning about animal sentience has transformed their lives, businesses, and practices, highlighting what still needs to be done to end cruelty and suffering on a global scale. This season empowers listeners with the knowledge and tools to take meaningful action in their daily lives. Season You:Animals Are Calling challenges listeners to not only understand the suffering animals face but to become part of the solution. By shedding light on the systems of cruelty and the science of sentience, we offer a roadmap for ending animal suffering once and for all. Together, we can change the way the world works to protect animals and the planet we all share. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. The impact of climate change on habitat loss, and wild animals

    13. SEP.

    The impact of climate change on habitat loss, and wild animals

    Habitat loss is the greatest threat to the world’s biodiversity and wild animals are experiencing a catastrophic decline in their natural habitats through human activity and climate change. Trillions of animals are exploited in the lucrative global wildlife trade every year, while agriculture is the single largest cause of habitat loss as it ruthlessly clears land to grow crops to feed farmed animal. And it’s sentient animals caught in the crossfire; beings who think, feel, have personalities and needs, that are suffering routinely at human hands. This episode we will explore why hundreds of Amazon river dolphins are dying from rising temperatures and drought, speak to a world leading deep diver and ocean campaigner who has a strong connection with marine life, and understand more about how animals are suffering in Brazil due to intense agribusiness. In this episode, we talked with: Dr. Miriam Marmontel - Mamirauá Institute: Talks about the recent drought they are experiencing in the Amazon, how this caused the deaths of hundreds of Amazon dolphins, and what they are doing to help. Roberto Vieto - WAP Global Animal Welfare Advisor: Talks about his personal experiences helping animals during the Amazon and Pantanal fires, how agribusiness is the main challenge we need to face, and how Xama and Cecilia can be the hope we need to keep fighting for our planet.Jonnie Hughes - Producer/Director at Silverback Studios: As producer/director for some award-winning wildlife films, some of them with Sir. David Attenborough, Jonnie has experienced our planet and its animals as no one before. In the episode, he talks about animal sentience and how we are losing habitats and species faster than ever before. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    29 min.
  2. Why wild animals deserve a wild life

    13. SEP.

    Why wild animals deserve a wild life

    Wild animals in captivity and exploited for tourist entertainment are deprived of a life where they can express their full range of emotions, feelings, and natural behaviours. In this episode we’ll find out why wild animals deserve a wild life and why they should never be in captivity or farmed. We will find out how sentient wild animals suffer in captivity for tourist entertainment and what the travel companies are doing to offer responsible travel options.  In this episode, we talked with: Dr. Helen Lambert: Animal welfare scientist and sentience expert, returns to this episode to explain what wild animals feel in captivity and what is learned helplessness.Carol Buckley - Elephant Aid International: Explains her journey working with elephants in captivity and how that led her to create a Sanctuary for Tara (the first elephant she worked with) and for the recent resident Mundi.Janek Andre - We Whale: Janek shares his experience about how a visit to a dolphinarium at 17 years old marked him forever. After years of looking for opportunities to improve the lives of dolphins in captivity, today he is offering whale and dolphin watching options to tourists who want to see these animals in the wild waters of Tenerife, Spain.Sofie Lund - Nordic Leisure Travel Group & Spies: Sofie’s personal experiences as well as seeing customers seeking more responsible travel options led her to partner with World Animal Protection Denmark to explore wildlife friendly travel options, here she explain more about it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    35 min.
  3. Why we all deserve better than factory farming

    13. SEP.

    Why we all deserve better than factory farming

    Factory farming is the biggest cause of animal cruelty in the world. Billions of farmed animals are suffering every day in an industrial global food system. This pain, stress and fear is not only harming them, but is impacting our own health and creating a global crisis. Scientific evidence shows that farmed animals are sentient beings who can think and feel, so how can understanding sentience change the way we treat the animals that we eat? In this episode we talked with: Dr Hannah Larsen Global Animal Welfare Advisor for World Animal Protection. Hannah studied the lives and behaviour of free-range laying hens on commercial farms, leading her to identify how differences in individual personalities and behavioural traits can influence their welfare. She has applied her knowledge to policy development, research, and training, and worked at the Ministry of Primary Industries in New Zealand, one of the first countries in the world to introduce legislation recognising animals as sentient beings. In this episode, she explains what animal sentience means for factory-farmed animals.Jo-Anne McArthur is an award-winning photographer and author. She has documented our complex relationship with animals around the globe and has worked undercover to help expose the cruelty and suffering that animals in factory farms endure. Based in Toronto, Canada in this episode, she discusses why farmed animal stories need to be heard and how animals' complex emotions are changing the way we see them Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    36 min.

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A podcast from World Animal ProtectionAnimals Are Calling is a powerful podcast by World Animal Protection that explores the deep connection between animals, people, and the planet. Across two seasons, we uncover the often hidden impacts of human activities on animals, shedding light on the complex emotions they experience, from pain to joy, and exposing the systems that contribute to their suffering. Through expert discussions, real-world stories, and scientific insights, we aim to inspire change and offer practical solutions for a kinder, more compassionate world. Season One: Exposing Systems of CrueltyIn season one, host Carly Squires is joined by a panel of experts from World Animal Protection to address some of the biggest issues affecting animals today. From global pandemics to the climate crisis, we hold the systems behind animal cruelty accountable, revealing the ways in which industrial practices and environmental destruction harm not only animals but people and the planet as well. Each episode uncovers the root causes of animal suffering and offers actionable steps for how we can work together to dismantle these harmful systems and build a better future. Season Two: Understanding Animal Sentience and Taking ActionSeason two expands the conversation to focus on the deeper meaning of animal sentience and its far-reaching implications. Featuring voices from around the globe, we explore how factory farming, wildlife exploitation, and habitat loss directly affect individual animals, while also examining the science behind their emotions. Contributors share how learning about animal sentience has transformed their lives, businesses, and practices, highlighting what still needs to be done to end cruelty and suffering on a global scale. This season empowers listeners with the knowledge and tools to take meaningful action in their daily lives. Season You:Animals Are Calling challenges listeners to not only understand the suffering animals face but to become part of the solution. By shedding light on the systems of cruelty and the science of sentience, we offer a roadmap for ending animal suffering once and for all. Together, we can change the way the world works to protect animals and the planet we all share. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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