THE PETA PODCAST

The PETA Podcast - Episode 1 PETA President Ingrid Newkirk in conversation with Emil Guillermo The PETA Podcast PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 6.5 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activists, investigators, politicians, and others why animals need more than kindness—they have the right not to be abused or exploited in any way. Hosted by Emil Guillermo. Powered by PETA activism. Get involved. Go to PETA.org Don't forget to subscribe to the show. Music provided by CarbonWorks.         

The PETA Podcast - Episode 2, PETA General Counsel Jeff Kerr in conversation with Emil Guillermo The PETA Podcast PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 6.5 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activists, investigators, politicians, and others why animals need more than kindness—they have the right not to be abused or exploited in any way. Hosted by Emil Guillermo. Powered by PETA activism. Get involved. Go to PETA.org Don't forget to subscribe to the show. Music provided by CarbonWorks.     

The PETA Podcast - Episode 3 PETA VP of Communications, Colleen O'Brien on the cruelty of the infamous Iditarod. In conversation with host Emil Guillermo about the history of the race; how it used to be a humanitarian gesture to get medicine from one part of Alaska to another. It was also a relay. Now the race is a grueling, debilitating 1,000 mile run, where mushers start with 16 dogs and try to cross the finish line with at least five remaining dogs. More than 1,100 dogs are expected to run this year. Five dogs died in last year's race, though many deaths go unreported. O'Brien said whistle-blowers are coming forward to expose the animal abuse in dog sledding. She believes there's no reason why a new modern day Iditarod couldn't happen without dogs but with snowmobiles instead. A cruelty-free, dogless Iditarod would definitely be an improvement. PETA will be stage a protest at the event when it begins March 3. The PETA Podcast PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 6.5 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activists, investigators, politicians, and others why animals need more than kindness—they have the right not to be abused or exploited in any way. Hosted by Emil Guillermo. Powered by PETA activism. Get involved. Go to PETA.org Don't forget to subscribe to the show. Music provided by CarbonWorks.  Click here to Listen to PETA president Ingrid Newkirk in the very first episode.  

The PETA Podcast - Episode 4 Poorva Joshipura, VP of International Affairs for the PETA Foundation UK has been arrested, confined to a cage to protest the plight of chickens, and has even been burned in effigy. It only makes her stronger.  Poorva talks about how, after growing up in the South, she returned to her parent's ancestral home in India to lead PETA's effort there. She found sacred cows weren't so sacred after all, and saw young people eating meat and participating in cruel activities like Jallikatu, a combination of bullfighting and a Pamplona-style running with the bulls. It was the focus of a fight that has gone all the way to the Indian Supreme Court.  She continues the global fight for animals from PETA's London office.   The PETA Podcast PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 6.5 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activists, investigators, politicians, and others why animals need more than kindness—they have the right not to be abused or exploited in any way. Hosted by Emil Guillermo. Powered by PETA activism. Get involved. Go to PETA.org Don't forget to subscribe to the show. Music provided by CarbonWorks.  Click here to Listen to PETA president Ingrid Newkirk in the very first episode.  

Welcome to The PETA Podcast. I’m Emil Guillermo, your host for this  behind the scenes look at PETA, the largest animal rights organization in the world. Here we talk to the key players at PETA and the movement, and ask them about how animal rights changed their lives and how they stay motivated to make the world a better place for animals. To kick things off we talked to PETA President and co-founder Ingrid Newkirk in episode one who talked—among other things---about her passionate disapproval of no kill shelters. Check out that and all our links to previous episodes in our podcast player, on PETA.org, or wherever you listen to podcasts. And because we are really just at the beginning stages, don’t forget to check us out on iTUNES. Please rate and review. It helps spread the word that PETA has a podcast talking about the issues you care about. But first, this  episode is a special Oscar podcast. 2018 is the 90th time Oscar is being passed around for the best in moviedom. But which movies made the mark when it comes to the treatment of animals? If you stay around to the end of movie credits, there’s a label that assures that “no animals were harmed” in the making of the film. What’s that mean? Not much, says Lisa Lange, PETA’s Sr. Vice President of Communications I talked to Lisa about how the AHA label…the American Humane Association’s mark is still an empty meaningless label. But this year, PETA is  honoring the movie makers who are making a difference.  For that, there is no Oscar. But PETA has created the Oscat. See if your favorite film was one of the best when it comes to the animals. Listen to my interview with  PETA’S Lisa Lange. *Disclosure: Mentioned in this episode is HBO’s “Luck.” My wife is a PETA executive and worked on the case that exposed the animal abuses in “Luck.” The PETA Podcast PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 6.5 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activists, investigators, politicians, and others why animals need more than kindness—they have the right not to be abused or exploited in any way. Hosted by Emil Guillermo. Powered by PETA activism. Get involved. Go to PETA.org Don't forget to subscribe to the show. Music provided by CarbonWorks.  Click here to Listen to PETA president Ingrid Newkirk in the very first episode.                    

The PETA Podcast, Episode 6 Wither SeaWorld: As losses mount and its CEO leaves, can the animal abusing entertainment company survive? Host Emil Guillermo talks to Lisa Lange, PETA Sr.VP of Communications, about the mounting losses of SeaWorld and how it forced the resignation of CEO Joel Manby. Lange says the first thing a new CEO must do is stop the breeding of animals and release them all to seaside sanctuaries. Lange says anti-SeaWorld protests will "continue until all the animals are freed." The PETA Podcast PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 6.5 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activists, investigators, politicians, and others why animals need more than kindness. They have the right not to be abused or exploited in any way. Hosted by Emil Guillermo. Powered by PETA activism. Get involved. Go to PETA.org And don't forget to subscribe to the show. Music provided by CarbonWorks.    

THE PETA PODCAST, #7 ENDING ABUSES IN HORSE RACING Kathy Guillermo, PETA Sr.Vice President talks about a landmark lawsuit filed in New Jersey that questions the fairness when betters aren't told horses are drugged. Guillermo says it could bring about change far sooner than even the groundbreaking investigations conducted by PETA.  She says every day 3 horses die on U.S. racetracks and much of it is due to infirm horses who are drugged and sent out to race when they are not fit. Guillermo is married to podcast host Emil Guillermo. See story on lawsuit: https://www.peta.org/blog/bettor-sues-horse-trainer-owner-doping/ See video of PETA Investigation: https://youtu.be/9TJVA2lwW4A)    The PETA Podcast PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 6.5 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activists, investigators, politicians, and others why animals need more than kindness—they have the right not to be abused or exploited in any way. Hosted by Emil Guillermo. Powered by PETA activism. Get involved. Go to PETA.org Don't forget to subscribe to the show. Music provided by CarbonWorks.  Click here to Listen to PETA president Ingrid Newkirk in the very first episode.  

THE PETA PODCAST #8,  Why dog lovers should hate dog shows like Crufts Mimi Bekhechi, Director of International Programs for PETA UK, talks with host Emil Guillermo about the cruelty of dog shows and how PETA activists disrupted Crufts, the largest dog show in the world. The activism reignited awareness of the horrors of dog breeding. See more at PETA.org Music by CarbonWorks.   Click here to Listen to PETA president Ingrid Newkirk in the very first episode. And listen to our other podcasts on iTunes, where you can rate and review and help spread the word that PETA has a new podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peta-podcast/id1345723714?mt=2&i=1000406371406  

DOG CRUELTY AT TEXAS A&M PERVERTS SCIENCE Dr. Alka Chandna, Chief of Laboratory Case Management/Laboratory Investigations Department at PETA, talks about the cruel and useless research at Texas A&M where dogs are made to suffer. See the video of the experiments here. See more at PETA.org Music by CarbonWorks. Podcast hosted by veteran broadcaster and commentator Emil Guillermo. Click here to Listen to PETA president Ingrid Newkirk in the very first episode. And listen to our other podcasts on iTunes, where you can rate and review and help spread the word that PETA has a new podcast

PETA'S UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION EXPOSES ABUSE AT PETSMART Dan Paden, director of evidence analysis for PETA Investigations talks about how PetSmart corporate policies encourage animal abuse of small animals. An undercover investigation in PetSmart stores around the country led to a seizure of six animals in one Nashville location.  Paden calls it an historic case for small animals who are devalued by PetSmart and seen as a "gateway purchase" to billions of dollars in pet supplies. Interviewed by host Emil Guillermo See the video at PETA.org Contact us at PETA.org Listen to the very first PETA podcast with Ingrid Newkirk Music provided by CarbonWorks. Please rate and review on iTunes to help spread the word that PETA has a new podcast that gives voice to the animals.

Why should animal experimentation be stopped? Because it's cruel and ineffective, and just plain wasteful, says Jeremy Beckham, a researcher with PETA's Laboratory Investigations Department. Listen to Beckham describes what goes on in labs in the U.S. and around the world. And why the fight to stop experimentation continues. Interviewed by host Emil Guillermo See the video at PETA.org Contact us at PETA.org Listen to the very first PETA podcast with Ingrid Newkirk Music provided by CarbonWorks. Please rate and review on iTunes to help spread the word that PETA has a new podcast that gives voice to the animals.

On this episode of The PETA Podcast: PETA has filed suit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture to see Animal Welfare Act records that have been unreasonably withheld. The AWA is the most important statute in the country to protect animals, yet the USDA has managed to minimized its effectiveness. PETA suit hopes to open up the records in order to identify situations where animals have suffered to the point of death.  Delcianna Winders, PETA VP and deputy general counsel for the PETA Foundation, and visiting professor at Pace University School of Law, speaks with host Emil Guillermo.  Meanwhile, there's also a victory in Nashville as local authorities there have cited three PetSmart employees for animal cruelty. It comes just days after a PETA investigation exposed how PetSmart managers competed for company bonuses by cutting costs. But they accomplished that by denying animals in the store's inventory food and medical care. PETA's Dan Paden calls it an historic case for small animals who are devalued by PetSmart and seen as a "gateway purchase" to billions of dollars in pet supplies. See the video at PETA.org Contact us at PETA.org Listen to the very first PETA podcast with Ingrid Newkirk Listen to what PETA is doing to end cruelty in horse racing. Music provided by CarbonWorks. Please rate and review on iTunes to help spread the word that PETA has a new podcast that gives voice to the animals.  

Daphna Nachminovich, PETA  Sr .VP and head of the Cruelty Investigations Department talks about the biggest cases she's encountered since leading the department in 2008. In an interview with host Emil Guillermo, Nachminovich talks about: U.S. Global Exotics case (11:00) Global Captive Breeders case (15:25) PLRS case (19:50) Hormel factory farm case (23:30) Daphna talks about how whistleblowers were key in alerting PETA to these big cases. She welcomes anyone who sees something that is abusive to animals to tell people and speak out. With your help, PETA is watching and ready to act, with a clear message to animal abusers.  "If we come after you, you're going down," Nachminovich said in the podcast interview.   The PETA Podcast PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 6.5 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activists, investigators, politicians, and others why animals need more than kindness—they have the right not to be abused or exploited in any way. Hosted by Emil Guillermo. Powered by PETA activism. Contact us at PETA.org Listen to the very first PETA podcast with Ingrid Newkirk Music provided by CarbonWorks. Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe. Contact and follow me on Twitter @emilamok Please subscribe, rate and review wherever you get your podcasts. Help us grow the podcast by taking this short survey. Thanks for listening to THE PETA PODCAST!  

Ingrid Newkirk, president and co-founder of PETA, talks to host Emil Guillermo about what really happened at GOOGLE when she arrived ready to deliver a speech that was anti-racism, anti-sexism and anti-speciesist. An all inclusive speech that even included remarks from PETA supporter RZA. Newkirk's reaction to the Wall Street Journal story about Google, the incident, and the heart of the speech that Google banned, it's all on this edition of THE PETA PODCAST. The PETA Podcast PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 6.5 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activists, investigators, politicians, and others why animals need more than kindness—they have the right not to be abused or exploited in any way. Hosted by Emil Guillermo. Powered by PETA activism. Contact us at PETA.org Listen to the very first PETA podcast with Ingrid Newkirk Music provided by CarbonWorks. Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe. Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo on Twitter @emilamok Or at www.amok.com   Please subscribe, rate and review wherever you get your podcasts. Help us grow the podcast by taking this short survey. Thanks for listening to THE PETA PODCAST!   Wall Street Journal article Google vs. Google: How Nonstop Political Arguments Rule Its Workplace The tech giant, trying to navigate an age of heightened political disagreement, struggles to tame a workplace culture of nonstop debate ILLUSTRATION: SIEMOND CHAN/THE WALL STREET JOURNAL       By  Kirsten Grind and   Douglas MacMillan May 1, 2018 12:02 p.m. ET   Ingrid Newkirk, co-founder and president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, flew to Silicon Valley earlier this year for a long-planned speech to Google employees. It wasn’t until she sat waiting in a parking lot that a call came through notifying her the event was canceled. Ms. Newkirk had been invited by some employees to discuss her view that animals can be subject to prejudice just as people can, as part of the company’s “Talks at Google” series. Another group of employees said the topic was offensive to humans who face racism, and they protested. “Google has these values, and with our talks, we have to align with these values,” a Google employee told Ms. Newkirk, according to a transcript of the call. Ingrid Newkirk is carried off by law enforcement after a protest to stop the sport shooting of hundreds of pigeons, one of her best-known protests. PHOTO: PETA Such is the climate inside the tech giant, where fractious groups of employees have turned the workplace into a virtual war zone of debate over all manner of social and political beliefs. Google has long promoted a work culture that is more like a college campus—where loud debates and doctrinaire stances are commonplace—and today its parent, Alphabet Inc., GOOGL 0.35% is increasingly struggling to keep things under control.   “Activists at Google” helped organize a rally critical of President Donald Trump’s policies. “Militia at Google” members discussed their desire to overturn a prohibition on guns in the office. “Conservatives at Google” allege discrimination against right-leaning job candidates. “Sex Positive at Google” group members are concerned that explicit content is being unfairly removed from Google Drive file-sharing software. “Googlers For Animals” invited the PETA president, only to be undercut by members of the “Black Googler Network.” Google’s broad corporate culture has long leaned Democratic, and that’s reflected in internal debates that often pit left-wing causes against each other. Donations by its employees to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign outnumbered contributions to President Trump’s campaign 62 to 1, and former Alphabet Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt helped the Clinton campaign with data analysis. Less numerous, but increasingly voluble, are groups of conservative employees reacting against what they see as a Google’s political orthodoxy. Beyond the internal debates are lawsuits, several since late last year, including legal actions from female employees alleging pay discrimination against women; from male ex-employees and potential new hires claiming bias against conservative white men; and from a transgender engineer who said he was fired for making derogatory statements about what he called white male privilege. All this comes on top of a very public controversy last August when Google fired a software engineer, James Damore, who wrote an internal memo saying gender differences might have something to do with women’s under-representation in the tech workforce. Politicians, media and consumer groups are raising questions about how giant tech platforms such as Google, Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. make difficult decisions on issues of free speech that potentially affect billions of users. Google, a crucial part of the internet’s behind-the-scenes police force, is struggling simultaneously to curate a cacophony of voices within its own abode and to define what is allowed in search and on YouTube. Google engineers are increasingly trying to refine the algorithms that block content for being hateful, extremist or dangerous, moves that also have triggered complaints of bias. A Google spokeswoman said the last-minute quashing of Ms. Newkirk’s talk is seen internally as a failure to properly vet speakers. Since the cancellation, Google has formed a group of employees whose job is to review speakers in advance. Google also has published new guidelines for acceptable content in Talks at Google. Her speech would be prohibited under the new rules, which aim to make all employees feel included, said the Google spokeswoman. Many companies have struggled to strike a balance between employees’ right to share their opinions and the maintenance of a cordial and equal workplace. In the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, Facebook dismantled an internal discussion board for political debate after it degenerated into racist and sexist comments, The Wall Street Journal reported. Some companies have decided it is counterproductive to let employees form affinity groups. The accounting firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd. is taking the unusual step of opening up some women-only programs to men. Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., where political fights have made the company appear sometimes more like a university campus. PHOTO: DAVID PAUL MORRIS/BLOOMBERG NEWS The dilemma is especially striking at tech companies, which typically cast themselves as open meritocracies. Googlers, as employees are called, are encouraged to think of themselves as entrepreneurs and to “bring their whole selves to work,” a motto used widely on campus to promote inclusion.   “Google has created a level of entitlement which is hard to claw back,” said Jim Miller, a former vice president who left earlier Google this year to run a startup. “People feel that it’s OK to debate everything.” In 2008, a Google chef generated an online debate, with more than 100 comments on Google’s internal message forums, by serving a “Free Tibet Goji Chocolate Cream Pie” in the cafeteria, a reference to the political movement opposing China’s rule of the Asian region. The chef initially drew a suspension, which another manager at Google overturned on the free-speech grounds, according to Laszlo Bock, who wrote about the flap in a book about the company culture called “Work Rules!” Google’s employee intranet is filled with tools enabling its 80,000 employees to broadcast their opinions. A software tool lets anyone nominate a question for a “TGIF” meeting each Thursday and vote on which questions are asked of top executives. Employees can choose from thousands of email discussion groups, on topics including juggling and polygamy. And on a tool called Memegen, pop culture images are overlaid with sardonic commentary, often poking fun at recent controversies. “Do you ever wish you were a corporation or a fetus so Republicans would finally treat you like a human being?” read one meme posted after the 2016 election. At a recent Google event titled “Living as a Plural Being,” one employee gave a talk explaining why the speaker sexually identified as “a yellow-scaled wingless dragonkin” and an “expansive ornate building,” according to the suit from Mr. Damore, the fired software engineer. Mr. Damore’s memo and resulting dismissal last summer, besides stirring criticism outside the company, ignited frenzied debate inside it. Some employees accused Google of wrongly firing an employee for expressing himself; others said the company hadn’t done enough to stand up for gender equality. Debates inside Google have flared up on email lists and Memegen ever since. Google's Soapbox The internet giant hosts hundreds of speakers at its offices each year, including many prominent political thinkers. Noam Chomsky, 2017, Cambridge, Mass. The bestselling author and MIT linguistics professor recounted his career in political activism and delved into the challenges now facing the media industry. Condoleezza Rice, 2010, Mountain View, Calif. The first African-American U.S. secretary of state told stories from her childhood growing up in racially segregated Birmingham, Ala., and from her time serving in George W. Bush's cabinet.   Henry Kissinger, 2008, Mountain View, Calif. The Nobel Prize winner and secretary of state under Richard Nixon described how he negotiated the 1973 ceasefire that ended the Vietnam War. Barack Obama, 2007, Mountain View, Calif. Then an Illinois senator running for president, Mr. Obama gave a stump speech to employees before being interviewed by Google's then-chief executive, Eric Schmidt. PHOTOS: DPA/ZUMA PRESS; GETTY IMAGES(3) “They think they can please everybody, and I don’t think that’s possible,” said Tim Chevalier, the transgender former engineer, who alleges he was fired because of his statements against discrimination. Mr. Ch

Dan Mathews, PETA Sr. VP of Campaigns talks to host Emil Guillermo about the evolution of PETA's fight to end the use of fur in fashion. Mathews explains why top designers are abandoning fur, and talks about how one, John Galliano, eventually came around to stop using fur. But only after a cute meet with Dan in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. Mathews has seen the victories come over the nearly three decades of activism. He talks about how the "I'd Rather Be Naked Than Wear Fur" idea took hold, and how the very first nude protest came about, thanks to some troubled teens in Japan. The campaigns aren't over yet. Go to PETA.org to take action. The PETA Podcast PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 6.5 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activists, investigators, politicians, and others why animals need more than kindness—they have the right not to be abused or exploited in any way. Hosted by Emil Guillermo. Powered by PETA activism. Contact us at PETA.org Listen to the very first PETA podcast with Ingrid Newkirk Music provided by CarbonWorks. Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe. Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo on Twitter @emilamok Or at www.amok.com Please subscribe, rate and review wherever you get your podcasts. Help us grow the podcast by taking this short survey. Thanks for listening to THE PETA PODCAST!  

PETA Exec. VP Tracy Reiman talks about how PETA's corporate division is quietly making progress changing the way America's corporate ethics. Reiman points to the new groundbreaking mohair investigation as a catyalyst that changed many companies minds on using mohair. But Forever 21 is still a holdout. Take action now. See the Washington Post investigation. The PETA Podcast PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 6.5 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activists, investigators, politicians, and others why animals need more than kindness—they have the right not to be abused or exploited in any way. Hosted by Emil Guillermo. Powered by PETA activism. Contact us at PETA.org Listen to the very first PETA podcast with Ingrid Newkirk Music provided by CarbonWorks. Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe. Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo on Twitter @emilamok Or at www.amok.com Please subscribe, rate and review wherever you get your podcasts. Help us grow the podcast by taking this short survey. Thanks for listening to THE PETA PODCAST!  

Brittany Peet, an attorney, is PETA's Director of Captive Animal Law Enforcement (a/k/a CALE).  She talks about how her personal experiences with bears and roadside zoos have fueled her passion to free bears from captivity. And she talks about the different approaches PETA uses to save bears from cruel circumstances. North Carolina has a unique law where individual private citizens can sue zoos to help free bears. But Peet says that is unique to that state. In other states it's up to groups like PETA to lead the way. About 1,000 bears are thought to be in captivity at roadside zoos and travelling shows across the U.S. So far more than 70 have been saved by PETA.  Hear Peet talk with Emil Guillermo about why it's important to save the bears. More links about saving bears: https://www.peta.org/features/pure-joy-elderly-bears-take-first-steps-after-decades-in-tiny-pens/ https://www.peta.org/features/watch-mother-bear-family-experience-new-sanctuary-home/ https://investigations.peta.org/bfbp-bear-rescue/ https://www.peta.org/blog/two-bears-freed-from-roadside-zoo-headed-for-sanctuary/ Read about the late Sam Simon's efforts to save roadside bears. Read about Lilly the Bear here. Read more about bears. Read about Roadside Zoos The PETA Podcast PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 6.5 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activists, investigators, politicians, and others why animals need more than kindness—they have the right not to be abused or exploited in any way. Hosted by Emil Guillermo. Powered by PETA activism. Contact us at PETA.org Listen to the very first PETA podcast with Ingrid Newkirk Music provided by CarbonWorks. Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe. Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo on Twitter @emilamok Or at www.amok.com Please subscribe, rate and review wherever you get your podcasts. Help us grow the podcast by taking this short survey. Thanks for listening to THE PETA PODCAST!  

Daphna Nachminovich, PETA's Sr.VP of Cruelty Investigations also runs PETA's spay/neuter program and the Community Animal Project which focuses on saving chained dogs forced to live outside. She talks with host Emil Guillermo about CAP and the hundreds of animals the program saves each year.  Many of the animals are placed in PETA's shelter, often called "the shelter of last resort." Unlike No-Kill shelters with waiting lists, no animals are turned away from PETA's shelter in Norfolk, Virginia. If an animal is in imminent danger, please contact your local police department immediately. If your local police department is unresponsive, call PETA immediately—day or night—at 757-622-7382, option 2. Or you may contact PETA by filling out our "Report Cruelty to Animals form."   The PETA Podcast PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 6.5 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activists, investigators, politicians, and others why animals need more than kindness—they have the right not to be abused or exploited in any way. Hosted by Emil Guillermo. Powered by PETA activism. Contact us at PETA.org Listen to the very first PETA podcast with Ingrid Newkirk Music provided by CarbonWorks. Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe. Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo on Twitter @emilamok Or at www.amok.com Please subscribe, rate and review wherever you get your podcasts. Help us grow the podcast by taking this short survey. Thanks for listening to THE PETA PODCAST!    

Hannah Schein is a Director of Research and Logistics in PETA's Investigations Department. With her husband Philip, they have helped changed the importation laws of meat to Israel which now bans kosher meat processed inhumanely using shackle and hoist methods. The law went into effect June 1, 2018. But it was the video produced in 2016 that got the public and lawmakers to notice the inhumane slaughter of much of the kosher meat imported to Israel. Israel stopped the importation, but meat produced using the shackle and hoist methods is still being sold to the U.S. See the 2016 video and take action here at PETA.org See the very first video that kicked off the investigation and ultimately led investigators to South America. The PETA Podcast PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 6.5 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activists, investigators, politicians, and others why animals need more than kindness—they have the right not to be abused or exploited in any way. Hosted by Emil Guillermo. Powered by PETA activism. Contact us at PETA.org Listen to the very first PETA podcast with Ingrid Newkirk Music provided by CarbonWorks. Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe. Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo on Twitter @emilamok Or at www.amok.com Please subscribe, rate and review wherever you get your podcasts. Help us grow the podcast by taking this short survey. Thanks for listening to THE PETA PODCAST! Keywords: animal rights, animal welfare, kosher, shackle and hoist slaughter, Israel, meat, Paraguay, Uruguay

When Emily Trunnell realized her research did nothing for science and only resulted in a body count of dead animals, she couldn't go on. She changed her life and went to work for PETA.  In this conversation with Emil Guillermo, Trunnell talks about the experiments that made her question the ethics of traditional laboratory research. She talks about the reaction she got from her mentor and peers, and how they remained entrenched in the scientific establishment's belief that animal experiments have any relevance to humans.  Trunnell mentions non-animal methods that are leading the way, exposing the lie of animal based experimentation. She says technology such as "organ on a chip" will ultimately lead to "human on a chip" giving researchers better tools to find answers that will actually improve people's lives. For now, countless animals are killed in laboratories for what amounts to useless science. Find out more and take action at Peta.org The PETA Podcast PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 6.5 million people strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activists, investigators, politicians, and others why animals need more than kindness—they have the right not to be abused or exploited in any way. Hosted by Emil Guillermo. Powered by PETA activism. Contact us at PETA.org Listen to the very first PETA podcast with Ingrid Newkirk Music provided by CarbonWorks. Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe. Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo on Twitter @emilamok Or at www.amok.com Please subscribe, rate and review wherever you get your podcasts. Help us grow the podcast by taking this short survey. Thanks for listening to THE PETA PODCAST!