07/24/2019
On today’s show we’ll be covering good news on New York’s declawing ban, an unexpectedly compassionate change at the Sonoma County Fair, a market update on vegan alternative meat and fast food industry, and we’ll end with a nationwide change in a dreadful mouse and rat experimentation policy.
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“Bringing animals into the world only to kill them is not part of the ‘cycle of nature.’ We artificially inseminate animals, kill them years before their natural life span is up, then justify it as ‘natural’, comparing ourselves to ‘other animals who kill to survive’. Last time I looked, lions weren’t breeding gazelles.”
--Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
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LINKS:
New York just banned cat declawing. It's the first state to outlaw the procedure
By Scottie Andrew and Brian Ries, CNN
July 22, 2019
LINK: https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/22/politics/new-york-bans-cat-declawing-trnd/index.html
California Declawing Bill Crushed by Greed
By In Defense of Animals
April 26, 2019
LINK: https://www.idausa.org/campaign/community-cats/latest-news/california-declawing-bill-crushed-by-greed/
‘Pig scramble’ for kids at Sonoma County Fair gives way to watermelons
By Guy Kovner
The Press Democrat
July 20, 2019
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/9812870-181/pig-scramble-for-kids-at?
Who’s eating meatless fast-food burgers? Not vegans
By Kate Bernot
July 18, 2019
https://thetakeout.com/who-eats-fast-food-meatless-vegan-burgers-data-1836490878?
Depression researchers rethink popular mouse swim tests
By Sara Reardon
July 18, 2019
LINK: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02133-2
National Center for Biotechnology Information: The Mouse Forced Swim Test
January 29, 2012
LINK: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3353513/
National Center for Biotechnology Information: The Tail Suspension Test
January 28, 2012
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3353516/
Airdate: 07/24/2019 / Episode 19-30