Thanksgiving turkeys. Christmas hams. The holiday season is inextricably linked to these staples of holiday indulgence. While we amble through the darkening days of the year, however, the animals whose lives will be sacrificed to feed us are far worse than they need to be. And that is so because of unnecessarily inhumane conditions on the factory farms where the majority of them are bred, live short, grueling lives, and are slaughtered assembly-line style.
One of the worst aspects of factory-farm life for these doomed sentient creatures is extreme confinement. Pigs are known to receive the worst of it, when pregnant sows are kept in indecently small cages known as gestation crates. The fight against their use is one key focus of Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy, which battle is now being waged before the Supreme Court.
Another soldier is Jessica Chipkin. She is the founder and president of Crate Free USA, an organization whose mission simply is to reduce the suffering of animals on factory farms. Founded in 2015, the group believes there’s really no difference between cruelty inflicted on a dog, cat, bird, horse, chicken, calf or pig.
They group tries to:
She joins us in this episode to talk about her work with Trader Joe's, Aldi and Costco, as well as her youth-education effort and her mobile app. Also on the show is Scott Beckstead, our director of national campaigns, and Marty Irby, who provides a legislative update. Joseph Grove is the host.
Ending the abuse for carriage horses | Episode 47
Dan Buettner on living better, longer and kinder with Blue Zones lifestyles | Episode 46
Harness racing: A struggling enterprise grapples with animal wellness | Episode 45
Will the Supreme Court side against animals? The attack on Prop 12 | Episode 44
The fight to spare animals through FDA Modernization | Episode 43
How a California lawsuit may change things for kangaroos | Episode 42
Monty Roberts, ”The Man Who Listens to Horses,” talks whipping horses in races, the wild ride of Rich Strike, and the Queen | Episode 41
Animal Abuse and the Connection to School Shootings | Episode 40
Wild Horses and their Mishandling by the BLM | Episode 39
The sad fate of Thoroughbred horses, with Hall of Fame jockey Chris McCarron | Episode 38
MISSION POSSIBLE: The struggle to rescue dogs from Afghanistan...and the CDC | Episode 37
Carole ”Tiger King” Baskin updates us on the Big Cat Public Safety Act | Episode 36
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.): A rising star in Congress talks about her work for animals | Episode 35
Rep. Mike Quigley and his fight for lions, tigers—and roosters | Episode 34
Milk: It Does a Body Bad | Episode 33
Team Biden: Are they helping animals? | Episode 32
Minks, COVID and captivity: What's bad for them is bad for us--Episode 31
Emotions, Spirituality and the Rich, Valuable Lives of Animals--Episode 30
Wild horses and the fight against round-ups and slaughter | Episode 29
Bob Baffert, doping and an industry in need of further reform--Episode 28
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