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Ep. 343: "Chimp Crazy" On HBO Max; PETA's Part Explained
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"Chimp Crazy," the documentary series now on HBO Max, gives an inside look on PETA's work to save chimpanzees from the unnatural life of being an animal companion. Baby chimps will kiss you, but adult chimps could rip off your face. And when the babies become violent adult chimps they are usually turned over to a chimpanzee prison. Brittany Peet, P…
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Ep. 342: Bled For Life: The Cruel Captive Blood Bank Model
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Bled for life, more than 800 dogs and cats are held as "professional bleeders" at a captive blood bank in Indiana. What PETA investigators found. PETA's Sarah Deffinger in conversation with host Emil Guillermo. Go to PETA.org to see more about captive blood banks. The PETA Podcast PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 9 million s…
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Ep 341: PETA Urges--SAVE CAPTAIN PAUL WATSON!
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The man who inspired the phrase "Save the Whales" needs your help. Captain Paul Watson was arrested in July by Danish authorities in Greenland at the request of Japan, who is seeking to punish Watson for his anti-whaling activities. Contact your embassy and the Danish Embassy now and demand that Watson be set free. Listen to this interview with Wat…
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Ep.340: PETA Activists Taken At Gunpoint At Ethiopian Airlines Protest Prep
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Taken at gunpoint, Two PETA activists and an 11-year-old were held by Ethiopian police. For how long? But Jason Baker says what they endured is nothing compared to the monkeys transported to U.S. labs by Ethiopian Airlines. See more at PETA.org The PETA Podcast PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 9 million strong and growing. T…
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Ep. 339: PETA Cites Equestrian Cruelty; Calls For Horse Ban At the Olympics
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PETA is calling for the ban of horses for sport at all Olympics after five teams were cited for instances involving animal abuse and cruelty at the Paris Games. PETA VP Kathy Guillermo, who heads PETA's Equine Matters division, explains how equestrian events, especially dressage, have put style, fashion and cruelty above the well-being of horses Se…
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Ep. 338: PETA Reads--"Meet the Neighbors," on appreciating the animals around you
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"Meet the Neighbors: Animal Minds and Life in a More Than Human World" explores what happens when you consider animals as thinking as well as feeling beings. Are they intelligent? Self-aware? Are they persons? Author Brandon Keim talks with Emil Guillermo about the consequences in our lives when we see the animals as sharing our world. For more on …
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Ep. 337: PETA: The Five Things You Need To Know About Xenotransplantation
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A woman has died after being given a pig kidney that extended her life by just 47 days. What you need to know about the cruelty of xenotransplantation. See more at PETA.org The PETA Podcast PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 9 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why animals need more than kindness—they ha…
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Ep336: PETA-Germany Still Saving Animals' Lives in Ukraine
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Since the Russian Invasion of Ukraine began in 2022, PETA's effort to save animals there has never stopped. We reprise this episode, in which PETA Germany's Sylvie Bunz describes the coordinated effort to save thousands of animals' lives, in this conversation with Emil Guillermo. The PETA Podcast PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization…
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Ep. 335: No Bull, PETA Pushes Mechanical Elephants to Save Abuse At Temples
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If you can have mechanical bulls in honky-tonks, why not mechanical elephants in Indian temples? PETA is saving abused elephants by convincing the temples to trade in their sensitive real elephant for a mechanical one. Poorvah Joshipura, director, PETA India tells Emil Guillermo how it works. See the life-sized mechanical elephant here. The PETA Po…
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Ep. 334: In "Breaking The Chain," PETA Urges To Bring Dogs Inside.
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"Breaking The Chain," a documentary executive produced by Anjelica Huston, shows PETA's Community Animal Project in action, saving animals in the Norfolk, Virginia, area. But chief among their concern is the number of chained dogs in the area. Many are abused, malnourished, and tethered mercilessly to a chain in all weather, from hot summers to col…
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Ep. 333: The Politics of Cruelty-free Sunscreen: PETA's Jeffrey Brown talks to Emil Guillermo about a real threat to thousands of animals.
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Your sunscreen may be cruelty-free now, but for how long? The FDA may require more tests on a product deemed safe for years. Why the sudden change? Jeffrey Brown, science advisor to PETA/UK, talks to Emil Guillermo about the FDA's cryptic communications that threaten tens of thousands of animal lives. The PETA Podcast PETA, the world's largest anim…
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Ep. 332: Wegovy and Ozempic? Dr. Neal Barnard tells Emil Guillermo the "Power Foods Diet," is Cheaper, Safer
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Ozempic? Wegovy? Why not try Power Foods? It's cheaper, safer, and works. Dr. Neal Barnard talks about his new book with Emil Guillermo on how you can let the foods you eat do the heavy lifting in your weight loss fight. It's all in "The Power Foods Diet," now available wherever books are sold. The PETA Podcast PETA, the world's largest animal righ…
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Ep. 331: WIll Racing Avoid Horse Deaths in Third Leg of Triple Crown?
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The question is whether horse racing can avoid horse injuries and death on the day of the Belmont, the third leg of the Triple Crown--especially after a deadly year in 2023. Kathy Guillermo, PETA Sr.VP, is the one in charge of the Equine Matters Department. She talks about why racing is cruel and often fatal. For more go to PETA.org. The PETA Podca…
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Ep.330: Birds Should be Free, Not Domesticated Nor Caged; Emil Guillermo with VP Christina Matthies.
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In this reprised episode, PETA VP Christina Matthies talks to Emil Guillermo about birds, especially domesticated ones. Most human companions aren't as knowledgeable about birds. It means the situation devolves to the point a bird rescue is needed. How best to avoid a bird rescue? Don't turn to birds to be your companion animals. Let the birds be b…
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Ep: 329: On Graduation Week, PETA Urges End To Cruel Animal Experiments by Harvard Researcher. Emil Guillermo talks with PETA's Katherine Roe.
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Dr. Margaret Livingstone at Harvard Medical has continued with cruel experiments on monkeys that have no useful scientific purpose. They include maternal deprivation experiments where baby monkeys are taken from their mothers, have their eyes sewn- shut, then observed for abnormalities. Science or torture? In this reprised episode, PETA neuroscient…
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Ep. 328:Emil Guillermo talks to "Rat Trap" author in Expose of Animal Testing
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Host Emil Guillermo speaks to Dr. Pandora Pound about her book "Rat Trap," which exposes the bad science that researchers use to justify useless animal experimentation. Get the book on Amazon. See more about PETA's Research Modernization Deal on PETA.org. Get "Rat Trap" from Safermedicines.org Get the podcast on YouTube@emilamok1 The PETA Podcast P…
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Ep.327 PETA: How To Eliminate Horse Deaths In The So-Called "Sport of Kings."
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One year after PETA's proposals, horse racing has undergone some reforms, but not all of them. What it will take to end the deaths of racehorses at all race tracks. PETA's Kathy Guillermo, PETA's Equine Matters Department leader, explained what needs to be done in this encore presentation. See the full video of PETA cameras captured of horse breakd…
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Ep. 326: PETA's Ingrid Newkirk talks to Emil Guillermo about 250 Ways to make you "Cat Smart".
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Are you cat-smart? PETA's Ingrid Newkirk on the 250 things you need to know if you're a smart cat "guardian." In conversation with Emil Guillermo. An encore presentation. The PETA Podcast PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is nine million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, …
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Ep. 325: PETA Gets SEC to Investigate Monkey Imports of Charles River Labs
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The difference between a "purpose-bred" and a "wild-caught" monkey is the reason animal experimenter and monkey importer Charles River Labs is being investigated by the SEC. PETA's investigation uncovered documents showing where Charles River's monkeys come from. But did experimenter Charles River tell its shareholders? If not, it could have seriou…
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Ep. 324: Eastern Virginia Medical School, Experimenter Kill Baboons Despite PETA Offer For Sanctuary
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Why did the Eastern Virginia Medical School and vivisector Gerarld Pepe kill four mother baboons--Jemma, Cookie, Toya and Tara-- in spite of PETA's offer to save the aging baboons. PETA Sr. VP Daphna Nachminovich talks with Emil Guillermo. For more information go to PETA.org The PETA Podcast PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is …
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Ep. 323: PETA Video Captures Suicide Death Race At Ocala Breeders Sale
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SEE UPDATE BELOW: Arrest made after man attacks PETA investigator A "suicide race" is what jockeys call the sprints young horses are forced to run to get top dollar at places like the Ocala Breeders Sale in Florida. On April 10, 2024, a horse raced to its death, a jockey was hurt, and the president of the sale allegedly assaulted a PETA investigato…
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Ep. 322: Misothery? Like Misogyny only Toward Animals says author Jim Mason
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What is misothery? Akin to misogyny, author Jim Mason has coined "misothery" as the phrase describing how we "other" animals. Mason, a co-author with philosopher Peter Singer on "Animal Factories," has written a new edition of his 1993 classic, "An Unnatural Order--Roots of Our Destruction of Nature." Mason connects our "othering" of animals with r…
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Ep.321: For Cesar Chavez Day, A Lesson In Empathy From Barbara J. King
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Cesar Chavez fought for farmworker rights, but he was also a devout animal lover and did not eat animal flesh. In honor of Cesar Chavez Day (March 31), we reprise our interview with Barbara J. King who talks about empathy toward animals. For some like Chavez it's developed over time through their dogs and animal companions, as King explains, recogn…
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Ep. 320: The Animal Cruelty of No-Kill Shelters in Los Angeles
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It's an emergency situation at the animal shelters in Los Angeles, which are suffering from an overpopulation problem that, in turn, shuts out the growing number of animals that still need homes. The city's"no-kill" policy was intended to be a "feel-good" measure, but it has resulted in a lack of space in increasingly crowded shelters and animals a…
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Ep. 319: Deaths At the Iditarod Hasten PETA's Call To End Cruel Race
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A third dog died on March 12 at the 2024 Iditarod, the 1,000-mile race of animal cruelty held every year in Alaska. A three-year-old male dog named Henry is the third death in three days. Two other race dogs, Bog, a two-year-old, and George, a four-year-old both died on Sunday. "The Iditarod is the shame of Alaska," said Tracy Reiman, PETA's execut…
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