S3E6: Lily and Lizzie

The Animal Highlight

Amanda Bunten-Wahlberg considers the Lily and Lizzie, two pigs who were rescued from Smithfield farms and subsequently caught in the middle of a biosecurity drama. This content was originally aired in Season 5 of The Animal Turn Podcast.

Featured:

• Animal Farm Activism with Camille Labchuk on The Animal Turn.
• Luvin Arms Sanctuary
• The Whole Hog: Exploring the Extraordinary Potential of Pigsby Lyall Watson.
• Thinking Pigs: A Comparative Review of Cognition, Emotion, and Personality in Sus domesticus by Lori Marino and Christina M Colvin.
• Baby Pig Saved from Factory Farm is so Spoiled Now by Claire Elizabeth Alberts
• Activists Acquitted in Trial for Taking Piglets from Smithfield Foods by Marina Bolotnikova
• The Smithfield Piglet Case: Factory Farms and Civil Disobedience by Rachel Robison-Greene

Credits:

• Claudia Hirtenfelder, producer and host
• Amanda Bunten-Walberg, co-host
• Christiaan Mentz, sound editor and producer
• Rebecca Shen, content producer and designer (logo and episode artwork)
• Gordon Clarke, bed music composer
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Sponsor:

Thank you to the sponsors of the fifth season of The Animal Turn podcast, “Animals and Biosecurity,” where this animal highlight was originally aired 27 October 2022. They are: Animals in Philosophy, Politics, Law, and Ethics (A.P.P.L.E) and the Biosecurities and Urban Governance Research Collective

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Chapters

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. Biosecurity Rhetoric (00:01:36)

3. Lily, Lizzie, and Gregarious Pigs (00:03:34)

4. Discussion (00:11:00)

5. Credits (00:12:20)