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Shortcast #87 Charlie Moores | Choosing sides on August 12th
August 14, 2022 10:00 - 13 minutes - 9.18 MBI tweeted recently - I'm @charliemoores if you'd like to check this out or follow me - that I'd been a little bit quiet on Substack, the blogging platform I use.I explained why in a post I wrote called 'Choosing sides on August 12th'...and it occurred to me that actually I'd been a bit quiet on Buzzsprout too - so here's that blog in audio form, slightly changed to fit the rhythms of my speech but well, the sentiments and intentions are exactly the same... So, About five years ago a senior ...
Interview #31 Tom Langton and Dominic Woodfield | Badger Culls, Biodiversity, Birds and the High Court
July 22, 2022 08:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MBIn this podcast I talk with professional ecologists Tom Langton and Dominic Woodfield as we discuss a number of related issues that we’ve grouped together under the tite ‘Badger Culls, Biodiversity, Birds and the High Court’. It’s a complex conversation, and it takes experts like Tom and Dominic to explain everything so clearly: it includes duties to protect wildlife and the repeated failure of statutory bodies with respect to those duties which – depending on an upcoming Court Appeal on Jul...
Interview #30 Dr Carol Treasure | XCellR8 and non-animal testing
June 24, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 47.8 MBA conversation with a pioneer of non-animal testing Dr Carol Treasure. Carol is a founder of XCellR8, a laboratory exclusively devoted to animal-free safety and efficacy tests for the cosmetics, personal care and chemical industries. XCellR8’s clients include high street retail brands, large ingredient manufacturers and fast growth SMEs. Many of XCellR8’s tests are for moisturisers, soaps and shampoos – in fact, if you use a product from Lush, chances are its components were tested for how...
Shortcast #86 Off the Leash | Pro-hunt supporters and intimidation
June 14, 2022 17:00 - 11 minutes - 8.16 MBCharlie Moores and Dominic Dyer discuss attempts by fox-hunting supporters. to intimidate activists. It's nothing new of course, but it should always be called out. In this particular instance, fox hunting supporters are making threats towards a hotel in Peterborough where the League Against Cruel Sports is hosting their next Enough is Enough event on June 17th and at which Dominic will be speaking... Register for free for ‘Enough is Enough’ at The Bull Hotel and Conference Centre, Peterbo...
Interview #29 Sophie Pavelle | Forget Me Not
June 01, 2022 07:00 - 51 minutes - 35.3 MB"I've tried to write the book that I felt I needed to read when I was younger, but I hope it appeals to all age groups." Trust me Sophie, it does... A conversation with zoologist and science communicator Sophie Pavelle, about her first book, Forget Me Not, which is subtitled “Finding the forgotten species of climate change Britain”. We spoke shortly before Forget Me Not’s launch date and discussed what the book is about, Sophie’s modern and fresh writing style (a style that I think makes h...
The Off the Leash Podcast 3.7
May 31, 2022 09:00 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MBIn the latest episode of The Off the leash Podcast Charlie Moores and Dominic Dyer look at the latest on the badger cull - in other words, a climbdown by Defra; the findings of the Foreign Affairs Committee on Afghanistan & Nowzad - basically the most senior civil servants were found to be uncooperative and evasive; Dominic’s upcoming documentary which starts filming very soon; but we start with the submission Dominic and Born Free made to the EFRA Committee (the committee which examines the...
Interview #28 Stephen Moss | Somerset Levels Super National Nature Reserve
May 30, 2022 07:00 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MB"As one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world, Britain has a long way to go. Somerset’s super nature reserve is a great start; but it must also be an opportunity to change the way we regard and manage the countryside for the 21st century." (Stephen Moss, Observer Comment, 22 May 22) A conversation with birder, award-winning author, bird tour leader, BAFTA award-winning television producer, a stalwart of the British Birdfair, President of the Somerset Wildlife Trust, teacher of...
Interview #27 Keep the Ban | Skydiving to Expose Cubbing
May 27, 2022 15:00 - 25 minutes - 17.3 MBA conversation with pro-wildlife campaigner Rob Pownall, founder of Keep the Ban. We’re talking shortly before Rob jumps out of an aeroplane 10000’ above the Kent countryside to raise funds for a very special project to raise public awareness about one of fox hunting’s dirtiest secrets – cubbing. Cubbing, as you’ll hear us discuss, is a disgusting form of animal abuse, a wildlife crime where – to put it simply - fox hunters train their hounds by setting them on fox cubs. Rob is absolutely ...
Interview #26 Sam Hutchinson | Power of One
May 15, 2022 07:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MB"I think what my life has taught me so far is that hardly anything is impossible if you work hard enough and you are passionate enough about. It is incredible the difference one person can make..." (Sam Hutchinson) A conversation between Off the Leash’s Dominic Dyer and Sam Hutchinson, the founder of the animal welfare charity Power of One, which is described as a "platform which gives small charities and teams across the world a voice and the opportunity to connect with people like you, wh...
Shortcast #85 Off the Leash | Queen's Speech 2022 and Animal Welfare
May 11, 2022 13:00 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MBA short conversation between Charlie Moores and Dominic Dyer about the Queen's Speech and animal welfare legislation. Yesterday, May 10th, the Queen’s Speech, which sets out the government’s legislative agenda for the next parliamentary year, was given in the House of Lords. It was - according to most commentators - a drab affair, a mix of new plans, long-made pledges and a handful of held-over bills. On animal welfare legislation, though, it was universally slammed with promises broken a...
Interview #25 Saffron Gloyne | Animal Welfare Party Candidate
May 03, 2022 08:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MB"Talk to your candidates...find out if they really care." A conversation with powerhouse campaigner Saffron Gloyne, who has been selected to represent the Animal Welfare Party in the May local elections. Saffron is one of thirteen candidates in Croydon’s Addiscombe West ward where three seats are available. According to the Animal Welfare Party's website, Saffron will focus her campaign on standing up against wildlife crime in Croydon, championing the borough’s ability to become a nationwid...
Shortcast #84 Charlie Moores | Spring Dawn Chorus, Wiltshire
April 30, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 3.92 MBI woke up this morning to a thrush’s liquid song cascading from the top of an oak tree about 100m away. Phrase after phrase, loud and clear. Not the repetitive song of a Song Thrush, nor the more mellow conversation of a Blackbird, but the melodious outpouring of a Mistle Thrush. Perched, typically, in the open, bold as brass, daring the local Sparrowhawk to interrupt, swept up in the power of his own remarkable voice as it bounced around off the stone walls of our home. During lockdown I ...
Shortcast #83 Dominic Dyer | PETA UK faux-fur parliamentary reception
April 26, 2022 12:00 - 9 minutes - 6.34 MBDominic Dyer speaking at a PETA UK reception, where to quote PETA, “MPs had the opportunity to see and feel the world’s first faux bear fur, a fabric that has been expertly created by luxury faux furrier ECOPEL to replace the bearskins used to make the Queen’s Guard’s caps” Dominic and I have discussed this issue in numerous podcasts before (eg Shortcast #53 Dominic Dyer | Bear Hats and Ben Wallace ), but essentially – exactly as that quote from PETA explains – the Ministry of Defence have...
Shortcast #83 Dominic Dyer | PETA UK faux-fur parliamentary reception
April 26, 2022 12:00 - 9 minutes - 6.34 MBDominic Dyer speaking at a PETA UK reception, where to quote PETA, “MPs had the opportunity to see and feel the world’s first faux bear fur, a fabric that has been expertly created by luxury faux furrier ECOPEL to replace the bearskins used to make the Queen’s Guard’s caps” Dominic and I have discussed this issue in numerous podcasts before (eg Shortcast #53 Dominic Dyer | Bear Hats and Ben Wallace ), but essentially – exactly as that quote from PETA explains – the Ministry of Defence have...
The Off the Leash Podcast 3.6
April 24, 2022 07:00 - 40 minutes - 28.2 MBA slightly truncated Off the Leash Podcast this time around, as Charlie Moores and Dominic Dyer focus on why they’ve been saying ‘Off the leash Podcasts is dead, long live Off the Leash’ this week (Charlie posted a shortcast explaining about the upcoming changes earlier this week, but we wanted to discuss it at more length),' we outline upcoming events this week, including a Parliamentary reception organised by PETA UK as part of the ongoing campaign against the fur caps worn by the Queen's...
Shortcast #82 Charlie Moores | Off the Leash Podcasts is dead, long live Off the Leash
April 19, 2022 14:00 - 7 minutes - 5.29 MB“Off the Leash Podcasts is dead, long live Off the Leash”. Okay, that’s a little over-dramatic, but I was looking for a way to get people’s attention and referencing regnal succession and using a phrasal template seemed like a good idea… Anyway, back to the matter in hand. We are coming up to the first anniversary of Off the Leash Podcasts (or OTL) – we launched our podcast trailer on April 30th 2021 - and while things have been going really well (we’ve had almost 40k downloads now), we’ve ...
Interview #24 Duncan McNair | Save the Asian Elephants
April 07, 2022 11:00 - 48 minutes - 33.2 MBA conversation between Charlie Moores and Duncan McNair, founder of Save the Asian Elephants or STAE. Duncan is a prominent corporate litigation lawyer and was Chair of the highly-influential 2013 McNair Inquiry and Report which was commissioned by the RSPCA and called for greater commitment to higher welfare standards for farmed animals. Its recommendations were unanimously approved by the Council of Trustees of the RSPCA the month after the Report’s publication and resulted in the RSPCA ...
The Off the Leash Podcast 3.5
April 03, 2022 08:00 - 53 minutes - 36.8 MBIn this episode of The Off the Leash Podcast, Charlie Moores and Dominic Dyer look at Dorset Police’s baffling and frankly bizarre decision to halt an investigation into the poisoning of a White-tailed Eagle found dead on a Dorset shooting estate; at an FOI request from Wiltshire Hunt Sabs that found that an astonishing 53 police officers chaperoned the notorious Avon Vale Hunt at one meet in Wiltshire in early March but still couldn’t see assaults on sabs taking place in front of them; and ...
Interview #23 Tom Langton and Dr Mark Jones | Badger Culling Research
March 26, 2022 21:00 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MB“Badger culling is not going to work as a method of controlling disease in cattle and should be abandoned immediately and permanently.” Dr Mark Jones., Born Free Foundation Charlie Moores in conversation with Tom Langton, a conservation ecologist with involvement in High Court judicial review of decisions surrounding badger culling policy in England, and veterinarian Dr Mark Jones, Head of Policy at Born Free. In mid-March, open-access research by Tom, Mark, and Dr Iain McGill - a veterina...
Shortcast #81 Ryan Marcel Sucaet (Animals Asia) | Ban Snares
March 25, 2022 17:00 - 8 minutes - 5.71 MBAn uplifting and beautifully told shortcast about snares by Animals Asia's Ryan Marcel Sucaet - part of Off the Leash's series of shortcasts supporting Animal Aid’s petition to make the use of free-running snares illegal. Ryan Marcel Sucaet is the Bear & Vet Team Director at the Chengdu Bear Rescue Centre. Animal Aid petition Make the use of free-running snares illegal for trapping wildlife (Deadline 9th May 2022) Animal Aid Website and Twitter feed Animals Asia Website and Twitter f...
Shortcast #80 Wounded Badger Patrol - Staffordshire
March 23, 2022 12:00 - 7 minutes - 4.87 MBShortcasts are short standalone audio comments and statements from conservationists, campaigners, charities, authors and members of our audience. If it needs to be said – say it here! A shortcast by Edith from Staffordshire Wounded Badger Patrol, a group of volunteers who work to protect badgers in the Staffordshire badger cull zone. "It's definitely worth doing - it's satisfying to know that we're out there protecting badgers." Wounded Badger Patrol - Staffordshire Facebook page Wo...
Interview# 22 Wiltshire Hunt Sabs March 2022
March 21, 2022 18:00 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MBA conversation between Charlie Moores and Anne, a spokesperson for the Wiltshire Hunt Saboteurs. Anne and Charlie have spoken before, in late December, shortly after a well-publicised attack on hunt protestors by followers of the notorious Avon Vale Hunt at their Boxing Day meet in the Wiltshire village of Lacock (link below). This time they’re talking in late March, so towards the end of the so-called fox hunting season. It’s been a tumultuous period for the various Wiltshire hunt packs ...
Shortcast #79 OTL | Faroes Petition Update
March 16, 2022 15:00 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MBA short conversation between Off the Leash's Charlie Moores and Dominic Dyer on Dominic's government petition calling on the UK to "Suspend trade agreement with Faroe Islands until all whale & dolphin hunts end" which of course was launched after the Faroese slaughtered an almost unbelievable 1428 Atlantic White-sided Dolphins on the 12th of September last year. After a huge push in the last week or so the petition has now reached 100,000 signatures, which given the understandable focus on ...
Interview #21 Rob Pownall | Keep the Ban
March 14, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 46.4 MBCharlie Moores talks with the founder of Keep the Ban, Rob Pownall. Launched in 2015 but ticking over until some eighteen months ago, a change in strategy, a new website, and a massively ramped up social media presence saw Keep the Ban launch numerous anti-hunt campaigns and develop investigative work alongside the renowned Hunt Investigation Team (or HIT). As Rob explains he has some extremely interesting ideas on where he thinks Keep the Ban should go next, plans for expanding on the wor...
Shortcast #78 Dominic Dyer | Ukranian Companion Animals Govt U-turn
March 13, 2022 16:00 - 11 minutes - 7.9 MBFour days ago Off the Leash posted a short conversation between Charlie Moores and campaigner and Off the Leash colleague Dominic Dyer on what he'd been doing to make it easier for refugees fleeing Putin's war on Ukraine to come into the UK with their companion animals. We were very critical of the UK government on that occasion, but Dominic is back with - thankfully - better news... Shortcast #77 Dominic Dyer | Ukranian Refugees and Companion Animals The Off the Leash Podcast 3.3 Ukrain...
Shortcast #78 OTL | Ukranian Companion Animals Govt U-turn
March 13, 2022 16:00 - 11 minutes - 7.9 MBFour days ago Off the Leash posted a short conversation between Charlie Moores and campaigner and Off the Leash colleague Dominic Dyer on what he'd been doing to make it easier for refugees fleeing Putin's war on Ukraine to come into the UK with their companion animals. We were very critical of the UK government on that occasion, but Dominic is back with - thankfully - better news... Shortcast #77 Dominic Dyer | Ukranian Refugees and Companion Animals The Off the Leash Podcast 3.3 Ukrain...
Interview #20 Linda Newbery | This Book is Cruelty-free (Part One)
March 10, 2022 09:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MB" Why would you choose cruelty when you don’t have to...I don’t care what society says, I’m not participating in that." The first part of a short series of podcasts with award-winning author and animal rights campaigner Linda Newbery talking about her recently published guide to compassionate living, ‘This Book is Cruelty-free – Animals and Us’. Written for everyone who cares ‘about our planet, our animals, and about living a better life’, This Book is Cruelty-free says in its introduction,...
Shortcast #77 Dominic Dyer | Ukranian Refugees and Companion Animals
March 09, 2022 14:00 - 13 minutes - 8.95 MBA short conversation between Charlie Moores and campaigner Dominic Dyer on what he's been doing to make it easier for refugees fleeing Putin's war on Ukraine to come into the UK with their companion animals. As we discuss, Ukraine is not rabies-free, but over a week ago the Vet Times wrote that "Officials in Romania, Poland and Hungary have made exceptions to peacetime restrictions on pets crossing borders as thousands, including many with animals, flee war-torn Ukraine". In Hungary, in orde...
Shortcast #77 OTL | Ukranian Refugees and Companion Animals
March 09, 2022 14:00 - 13 minutes - 8.95 MBA short conversation between Charlie Moores and campaigner Dominic Dyer on what he's been doing to make it easier for refugees fleeing Putin's war on Ukraine to come into the UK with their companion animals. As we discuss, Ukraine is not rabies-free, but over a week ago the Vet Times wrote that "Officials in Romania, Poland and Hungary have made exceptions to peacetime restrictions on pets crossing borders as thousands, including many with animals, flee war-torn Ukraine". In Hungary, in orde...
The Off the Leash Podcast 3.4
March 06, 2022 15:00 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MBIn this episode of The Off the Leash Podcast, Charlie Moores and Dominic Dyer discuss burnout and campaigning in a world that is both full of relentless need and is falling apart in front of us. As we say, "we’re not mental health professionals, we can’t solve anyone’s problems, but we thought that perhaps outlining our own experiences, looking at what encourages and keeps us going, might just help someone who is struggling too...". We also look at the newly introduced Hunting with Dogs (...
The Off the Leash Podcast 3.3 | Ukraine
March 03, 2022 10:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBA conversation between Charlie Moores and Dominic Dyer about Ukraine and Russia's war. How did we get to this disaster and what might we have learned about our humanity and our compassion for each other? We discussed at length whether we should record this - is the world waiting for an Off the Leash statement on Ukraine? Of course not. Will a podcast make any difference? Of course not - but we wanted to show our support for the people of Ukraine anyway, so here we are... #WeStandWithUkra...
Shortcast #76 Charlie Moores | The Avon Vale Hunt and a response to Wiltshire's PCC
February 24, 2022 14:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBA podcast by Charlie Moores looking in detail at a response he received to an email sent to Wiltshire Police and Crime Commissioner (or PCC ) Philip Wilkinson OBE questioning the use of police resources to chaperone the Avon Vale Hunt at their meet in north Wiltshire on the 19th of February, the day after Storm Eunice caused extensive damage to parts of the county. Information on how many police were present is taken from multiple social media accounts belonging to hunt sabs and monitor gr...
Charlie Moores | The Avon Vale Hunt and a response to Wiltshire's PCC
February 24, 2022 14:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBA podcast by Charlie Moores looking in detail at a response he received to an email sent to Wiltshire Police and Crime Commissioner (or PCC ) Philip Wilkinson OBE questioning the use of police resources to chaperone the Avon Vale Hunt at their meet in north Wiltshire on the 19th of February, the day after Storm Eunice caused extensive damage to parts of the county. Information on how many police were present is taken from multiple social media accounts belonging to hunt sabs and monitor gr...
Heroes and Villains 18.02.22
February 19, 2022 14:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MBHeroes and Villains, a new series of podcasts from Off the Leash with Charlie Moores and Dominic Dyer. Each week we will discuss a Hero and a Villain each. In this episode (recorded 18 Feb 2022) we boo Emma Hopkins, UK Ambassador to Denmark, and gun dog trainer Ian Openshaw. And we cheer conservationist Roy Dennis, and both the editor of the Jerusalem Post and its journalist Barry Davies. What do you think of our choices? Would you have chosen differently? Let us know...
Interview #19 Linda Newbery | Feed our Future Oxfordshire
February 17, 2022 15:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBA short interview with Charlie Moores talking with campaigner and award-winning author Linda Newbery, whose book “This Book is Cruelty-Free – Animals and Us” which looks at the way our daily choices affect the lives of animals was published in July last year (and Off the Leash has an exciting announcement around that later in this interview). First though, at the end of January this year we posted a shortcast by Summer, from the campaign group Feed our Future, which aims to address climate e...
The Off The Leash Podcast 3.2
February 13, 2022 17:00 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MBIn this episode of The Off the Leash Podcast, Charlie Moores and Dominic Dyer discuss the previously fairly unknown Conservative MP Chris Loder after the idiotic tweet he posted after learning that two White-tailed Eagles from the Isle of Wight reintroduction project had been found dead in 'suspicious circumstances' by investigatorswhich said that he didn't want Eagles in Dorset and that he didn't want the police investigating what happened to them; the idiotic footballer Kurt Zouma and his...
Live #08 Voices against Vivisection outside Parliament
February 09, 2022 19:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MBLive recordings made at a protest outside the Houses of Parliament on the 7th of February 2022. The protest took place (to a background of thunderous and emotionally-charged chants from the tireless Sol and Helen of Camp Beagle) before a debate in the Commons, triggered by a petition asking for laboratory animals to be included in the Animal Welfare Act which gathered over 100k signatures before it closed in January. Vivisection, animal testing, confining animals to laboratories and expe...
Shortcast #75 Northants Hunt Sabs | Sabbing the Cottesmore
February 06, 2022 20:00 - 15 minutes - 11 MBShortcasts are short standalone audio comments and statements from conservationists, campaigners, charities, authors and members of our audience. If it needs to be said – say it here! A shortcast written and recorded by Luke, a member of the Northants Hunt Sabs. Luke discusses the work the group does sabbing the notorious Cottesmore Hunt, which hunts mainly in Rutland, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire, the aggression of so-called hunt stewards hired by the Cottesmore, and pro-hunt bias by Le...
Interview #18 Gina Bates | Vegan Land Movement
February 05, 2022 13:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBCharlie Moores in conversation with vegan activist and lifelong biophiliac Gina Bates of the Vegan Land Movement. Charlie met up with Gina, whose Twitter handle @hilltopgina reflects the last 17 years spent in a remote area of Sutherland, living very simply without running water and miles from all other amenities and people, at a rather breezy location in the Somerset Levels where the Vegan Land Movement recently bought almost seven acres of former dairy grazing land which they intend - to q...
Shortcast #74 Wild Moors | Ban Snares
February 03, 2022 09:00 - 6 minutes - 4.37 MBA shortcast by Wild Moors' Luke Steele about snares - part of Off the Leash's series of shortcasts supporting Animal Aid’s petition to make the use of free-running snares illegal. Luke is the Executive Director of Wild Moors, which works with communities, governments and companies to unlock moorland from grouse shooting for the restoration of wildlife and habitats - and of course to unlock moorlands from snares... Animal Aid petition Make the use of free-running snares illegal for trapp...
Shortcast #73 Animal Aid | Ban Snares
January 31, 2022 14:00 - 4 minutes - 2.81 MBA shortcast by Iain Green about snares - part of Off the Leash's series of shortcasts supporting Animal Aid’s petition to make the use of free-running snares illegal. Iain Green is a nature photographer, author & founder of award-winning Wildlife Wonder and Director of Animal Aid Animal Aid petition Make the use of free-running snares illegal for trapping wildlife (Deadline 9th May 2022) Animal Aid Website and Twitter feed Wildlife Wonder website
Shortcast #72 Summer | Feed our Future
January 31, 2022 13:00 - 7 minutes - 5.01 MBA shortcast from the campaign group Feed our Future which aims to address climate emergency and animal exploitation issues starting with the food on our school plates. Feed our Future is working with councils to encourage the switch from emission heavy foods to plant-based ones. They are, they say helping the next generation of young people learn to eat sustainably. Feed our Future Website feedourfuture.co.uk/ Feed our Future Facebook page and Twitter feed
Interview #17 Jill Robinson | Animals Asia
January 28, 2022 09:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBA conversation with the founder and CEO of Animals Asia, the world’s leading expert on the bear bile industry, a pioneer of animal welfare in Asia, and a big picture thinker admired around the world for her approach and leadership - no, not a conversation with a group of renowned conservationists and activists, a conversation with just one remarkable woman: Jill Robinson MBE, a globally renowned advocate for animals, whose work is guided by the mantra 'Kindness in Action'. Charlie Moores ta...
Shortcast #71 Jane Smith AWP | Ban Snares
January 27, 2022 08:00 - 5 minutes - 3.63 MBA shortcast by Jane Smith AWP about snares - part of Off the Leash's series of shortcasts supporting Animal Aid’s petition to make the use of free-running snares illegal. Writer and campaigner Jane Smith, Deputy Leader of the Animal Welfare Party (which believes in a better future for people, animals and the environment), and the UK's first-ever elected animal rights representative. Animal Aid petition Make the use of free-running snares illegal for trapping wildlife (Deadline 9th May ...
Shortcast #70 Keep the Ban | Ban Snares
January 26, 2022 12:00 - 3 minutes - 2.42 MBA shortcast about snares - part of our series supporting Animal Aid’s petition to ban free-running snares. This recording is from Rob Pownall, the founder of the increasingly influential campaign group Keep the Ban which works to end the hunting of wildlife in the name of sport. Animal Aid petition Make the use of free-running snares illegal for trapping wildlife (Deadline 9th May 2022) Keep the Ban Website and Twitter feed
Shortcast #69 Hannah | EndPrim8Abuse
January 25, 2022 08:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MBShortcasts are short standalone audio comments and statements from conservationists, campaigners, charities, authors and members of our audience. If it needs to be said – say it here! A shortcast by Hannah from the campaign group EndPrim8abuse. Hannah has been working for two years and spent countless hours trying to get YouTube to take responsibility and take down deeply disturbing videos showing the abuse of very young monkeys. With her colleague Sue, Hannah has put in literally thousan...
The Off the Leash Podcast 3.1
January 24, 2022 09:00 - 52 minutes - 35.7 MBIn this episode of The Off the Leash Podcast, Charlie Moores and Dominic Dyer discuss a mix of politics, animal rights, and institutional bias. What might happen to the government's legislative animal welfare agenda if Boris Johnson is replaced as Prime Minister, for example, and are government petitions worth signing (the answer is 'Yes'). We look at why hare coursing is discussed in Parliament but not hare hunting (both are illegal after all(, and read out a very accurate statement by th...
Shortcast #68 Paul Tillsley | Ban Snares
January 19, 2022 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.33 MBA shortcast by Paul Tillsley about snares - part of Off the Leash's series of shortcasts supporting Animal Aid’s petition to make the use free-running snares illegal. "...the badger was gone, as was the snare...all that was left was a pool of blood and some lumps of flesh" Paul is a hugely experienced investigator and Head of Conservation Education for the League Against Cruel Sports. He lives on Exmoor surrounded by commercial pheasant shoots and sees wildlife persecution - including snari...
Shortcast #67 Kwesia | City Girl in Nature
January 18, 2022 08:00 - 4 minutes - 2.86 MBShortcasts are short standalone audio comments and statements from conservationists, campaigners, charities, authors and members of our audience. If it needs to be said – say it here! A shortcast by Kwesia, aka City Girl in Nature, a young woman from Deptford in South London who after a trip to the Amazon was inspired to work with young people in her community, some of whom have never had the opportunity to experience anything other than poverty and hardship. Website citygirlinnature.com ...
Shortcast #66 Sue Bliss | Ban Snares
January 17, 2022 12:00 - 12 minutes - 8.65 MBA shortcast by activist Sue Bliss about snares - part of Off the Leash's series of shortcasts supporting Animal Aid’s petition to make the use free-running snares illegal Animal Aid petition Make the use of free-running snares illegal for trapping wildlife (Deadline 9th May 2022) Sue Bliss Twitter feed