Humane Talk ™
Humane Talk features conversations with Thought Leaders in animal welfare, whose books or scientific studies focus on practical and philosophical issues regarding society's attitudes and interactions with various non-human species. Discussions with members of the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association (HSVMA) are about applying humane and ethical principles to the way veterinary medicine is practiced in America and around the world, on animals used in research, food production, and pharmacology as well as companion animals.Interviews with social scientists and authors focus on the emotional and social lives of creatures other than human.
- Update frequency
- every 17 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 65
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2018
Saving Elderly Elephants Living in Solitary Misery
How Elephants in Japan educates people there and worldwide about elephant welfare, exposing and improving living conditions of many other captive zoo elephants worldwide
00:23:41 |
Mon 26 Feb 2018
League of Humane Voters
How League of Humane Voters influences politicians and legislation on behalf of animals
00:20:20 |
Mon 16 Oct 2017
Discussing the Ethics of Animal Research
John Gluck (Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University) discusses the ethics of animal research
00:31:13 |
Mon 19 Jun 2017
Ethical Dilemma of Research With Animals
John Gluck (VORACIOUS SCIENCE & VULNERABLE ANIMALS) discusses ethical dilemma of research with animals and how he became an animal advocate
00:30:38 |
Mon 20 Mar 2017
Why We Need To Adjust Our Thinking About Fish
What the future holds for fish if we do not become more mindful and responsible regarding them
00:26:45 |
Mon 30 Jan 2017
Celebrating #GivingTuesday
Celebrating #GivingTuesday, importance of stopping squabbles in rescue community, giving respect and kindness to the shelter workers
00:29:54 |
Mon 28 Nov 2016
Do Millennials Have More Empathy For Animals?
Do millennials have more empathy for animals? Max Elder and Tracie debate the value of radical activism like Peter Singer’s for PETA, decades ago
00:26:45 |
Mon 31 Oct 2016
Shaming Those Who Embrace Trophy Hunting
Shaming Those Who Embrace Trophy Hunting
00:21:22 |
Mon 10 Oct 2016
Complexity of Fish Relationships
Jonathan Balcombe (What a Fish Knows) on the complexity of fishes' relationships, tool use and ingenuity
00:23:17 |
Mon 03 Oct 2016
Value of Influential People Embracing Animal Welfare
Wayne Pacelle's appearance on Oprah's SuperSoul TV Network, value of influential people embracing animal welfare issues
00:17:44 |
Mon 05 Sep 2016
The Pain and Suffering We Cause Fishes
Pain and suffering we cause factory-farmed fishes worse than wild-caught ones; “fish substitute” products offer tasty solution to problem
00:22:00 |
Mon 15 Aug 2016
Changing Ideas About Animal Entertainment
Wayne Pacelle continues conversation from his book The Humane Economy and animal entertainment, elephants at Ringling Bros., Sea World whales
00:24:17 |
Mon 04 Jul 2016
Sustainability & the 30-day Vegan Challenge
Keegan Kuhn (“Cowspiracy” documentary), coauthor of The Sustainability Secret, on understanding of the impact of what we choose to eat
00:34:46 |
Mon 09 May 2016
Open Farm Pet Awarded Certified Humane Seal
How Open Farm Pet makes dry dog food sourcing from farmers who ethically raise animals for the meat that goes into the food
00:21:04 |
Mon 11 Apr 2016
Saving Cats/Dogs in Impoverished South
Sixteen-year old Matthew Talbot's hands-on rescue missions to save unwanted puppies & dogs from impoverished South
00:23:57 |
Mon 14 Mar 2016
Dog Instincts Akin to Those of Wolf Forebears
Brian Bailey on Embracing The Wild In Your Dog, recognizing dogs have basic primal instincts/reactions akin to their wolf forebears
00:20:33 |
Mon 29 Feb 2016
Abolitionist Vegan
Dr. Stevan Harnad, “abolitionist vegan,” theoretically opposed to pet ownership, discusses vegetarianism & vegan-ism,
00:33:40 |
Mon 18 Jan 2016
How Humans Have Endangered Jaguars
Alan Rabinowitz discusses An Indomitable Beast, how humans have interfered with the very existence of jaguars
00:40:50 |
Wed 16 Dec 2015
Chimpanzee Research Discontinued
National Institutes of Health to discontinue research on chimpanzees; half world's dog population lives on the street, struggles to survive
00:30:16 |
Mon 02 Nov 2015
HSUS response to Wolf Hunting
Wisconsin & Minnesota opened wolf hunting, trapping. How did HSUS respond to this tragic development? Animal welfare in India
00:29:37 |
Mon 28 Sep 2015
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