Episode 2, Why People Abuse Wildlife with Dr. Susan Kane-Ronning

Join Mark and Sam for the top five wildlife news stories in the United States:

1. Commercial net pen aquaculture banned in the Puget Sound


2. California wildfires and wildlife impacts


3. Bald eagles are the national bird and die from lead poisoning


4. Grizzly bears retain their Endangered Species Act protections

Then, an interview with Dr. Susan Kane Roning, psychologist and co-Chair of the Washington Sierra Club Wildlife Committee, on the psychology behind wildlife abuse.

Why does our culture permit wolf whacking? What is the impact to bystanders? How does the dark triad interface with wildlife cruelty? And how advocates can be "upstanders" in situations of wildlife abuse.