US regulators are fast-tracking a novel, gene-altering insecticide in an unusual move that would greenlight the product for three years of commercial use before a standard testing period is completed.
Calantha, a product of the company GreenLight Biosciences, contains the active ingredient ledprona, which uses a mechanism called RNA interference (RNAi) to kill the Colorado potato beetle, a notorious pest, by turning off genes it needs to survive. Calantha would be the first pesticide spray using RNAi, though the technology has been genetically engineered into some corn plants to protect them from the corn rootworms, and RNAi has a history of use in medical therapeutics and vaccines.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) just granted GreenLight Biosciences an Experimental Use Permit (EUP) in May, giving the company two years to gather and assess data from use of the new product in limited test plots. But now the new pesticide could be widely sprayed on potato crops around the country as early as this spring.
Critics fear that the new pesticide is being rushed to market without sufficient data to demonstrate that it is safe for human health and the environment. They also question whether it will be effective.
“It’s a huge precedent-setter,” said Michael Hansen, a senior scientist at Consumer Reports. “This is a new form of pesticide which has never been on the market before. When this is a new class [of pesticide], you shouldn’t be cutting corners.”
Evidence tying the popular weed killer paraquat to Parkinson’s disease is featured this week in an online news segment that includes fresh details about corporate influence over US regulators and suppression of scientific research. The piece includes some explosive comments from a former EPA scientist about regulatory corruption.
Al Jazeera’s investigative show Fault Lines highlights the reporting of The New Lede (TNL) and the thousands of internal corporate documents obtained by TNL that reveal decades of efforts by Syngenta, paraquat’s longtime manufacturer, to conceal evidence of how chronic exposure to paraquat can cause Parkinson’s disease.
Last month, the “Paraquat Papers” reporting by The New Lede was also the focus of an ABC News Nightline segment.
The New Lede, in collaboration with The Guardian, first revealed a trove of internal Syngenta documents in October 2022 and followed up in subsequent stories, exposing years of corporate efforts to cover up evidence that paraquat can cause Parkinson’s disease. The documents obtained by The New Lede additionally showed evidence of efforts to manipulate and influence the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and published scientific literature. The documents also show how the company worked to mislead the public about paraquat dangers, among other secret strategies.
The Fault Lines piece adds to TNL reporting with several on-camera interviews, including one with Dr. Deborah Cory-Slechta, a prominent researcher who has investigated paraquat impacts on brain cells. In the news segment, Cory-Slechta says that “there is a very strong and compelling body of evidence based on the epidemiology studies and what we know from animal models of Parkinson’s disease” that paraquat causes changes in the brain that lead to Parkinson’s.
Topics will be: Kangaroos Are Not Shoes, Horse Slaughter, Greyhound Racing, Prop 12 & the EATS Act, and The FIGHT Act
This will be the last Podcast for 2023! Will be returning Thursday- Jan 11th, 2024 with Vigil4Elephants Team.
Hope you all come back and Join Us!
We will be STRONGER and TAKE ACTION MORE IN 2024 for the animals in need!
A BIG SHOUT OUT TO All the Former Guests, Callers, Listeners, etc ROCKIN The Airwaves for Our Animal Friends in need. Also a Huge Thank You To All of you helping me to Promote my Podcasts on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest. Awesome Teamwork! You ALL ROCK! Highly Appreciated! Mama Bear Hugs!
Want to Wish Everyone a Blessed Merry Christmas and Better, Stronger, Healthy, and Phenomenal Year 2024!
Animal Wellness Action is a 501(c) organization with a mission of helping animals by promoting legal standards forbidding cruelty. AWA champion causes that alleviate the suffering of companion animals, farm animals, and wildlife.
The Center for a Humane Economy is dedicated to raising animal welfare standards by working with the corporate sector to purge cruelty from their business enterprises.
Listen to LIVE Show by calling (310) 982-4270 press 1 to Speak to Guest
Hosted by Debbie Dahmer
Guest will be: Nikita Dhawan - Founder, Youth for Animals 🔸 Youth Ambassador, Born Free Foundation
Topic will be: Updates on Shankar the elephant situation in Delhi Zoo
In 1998, a 26 month-old male African elephant was presented as a diplomatic gift by Zimbabwe to India. He was named ‘Shankar’ after India’s 9th President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma. Shankar, now over 26 years old, has lived his entire life in the Delhi zoo (National Zoological Park, NZP). Since 2001 when his sole companion Vambai passed away, Shankar has lived in solitary confinement.
Shankar is chained for 17 hours of the day and does not have adequate space to move around when he is let out. Much like humans, elephants are social beings and suffer neurological distress when put in solitary confinement. Shankar constantly demonstrates stereotypical behaviour like swaying and head-bobbing, a key sign of distress (see video) In fact, Shankar’s aggressive behaviour has necessitated the zoo authorities to permanently close the viewing pathway since he could be a danger to visitors.
How to lobby your representative to make legislative change with Debbie Dahmer
How you can become a Creator of a New Law in legislation. Help the animals by supporting laws in legislation. Attract more Action Takers to Take Action for our animal friends in need and distress.
The MORE ACTION TAKERS the Faster the VICTORIES Happen. The Longer the Victories take the longer the animals suffer- You have a choice to use your voice, the animals don't. We are the animals only voices for changes to be made.
Listen to LIVE Show by calling (310) 982-4270 press 1 to Speak to Guest
Hosted by Debbie Dahmer
Guest will be: Scott Beckstead -Director of Campaigns at Animal WellnessAction & Center for a Humane Economy
TOPICS WILL BE: H.R. 3656 Wild Horse and Burro Protection Act of 2023, Veterans for Mustangs Act- HR 726 , Ejiao Act, HR 6021 , SAFE Act, HR 3475 (Save America’s Forgotten Equines
H.R.726 - Veterans for Mustangs Act– To amend the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to implement fertility controls to manage populations of wild free-roaming horses and burros, and to encourage training opportunities for military veterans to assist in range management activities, and for other purposes.https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/726/text
H.R.6021 - Ejiao Act of 2023 To prohibit the transportation, sale, and purchase of donkeys or donkey hides for the purpose of producing ejiao, to prohibit the transportation, sale, and purchase of products containing ejiao, and for other purposes.https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6021
H.R.3656 - Wild Horse and Burro Protection Act of 2023To amend the Act commonly known as the Wild Free-roaming Horses and Burros Act to prohibit certain uses of aircraft with respect to the management of wild free-roaming horses and burros, and for other purposes.https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3656/text
Congress finds the following: Since fiscal year 2006, Bureau of Land Management contractors have collected at least $57.4 million in taxpayer funding for roundups that utilize the use of helicopters, including bait-and-trap methods.
How you can help >>Call (202) 224-3121 (Give Your zip code) Ask your Rep to CO-SPONSOR H.R. 3656! TY!~
How to build Culture as a Foundation for Growth -pet business/animal rescue shelter.
” It takes a village not because a task is difficult – but because a village is powerful. Alone, we can do a lot. But together? We are everything.”
“…we’ll have a membership village where the next generation of pet advocacy professionals can come learn from us so together we empower communities to which others wish to belong. Now what if those communities we empower enabled those undesirable dogs & disadvantaged people to actually have a value in society & belong? That’s some goal isn’t it? Let’s make it happen together….today!”
**Tune In **LIVE INTERVIEW** Animal Advocates Radio “Voices Carry For Animals” on Nov 7th @7:00 PM est
>>>ATTENTION PLEASE EVERYONE: HAD AUDIO ISSUES THIS EVENING AND COULDN'T CONNECT TO BLOG TALK RADIO
LIVE INTERVIEW WITH SCOTT BECKSTEAD HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO TUES- NOV 14th -7:00 to 8:00 pm est.
Listen to LIVE Show by calling (310) 982-4270 press 1 to Speak to Guest
Hosted by Debbie Dahmer
Guest will be: Scott Beckstead – Director of Campaigns at Animal Wellness Action & Center for a Humane Economy
Topics will be: Inhumane conditions the horses are forced to endure in the BLM’s holding facilities. Last week 7 wild horses lost their lives during a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) roundup and transport.
Washington, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy are outraged by news that seven wild horses rounded up by the Bureau of Land Management from central Nevada ended up dead on Monday after the trailer hauling them crashed along the way to a Utah holding pen, according to news reports.
The BLM is currently removing horses from their range and had contracted a semitruck to transport 36 horses from the roundup. It was bound for a holding corral in rural central Utah when it turned onto its side on the highway. Three horses were killed in the wreck, four more were euthanized because of their injuries, and many surviving animals had “minor cuts and bruises,”
How you can help in current legislation for 2023/2024 for animals in need and distress:
Call your State Rep (202) 224-3121-Give your zip code -This is a Nationwide number. Ask State Rep to Co-Sponsor bills in legislation below. Give the Bill Number.
Here is a list of Bills current in Legislation below for 2023/2024 for animals. Let’s see a VICTORY Year for the animals with better lives and futures. They all so well deserve. It takes Teamwork all the way.
Topic will be: Domestic Relations laws in conflicts over animals in divorce
Debra spent 30 years as a practicing litigator, but she is now a full-time mediator and conflict coach for people in disputes over animals.
Debra works both nationwide and internationally. Debra also writes a blog for Hamilton Law and Mediation and is a contributor to the Solo Practice University blog and the Canine Chronicle. She has been featured in Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, US News and World Report, and the New York Times, just to name a few.
Topic: Saving the McCullough Peaks Wild Horses in Wyoming -One of America’s Most Treasured Herds.The bait trapping is scheduled to start 11/15
Saving the McCullough Peaks Herd Bait Trapping to start November 15, 2023 – March 2023 removing 63 adult wild horses Suggested Talking Points by Carol J. Walker –
The management of this herd has been touted by the BLM as one of the great success stories of using PZP birth control to manage its numbers since 2011 with a 2% average annual growth rate. So why is the BLM doing a roundup?
This is an ageing herd. 1/3 of the herd is over 15, 22 are over 20. Many will die over the winter, which could bring the numbers below low Appropriate Management Level after 63 are removed.
Genetic Viability is a real concern. Dr. Gus Cothren the leading geneticist on wild horses says 150 breeding aged adults need to be present to ensure genetic viability. Many mares are already sterile after multiple years of PZP. There have been no genetic measurements done on the herd since the roundup of 2004. This should be done before any removal.
GonaCon sterilizes wild mares. Every mare over 13 who has had a foal will be given GonaCon yet there have been no studies on the effects of using GonaCon after a mare has been given PZP. Darting a stallion by mistake with GonaCon will kill him. This is a slow route to eradication of this herd.
Remote bait trapping will be done – with cameras at the trap and BLM staff 1 hour away at the BLM Field Office doing monitoring. What if the cameras or remote release on the trap fail in the cold weather, and horses become injured or hung up in the trap?
No information was published in the Environmental Assessment on the effects on the range from wild horse grazing or livestock grazing, and this needs to be present to justify a removal. This EA needs to be redone before any action is taken.
Where are the horses going after being captured? Wheatland is a private facility with very limited ability to adopt from. Rock Springs would be a much better choice as people would be able to see and adopt the horses.
Sanctuaries and individuals should be allowed the opportunity to take at risk older horses who might be lame or have worn teeth rather than euthanizing them once captured.
This is one of the most beloved herds in the country, visited by people all over the world. This roundup needs to be prevented. People to Contact: Tracy Stone-Manning, Director of the BLM: Phone: 202-208-3801 Fax: 970-256-4997
Cody Chamber of Commerce: (307) 587-2777 email: info@codychamber.org Tell them how much $ you spend in Cody
Contact Media – television, print, online, especially in WY and MT.
Share on Socials, check with Wild at Heart Images and Wild Hoof Beats pages on Instagram and Facebook for updates.
Come up with ideas to get the word out. Remember to be civil and respectful
**Tune In **LIVE INTERVIEW** Animal Advocates Radio “Voices Carry For Animals #416” on Oct 19th @7:00 PM est
Listen to LIVE Show by calling (310) 982-4270 press 1 to Speak to Guest
Hosted byDebbie Dahmer
Guest: Dianne Lynn Elko– Pit Bull Advocate & Admin of We Love Pit Bulls Group on FaceBook
TOPIC: Speak Out Against Breed Specific Legislation and how you can help out
Breed-specific legislation(BSL) s a type of dangerous dog law. It is defined as any ordinance or policy that pertains to a specific dog breed or several breeds, but does not affect any others. Proponents of breed-specific laws seek to limit public exposure to well-documented dangerous dog breeds by regulating the ownership of them
If your city council is proposing BSL, then you would contact your city council members. If a state legislator is proposing BSL, then you would contact your state representatives (in your state’s House and Senate
BSL punishes responsible dog owners..BSL does not improve public safety or prevent dog bites..BSL makes targeted breeds more desirable to irresponsible and criminal owners.
End the DISCRIMINATION Today! JUSTICE For Pit Bulls!
United We STAND UP for Pit Bulls not united we fail for them. Turn the Injustice into Justice for Pit Bulls. It can be done with your Actions and Voices.
Topics will be: “ROARING for Compassionate Animal Care” & Pet industry being unregulated and what that means for the animals and the people who love them.
The Rising Lioness:a thought provoking and soul inspiring series where host Erica Salvemini and animal advocacy guests discuss topics aimed at understanding the significance of the relationship between empathy, animal rights, our peaceful co-existence with the Animal Kingdom and humanity’s role in sustaining our existence.
Compassionate Companion Animal Care: Join the Roar for Change!
Calling all Animal Guardians: Join the Roar for Change!
TOPIC: 9th Year Celebration- Community Cats United Inc, 100,000 members including in all 50 US states 127 countries
The mission of the Community Cats United, Inc. is to engage members worldwide who dedicate themselves to the care taking and efforts towards feline overpopulation. CCU vision is to uplift shelter medicine, encourage more TNR clinics, support our members in whatever area of cat rescue and advocacy they volunteer within, and to push forward towards an end goal of lessening the plight of unowned cats everywhere.
CCU respect and salute the men and women who act as caretakers, assist in the sterilization, and advocate on behalf of these unhomed, beautiful creatures https://fixfinder.org/ Low cost Spay/Neuter Database
Horse Soring involves the intentional infliction of pain to a horse’s legs or hooves in order to force the horse to perform an artificial, exaggerated gait. Caustic chemicals—blistering agents like mustard oil, diesel fuel and kerosene—are applied to the horse’s limbs, causing extreme pain and suffering.
**Tune In **LIVE INTERVIEW** Animal Advocates Radio “Voices Carry For Animals #412” on Sept 21st @7:00 PM est
Listen to LIVE Show by calling (310) 982-4270 press 1 to Speak to Guest
Hosted byDebbie Dahmer
Guests will be: Gina Patolo, and Brenda Vettraino- Core Team Members for Laws For Paws
Topics will be: End the animal testing at Wayne State university and the house bill to stop it. UPDATE on current Animal Cruelty cases in Michigan.
MISSION:
To promote the humane treatment and responsible care of animals, as well as to save and better the lives of animals by advocating for better animal protection and anti-cruelty laws with lawmakers and government bodies statewide. We must speak for those that cannot speak for themselves while we stand together to protect the animals!!
The only way we can protect the animals is by changing the laws. Animals are considered property so when someone kills or abuses them they get off easy. Also in Court cases, they have no rights because according to the Court system they have the same rights as a tree. Let’s fight to get these laws changed now.
If you see Animal Cruelty-REPORT IT! – Be a part of the solutions, not the ongoing problems. Help to get the animals out of harm’s way. Be a Voice for the Voiceless, Defensenseless, Helpless, and Innocent. Without all of us they have no hope to carry on. We Want Justice for Animals.
TOPICS WILL BE: Call To Actions, Educating the Youths to animal welfare and compassion, and Being a Animal Rescuer
Animal Hope and Wellness Foundation is focused on rescuing abused and neglected animals – locally, internationally and throughout the Asian Dog Meat Trade – rehabilitating them and finding them their forever homes. We embrace compassion, education and legislation towarda a brighter future for animals.
Outside of rescue, our Foundation engages in many programs focused on bringing people and animals together. Whether its visiting a senior center and putting a smile on someones face or running around a play yard with a kindergarten class, our dogs are always bringing people together and teaching them compassion.
Animal Hope In Legislation was founded in 2018 centering on legislation at the Local, State and Federal level for all ages, pushing to enact laws to protect animals and teach people about them in the process.
Whether its a slaughterhouse in China, an animal hoarder house in Los Angeles or a natural disaster, rescue is what we do; we are here to help.
Topic will be: How animal advocates can do more when they partner with a nonprofit.
About Show Your Soft Side:
Show Your Soft Side is a public service campaign that was created to change the mindset of young people who all-too-often view the maiming and torturing of defenseless cats and dogs as a sign of “toughness” or “manhood.” The campaign’s message that compassion towards animals is a strength, not a weakness, is one that struck a chord with young and old alike. Today, Show Your Soft Side, Inc. uses its reach and resources to build a better world for animals and, in doing so, build better adults.
Dawn recently opened a sanctuary for senior street cats (she’s been running a recovery center for sick and injured cats for a few years.) It’s Peninsula Colony Cats. SYSS is the fiscal sponsor of Peninsula Colony Cats.
H.R.3656 – Wild Horse and Burro Protection Act of 2023
To amend the Act commonly known as the Wild Free-roaming Horses and Burros Act to prohibit certain uses of aircraft with respect to the management of wild free-roaming horses and burros, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 24, 2023
Ms. Titus (for herself, Mr. Cohen, and Mr. Schweikert) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
Wild Horses and Burros Need Our Voices! We are their only hope to get this passed.
How You Can Help The Wild Horses >>TAKE ACTION! >>Please CALL Your State Rep and Ask them to Co-Sponsor this very important bill H.R. 3656 –
(202) 224-3121 -Give your Zip Code- This is a Nationwide number to contact them.
TOPIC: Gentle Giants Evolving Future. Update on Om Koi.
MISSION: Elephant conservation and to work in collaboration with elephant owners and their local communities in finding a more harmonious and peaceful coexistence with the gentle giants and enabling the mahouts (caretakers) to earn a decent living to support their families.
By helping create opportunities where elephants can stay and thrive in their own habitats, sanctuaries or other ethical, humane projects living in harmony with nature. Benefiting not only the elephants, the mahouts but also their communities.
Our Nonprofit will always be willing to work with anyone who is wanting to better the living conditions of their communities while protecting the well – being and natural habitats of the elephant.
June 2023, both chambers of the New York State legislature made history by passing bills banning the slaughter of equines in, through, and from New York State for both human and animal consumption.
We are awaiting NY Governor Kathy Hochul to sign this bill into law and we are urging her to do it now because we strongly believe what New York does could have a strong impact on the federal legislation now in committee.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
We are askingNew York Residentsand those in other states with family and friends in New York to ask them toPlease Call, Email, and/or Write to New York Governor Kathy Hochul and Urge her to Please SIGN- A5109/S2163B now.
Contact Governor Hochul by Phone:1-518-474-8390 | Office hours: 9:00am to 5:00pm
The governor has until December to sign it, but America needs her to make history and sign it now!It is the best and most effective anti-horse slaughter legislation ever passed because it –Prohibits the slaughter of horses for both human and animal consumption.
Topic will be: AMEND and SUPPORT the SAFE Act H.R. 3475/S.2037)– Protect Horses From Being Slaughtered For Food Of Any Kind – Human & Animal
The SAFE Act (H.R. 3475/S.2037)was introduced as an amendment to the Farm Bill of 2023 (expected to pass in the next few months). This act is being sold to Americans as a bill that:”…bans horse slaughter in the United States and prohibits the exportation of horses for slaughter.” It does not. It prohibits only slaughter for “human” consumption.
Animal consumption: must be prohibited so that U.S. horses cannot be transported to or slaughtered in the U.S., Mexico, Canada or anywhere else for animal food (or shipped for human consumption under the guise of animal food.
**Tune In **LIVE INTERVIEW** Animal Advocates Radio “Voices Carry For Animals #405”
on Aug 3rd @3:00 PM est
Listen to LIVE Show by calling (310) 982-4270 press 1 to Speak to Guest
Hosted byDebbie Dahmer
Guest will be: Spencer Hodgetts from the United Kingdom – Founder & Host of Reboundog.com – Network for pet advocacy & therapy professionals
>>>>(INTERVIEW WITH SPENCER HODGETTS HAS TO BE RESCHEDULED DUE TO INTERFERENCE IN AUDIO FROM UK! REPLACED WITH FORMER GUESTS –DIANNE LYNN ELKO – aka Pit Bull Dianne & RAE BITNER aka Mama Cat talked about BSL -Pit Bulls, animal shelters, stray cats, etc.)
Topics will be: How to build Culture as a Foundation for Growth -for your pet business/animal rescue shelter.- Purpose, Vision, Mission, Values, Social Impact
Coach, Business Culture for Pet Industry Innovators & Disruptors. Those who want their Culture not only in their Purpose, Vision & Values, but want it embedded in their People, Revenues & Strategy. Those who want a purpose led business that is known as the only ones who do what you do. Those seeking to grow, seeking to attract & retain great talent, seeking a 60% higher valuation, seeking to exit, seeking to do more social good / have a greater social impact.
Topics will be:H.R. 3475 & S.2037 Safe Act -Save America’s Forgotten Equines 2023/2024, & H.R.3656 Wild Horse and Burro Protection Act of 2023”
**CALL TO ACTION** Please Call Legislators (202) 224-3121 -(Nationwide) or Email your State Reps: Ask them to Co-Sponsor these Bills in Legislation >> H.R. 3475 Save America’s Forgotten Equines 2023/2024 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3475
TOPIC: “The Divinity of Horses” and “Connecting With The Spirit and Healing Powers of Horses” & Lidia’s new book “Evolving on Purpose: Co-Creating With The Divine” launches August 30th on Amazon.
Mission is to rescue horses from slaughter and provide a healing sanctuary where they can recover from physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual trauma.
Rescue Horses from Slaughter. Horse slaughter is a billion-dollar business that is completely unnecessary. Hundreds of thousands of horses around the world are needlessly slaughtered each year. Many are sent to kill lots when they are deemed no longer useful to humans for labour, entertainment, or recreation.
Topics will be:Heart of America Humane Society Outreach, Adoption events, how to get involved and foster & Fix’em KC is a non-profit focused on spaying and neutering.
The Heart of America Humane Society is a 100% volunteer organization working to find good homes for animals. They do not have a shelter of their own but they have created a cooperative partnership with the Lee’s Summit Municipal Animal Shelter in Lee’s Summit MO and KCK Animal Services in Kansas City KS.
Fix’em KC’s mission is to reduce the homeless animal population in the Greater Kansas City area by subsidizing spay/neuter surgery for pet owners who cannot afford the cost of surgery, financially assisting community animal caretakers and trappers with the cost of spay/neuter for trap, neuter-spay, and return (TNR), and creating more accessibility to area veterinarians for low-income pet owners through the establishment of a vet network.
TOPICS: Three big animal cruelty cases in Michigan- Dr. Wayne Gilchrist, the veterinarian, Terry Louis Key II who brutally stabbed a sweet innocent dog to death and absconded on the date of his sentencing. Julius Holley IV who was sentenced on Monday, June 12th!
The success of this year’s Utica Puppy Parade.
MISSION:
To promote the humane treatment and responsible care of animals, as well as to save and better the lives of animals by advocating for better animal protection and anti-cruelty laws with lawmakers and government bodies statewide. We must speak for those that cannot speak for themselves while we stand together to protect the animals!!
The only way we can protect the animals is by changing the laws. Animals are considered property so when someone kills or abuses them they get off easy. Also in Court cases, they have no rights because according to the Court system they have the same rights as a tree. Let’s fight to get these laws changed now.
If you see Animal Cruelty-REPORT IT! – Be a part of the solutions, not the ongoing problems. Help to get the animals out of harm’s way
This is the 9th Anniversary for “Voices Carry For Animals” on Blog Talk Radio Podcast. Show #1 – #163 on Marti Oakley TS RadioNetwork and Shows # 164 – # 400 on Animal Advocates Radio. Thank you too ALL the Former Amazing Guests, Callers, Listeners, and The PPJ Gazette for making this Radio Platform a TOTAL SUCCESS speaking out for our animal friends in need and distress.
Topics: The Cost of HIGH INFLATION leads to problems for our pets and homeless pets. Battle the stigma of fake fundraisers all over social media
Shortage of Vets is impacting homeless cats and dogs. How the rising cost of spay and neuter is causing more and more furbabies to be born and dumped on the streets. The problems are increasing.
Our Mission: To bring knowledge of the most effective community cat management solution (TNVR) mains. Advocacy and networking in order to prevent more homeless cats
Lucy’s Edmonton Advocates’ Project (LEAP) mandate is increasing the activity and involvement of Lucy’s supporters who live in the greater Edmonton area and her supporters around the world!
She has been at the Edmonton Valley Zoo for 46 years and turns 48 this year.This is an ominous milestone as zoo elephants rarely survive to their mid forties.Lucy suffers from a number of zoo induced ailments which will shorten her life expectancy. She has no other elephant companions, which is considered cruel by elephant experts due to their highly complex social needs.The harsh Edmonton climate is detrimental to her health and painful for her ongoing arthritis and foot disease. Lucy lives in a tiny concrete cell and is only allowed outdoors for short controlled walks, weather permitting which means many days she never gets out at all.
Thanks to our supporters donations, there is a new billboard up in Edmonton (163rd Street and Mayfield Road)
Please call the City of Edmonton at 311 and tell them to #RetireLucy
**Tune In **LIVE INTERVIEW** Animal Advocates Radio “Voices Carry For Animals #398”
on June 8th @7:00 PM est
Listen to LIVE Show by calling (310) 982-4270 press 1 to Speak to Guest
Hosted byDebbie Dahmer
Guests will be: Renee Jones– Canine Trainer/behaviorist (for almost 35 years!) & Dianne Lynn Elko – Pit Bull Advocate and Admin for many Pit Bull Groups on Facebook
Breed-specific legislation is a type of dangerous dog law. It is defined as any ordinance or policy that pertains to a specific dog breed or several breeds, but does not affect any others. Proponents of breed-specific laws seek to limit public exposure to well-documented dangerous dog breeds by regulating the ownership of them.
Take action against BSL and breed-discriminatory bans bycontacting elected officials in cities and states where BSL is being challenged or reviewed.https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials
You can also join forces with local animal advocacy organizations that are working to change laws in your area.
Topic will be:Talking with ETC ga and whistleblower Donna Hensley to expose the Corruption Coverup and a cruelty of puppy mill licensed breeder
The W-Underdogs is an innovative grassroots nonprofit that pairs underserved youth with animals in need. Our program helps youth at risk for gang involvement in the Peoplestown / South Atlanta neighborhoods gain leadership, responsibility, life skills, and compassion as they use teamwork to train and care for animals. They become empowered to make positive changes at school, home and in their community through advocacy and direct action.
The W-Underdogs goal every day will be to address the challenges that disadvantaged at-risk youth face and provide them with the skills and sense of accomplishment to help them overcome the challenges in their lives. We believe that the W-Underdogs program will energize the families, kids and in turn, contribute to a better community both short and long term.
Atlanta youth program that supports positive exposure and instills compassion and ethics through rescuing local animals in need.
Topics will be: Overcrowded shelters and what Reunion Rescue is doing about that. Discussion about Pit Bull Nation – Special Edition e-book free to all rescues and shelters….
The new Reunion Rescue newsletter effort to organize like minds to share our life-saving information with their own adopters, volunteers, communities and local animal shelters.
Reunion Rescue has been saving pit bulls for 20 years. We are the world’s only raw feeding holistic NO KILL pit bull refuge. We care for the world’s unwanted dogs by feeding, treating and training naturally. We love these dogs and want to show the rest of the world how wonderful they are.
Pit Bull Nation is a journey over the hills and valleys of rescue work and a tell all look from behind the scenes in the killing fields where most of these dogs are being slaughtered simply because they look like pit bulls. Pit Bull Nation Special Edition audiobook read by the author coming soon with big promo
TOPIC: Dr Gonzalez and her new Podcast – Animal Welfare Junction
The Animal Welfare Junction is a podcast developed to bring awareness to different topics in animal welfare. The host, Michelle Gonzalez (Dr. G) is a veterinarian who provides affordable veterinary care in the State of Ohio, and also a Forensic Veterinarian helping with the investigation and prosecution of cases of animal cruelty and neglect. The topics presented are based on the experiences of Dr. G and our guests and include discussions about real cases, humane projects, and legal issues that affect animals and the community. Due to the nature of the discussion, listener discretion is advised as some topics may be too strong for some listeners.
Dr G is Board member of Ohio Animal Advocates, which is an animal advocacy group that works with legislation for animal welfare and education
Topic: Explain what Puppy Mills are and how to recognize and avoid them.
A puppy mill, also known as a puppy farm, is a commercial dog breeding facility characterized by quick breeding and poor conditions. Puppies from puppy mills are poorly bred which can lead to the puppy having health and temperament problems that can lead to the buyers surrounding them to rescue shelters.
Due to the frequently poor breeding conditions in puppy mills, puppies bred there often suffer from health and/or social problems. Puppies raised in a cramped environment shared by many other dogs become poorly socialized to other dogs and to humans. Dogs are then transported over long distances in poor conditions, sometimes resulting in animal stress and death.
Topics will be: Crisis going on in animal shelters. The backyard breeders and how the shelters are selling breeding license left and right to these people.
The Kris Kelly Foundationwas founded by Kris Kelly in 2006 after many years of dreaming of her own Non-Profit to save animals from abuse, slaughter, and neglect. The organization is a 501c3 non-profit vegan animal rescue organization that rescues animal out of local shelters and finds them forever loving homes.
We at The Kris Kelly Foundation embrace “Humanity” and we give dignity and a voice to the animals that need someone to do it for them.
Topic: Upcoming 2023 Save Our Wild Horses Conference DC and Rally – April 22-26th
The 2nd Save Our Wild Horses Conference and rally will focus on spreading awareness about the issues facing our wild horses & burros, wildlife and wild places. Our goal is to shine a light on these issues and to give those of you attending the tools to become powerful voices.
TOPICS will be: Sabrina’s three children’s books published and how it helps children to learn and respect animals while they are young and move into their adulthood doing the same.
When a homeless Pitbull finds a Labrador Retriever mask the morning after Halloween, she wears it with hope of finding her forever family. This is her chance to find a home as America’s #1 family dog! She’ll finally be popular and loved! Or will she?
Guest: Marty Irby -Former executive director at Animal Wellness Action (still working with that organization) and Wild Beauty Foundation as a volunteer to help end horse slaughter.
Hosts will be Coz Skaife, Marsha Joiner, Debbie Dahmer and Reverand Ralph who will pay tribute to the memory of Marti who has been exposing the truth about guardianship, elder and disabled abuse, hospice murders, animal abuse and corruption that surrounds us every day.
TS Radio Network: In Loving Memory of Marti Oakley who passed on April 1, 2023
Rest in Peace Marti! Your Voice Will Carry On!
Marti was a pioneer warrior and was not afraid of speaking out and up for others who could not speak for themselves. Her voice reached far and wide in the United States, Canada, Australia and United Kingdom. As a speaker at the Whistle Blower Summit in raising awareness, she would draw crowds who wanted to hear her speak.
Marti had the gift of gab and an incredible wit that entertained her audience. She had a mind like a steel trap and could remember information and share with anyone who would listen. As Australia stated “As a person dies, a library is burned to the ground” – how true this is for Marti. She worked tirelessly for the sum of zero dollars as she volunteered her research and time hosting as well producing other hosts programs.
Marti was a warrior and a friend who loved her family and friends. She always spoke about her sons, granddaughters and her great grandchildren. Marti will never be forgotten and her legacy will continue with people speaking out and telling their truth and spreading light.
Marti hosted, or was a guest on, over 1,800 radio shows. Not only did Marti host her own blogtalk show, TS Radio, she started the show “Voices Carry for Animals” and TS Radio Network, in order to host other radios shows and cover as many issues as possible.
For over 15 years, (since 2008) Marti wrote articles on her blog, the PPJ Gazette. Marti was a Proud Political Junkie (PPJ). She spoke at the Whistleblowers Summit in Washington D.C., and hosted a radio show called “Whistleblowers!” (in coordination with Marcel Reid and the Whistleblowers Summit) to give whistleblowers support and a public voice.
Marti used her voice, and considerable strength, to help those who were most vulnerable. She brought national attention to the issue of guardianship abuse.
Marti had a photographic memory, and was one of the most intelligent people I have ever met. She used to tell me that one of her favorite things to do was to stay up late drinking coffee and reading Black’s Law Dictionary.
Marti railed against corporate, judicial and governmental corruption. She cast a spotlight on the aspects of many issues that weren’t being covered by mainstream news. Marti wrote and posted articles about the plight of black farmers and small farmers, the USDA, Monsanto, veterans, wild horses & burros, public lands, HAARP, hospice, vaccines, biosludge, and many other topics.
You name it, and Marti knew a LOT about it. And, thankfully, she was always happy to inform you of facts that you might not know. I could listen to her for hours. We didn’t agree on everything, but we respected each other and we both liked knowing many sides of an issue.
Marti was also fearless in expressing her opinions. I loved her for that.
Marti encouraged me to write my first article, and to start a radio show (“Wild Horse & Burro Radio”). That first radio show led to 6 years of radio shows with many guests, and included topics about abandoned mines, glyphosate (Monsanto’s Roundup), the trafficking and killing of wildlife, public land swaps and fracking wastewater being used to water crops.
Marti loved being a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She wanted her work to make the world a better place for her family, and for all of us.
Marti was a fiercely loyal friend, and although I’ll miss her, I’m glad that she was in this world and feel lucky that she was a part of my life.
The PPJ Gazette 