THE PETA PODCAST
The PETA Podcast PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 6.5 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activists, investigators, politicians, and others why animals need more than kindness—they have the right not to be abused or exploited in any way. Hosted by Emil Guillermo. Powered by PETA activism.
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Is there a bunny on your shampoo bottle? On all your cosmetics products? Are the products you use on the LIST?
That's PETA's list of cruelty-free cosmetics from its Beauty Without Bunnies campaign. And if they're not on the list, you can do something about it.
PETA Sr. VP Kathy Guillermo talks about how PETA changed the industry more than three decades ago by exposing the unnecessary cruelty used in animal tests.
Now 5,000 companie...
Captain Paul Watson of "Whale Wars" fame tells the blunt truth about Sea Shepherd and why it fired him. It's all in his new memoir, "Hitman for the Kindness Club." Watson no longer works for Sea Shepherd or Greenpeace and has started his own foundation where he continues to save whales in harm's way worldwide.
Get Watson's book wherever books are sold.
For more information go to PETA.org
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Residents have blown the whistle on Charles River Labs' significant plans to build a new monkey facility in South Texas. Dr. Lisa Jones-Engel, PETA Primatologist, talks to Emil Guillermo about the public health dangers of placing a facility in Brazoria County, Texas.
For more information, go to PETA.org
The PETA Podcast
PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 9 million strong and growing. This is the place to find ...
Kathy Guillermo, Sr.VP PETA for Equine Matters, reviews the recent "60 Minutes" report on horseracing and fills in the gap. PETA activism played a significant role toward ending the cruelty in horseracing. She outlines PETA's solutions to drastically reduce horse deaths at race tracks in a 12-step program the industry has resisted.
For more go to PETA.org
See PETA video from first investigation on trainer Steve Asmussen in 2014 ...
Marissa Price, PETA2 social media head, talks to Emil Guillermo about ThanksVegan. That's when turkeys get a chance to be thankful for something.
The PETA Podcast
PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 9 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activists, investigators, politicians, and others why animals need more than kindness—...
PETA-Germany went into action to save animals abandoned by the war in Ukraine in 2022, and has never stopped. Sylvie Bunz heads the special project and explains what's at stake to Emil Guillermo.
See the volunteers in action. Go to PETA.org for more.
The PETA Podcast
PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 9 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activis...
If you see reindeer on display, go to PETA.org immediately. Reindeer are wild and are too often abused in captivity. Debbie Metzler of CALE, (Captured Animal Law Enforcement), a division of PETA talks to Emil Guillermo about the problem of holiday reindeer abuse.
The PETA Podcast
PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 9 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hea...
Dessert is the final frontier for many vegans who tend to settle for vegan "ice cream" in a pinch. But Chef Philip Khoury of Harrods in London says your favorite desserts can be transformed easily into vegan. It just takes some "re-imagining."
Khoury has written "A New Way to Bake: Re-imagined Recipes for Plant-Based Bakes, Cakes and Desserts." He talks about how he switched from corporate life to baking; how he became vegan; his e...
Animal experimenters like Harvard's Margaret Livingstone continue to spend your tax dollars on useless tests that only end up torturing and killing animals. Dr. Katherine Roe, a former NIH researcher and now chief scientist for PETA's Laboratory Investigations Department, discusses how researchers like Livingstone build a career on cruelty masquerading as curiosity, including her latest strobe tests with monkeys. Roe talks about he...
Wayne Hsiung was released on December 9, 2023 after serving a sentence of 38 days in a Sonoma County (Calif.) jail for trying to free animals from the cruelty of factory farms. I talked to Wayne as he prepared for the trial earlier in the year. He was optimistic, considering he had just beaten the attempts in Utah to convict him on similar charges. As we recount 2023, we reprise my conversation with Wayne in this encore podcast pre...
Animal hoarding? "It's a crisis," says Henry Brzezinski, El Dorado County Animal Services chief in Northern California. Brzezinski has spent over 35 years fighting for animal welfare from South Carolina to California and knows about hoarding all too well. He defines the problem and profiles the typical hoarder. He also says what you should be on the lookout for to root out hidden hoarding environments. in your community. And he tal...
Watch "The Failed Experiment," a new documentary executive produced by Bill Maher. Kathy Guillermo, PETA Sr.VP on Laboratory Investigations, says too many people don't understand what animal experimentation is all about. Catch up quickly. Listen to the podcast and then watch the documentary to find out how animals continue to be tortured in laboratories in the name of science.
Available on Prime Video.
For more, go to PETA.org.
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Bears are killed in Canada then shipped to the UK to be used as ceremonial caps for Buckingham Palace guards, a PETA investigation found. One bear, one cap, one needless atrocity. Join the movement to end the wearable trophy hunt, go to PETA.org and urge the Ministry of Defense to use faux bear fur.
Emil Guillermo talks with PETA UK's Kate Werner.
See the PETA bear investigation here.
The PETA Podcast
PETA, the world's largest ani...
Poorva Joshipura, Sr. VP of International Affairs for PETA Foundation UK, has authored her second book, "Survival at Stake." It's about how too often we forget that our lives are intertwined with all other animals and how unless we change our ways and treat animals more kindly or even go vegan, our survival as a species is at stake.
Available where books are sold.
The PETA Podcast
PETA, the world's largest animal rights organizatio...
PETA Latino has kept the pressure on Miami Seaquarium ever since the death of Lolita the Orca last year. Now Miami-Dade County officials want the park shutdown for its pattern of animal abuse and new violations from the USDA citing the Animal Welfare Act. PETA Latino's Alicia Aguayo talks to PETA Podcast host, Emil Guillermo.
The PETA Podcast
PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 9 mil...
TV's "Saturday Night Live" did a one-liner on the crystal meth racehorse in Ohio. Find out why the real story is not all that funny.
Plus, despite a happy ending with the Clydesdales featured in a Super Bowl ad, cruelty and horse abuse continue. And it's often undetected by law enforcement were it not for whistleblowers and the advocacy of PETA.
If you see something, say something.
A new company formed by former key employees of Charles River Labs and Envigo is trying to build a monkey farm in Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia that will house up to 30,000 monkeys to be bred for experimentation. But they never told the residents about the plans. Now PETA is helping them put a stop to the project. Amy Meyer, PETA's manager of primate experimentation, talks to Emil Guillermo.
The PETA Podcas...
Playwright, author, and poet Ishmael Reed's new play, "The Shine Challenge, 2024," gives animals a voice in the fight for justice. Shine is a black man said to have survived the Titanic in 1912. But he's accused of sinking the ship and put on trial. Who saves the African American Shine? The animals. Specifically, a polar bear and a shark. It's surreal, satirical, and definitely an anti-speciesist work of art.
Get a ticket to a pri...
Kip Andersen, director of "Cowspiracy," "Seaspiracy," and "What the Health," now adds to his accomplishments the new movie, "Christspiracy," on the ethical and spiritual questions around killing animals for meat. With co-creator Kameron Waters, the movie opens in more than 600 theaters on March 20.
For tickets, go to Christspiracy.com and use the code word PETA so that 10 percent of the proceeds will go to PETA. Or press the donate...
Watch "The Failed Experiment," a new documentary executive produced by Bill Maher, available now for free on YouTube.
(See the link below).
Kathy Guillermo, PETA Sr.VP on Laboratory Investigations, says too many people don't understand what animal experimentation is all about. Catch up quickly. Listen to the podcast and then watch the documentary to find out how animals continue to be tortured in laboratories in the name of science...
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