by The Zoocheck Podcast | Sep 11, 2019 | featured
The Zoocheck Podcast is broadcasting an interview with Dr. Elisabeth Ormandy, executive director and co-founder of the Animals in Science Policy Institute based in British Columbia, Canada. She joins last week’s debate on dissection, a common practice in Canadian...
by The Zoocheck Podcast | Jul 15, 2019 | featured
This week, Kathryn Sussman and Zoocheck founder Rob Laidlaw discuss current issues regarding zoos and the ways in which not all zoos are the same. They summarize the differences between large well-established zoos – that are often certified, governmentally run...
by The Zoocheck Podcast | Jul 8, 2019 | featured
In this week’s episode, Kathryn Sussman speaks with Rob Laidlaw, founder and director of the Canadian animal protection charity Zoocheck. Laidlaw uncovers a little-known zoo approach called framing. Described as a type of deception for zoo visitors, framing makes...
by The Zoocheck Podcast | Jul 2, 2019 | featured
In this episode, Kathryn Sussman talks with Dr. Andrew Fenton and Dr. Letitia Meynell, authors and associate professors of Philosophy at Dalhousie University in Halifax. We learn from them about the ethics behind animal captivity in zoos and the relationship that such...
by The Zoocheck Podcast | Jun 17, 2019 | featured
In this episode, Kathryn Sussman and Zoocheck founder Rob Laidlaw, take a moment to celebrate the symbolic victory of Canada’s historic decision to ban whale and dolphin captivity, and analyze what it really means in the short term for cetaceans currently still in...
