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...
by The Zoocheck Podcast | Jun 12, 2019 | featured
Many elephants, along with Edmonton Valley Zoo’s Lucy, now notorious in Canada, are housed in zoos across the world in questionable conditions. Learn from world famous wildlife biologist, elephant expert, and public speaker Dr. Winnie Kiiru why elephants are...
by The Zoocheck Podcast | Jun 2, 2019 | featured
In this episode, Kathryn Sussman interviews Animal Justice’s executive director Camille Labchuk about style versus ethics of winter coat brands that are marketed as indispensable for our cold winters. Camille Labchuk deplores that brands which are seen as...
