Name Change

In January, the title of my program was changed from Animals in the Press to Animal Matters. For podcast subscribers, please update the feed for your podcast to: http://feeds2.feedburner.com/animalmatters or visit this site and click on the corresponding buttons.

Show No. 74: Captain Paul Watson

2009 November 3
by Sarah Downs

Animal Matters is a weekly radio program on KZFR 90.1 in Chico, CA. Sarah Downs, your weekly host, discusses news stories involving animals, providing her own commentary and sometimes the commentary from the Chico listening audience. Tune in every week to get this week’s edition of Animals in the Press, on KZFR 90.1 in Chico or www.kzfr.org every Tuesday at 5:30pm.

Click here to listen to my conversation with Captain Paul Watson

These are the sites in which I obtained my information for today’s program:

http://www.seashepherd.org/

Undercover footage shows calves being abused at VT slaugherhouse:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYB5pdudYBE

VT slaughterhouse closes its doors:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33602712/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/

Op-Ed from NICOLETTE HAHN NIMAN:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/31/opinion/31niman.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print

Show No. 73: Backyard Chickens and Hatcheries

2009 October 27
by Sarah Downs

Animal Matters is a weekly radio program on KZFR 90.1 in Chico, CA. Sarah Downs, your weekly host, discusses news stories involving animals, providing her own commentary and sometimes the commentary from the Chico listening audience. Tune in every week to get this week’s edition of Animals in the Press, on KZFR 90.1 in Chico or www.kzfr.org every Tuesday at 5:30pm.

These are the sites in which I obtained my information for today’s program:

Here is the most recent undercover investigation footage, released by Mercy for Animals:

http://www.mercyforanimals.org/hatchery/

The Egg Industry: http://www.goveg.com/factoryFarming_chickens_egg.asp

Factory Egg Production: http://www.farmsanctuary.org/issues/factoryfarming/eggs/

Eggs and Your Health: http://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2005nl/march/050300pueastereggs.htm

Egg Production and the Environment: http://www.upc-online.org/fouling.html

Egg replacers: http://www.vegcooking.com/vegcooking-eggreplace.asp

Free range eggs: http://www.all-creatures.org/articles/egg-freerange.html

Show No. 72, 10/20/09: The importance of spaying and neutering

2009 October 20
by Sarah Downs

Animal Matters is a weekly radio program on KZFR 90.1 in Chico, CA. Sarah Downs, your weekly host, discusses news stories involving animals, providing her own commentary and sometimes the commentary from the Chico listening audience. Tune in every week to get this week’s edition of Animals in the Press, on KZFR 90.1 in Chico or www.kzfr.org every Tuesday at 5:30pm.

These are the sites in which I obtained my information for today’s program:

Myths and facts about spaying and neutering:

http://www.hsus.org/pets/pet_care/myths_and_facts_about_spaying_and_neutering.html

Why you should spay or neuter your pet:

http://www.hsus.org/pets/pet_care/why_you_should_spay_or_neuter_your_pet.html

Keeping your pets safe on Halloween is important:

http://www.hsus.org/pets/pet_care/keep_your_pets_safe_on_halloween.html

Show No. 71, 10/13/09: Monkeys as pets, misc. news

2009 October 12
by Sarah Downs

Animals in the Press is a weekly radio program on KZFR 90.1 in Chico, CA. Sarah Downs, your weekly host, discusses news stories involving animals, providing her own commentary and sometimes the commentary from the Chico listening audience. Tune in every week to get this week’s edition of Animals in the Press, on KZFR 90.1 in Chico or www.kzfr.org every Tuesday at 5:30pm.

These are the sites in which I obtained my information for today’s program:

Monkeys as pets:

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/monkey-babies-couples-treat-adopted-monkids-children/story?id=8723105

Why having monkeys as pets is bad, bad, bad:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/09/0916_030916_primatepets.html

CA Governor bans tail docking:

http://www.feedstuffs.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=F4D1A9DFCD974EAD8CD5205E15C1CB42&nm=Breaking+News&type=news&mod=News&mid=A3D60400B4204079A76C4B1B129CB433&tier=3&nid=129447A14D414F889C7261C7D2E175A3

More info on tail docking:

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/4697714/TAIL-DOCKING-DAIRY-CATTLE-Marlene-Halverson-Farm-Animal-Economic

CA Governor thinks it’s okay to breed and sell dogs:

http://www.animallawcoalition.com/companion-animal-breeding/article/737

Show No. 70, 10/6/09: Alternatives to Wool and Fur

2009 October 6
by Sarah Downs

Animals in the Press is a weekly radio program on KZFR 90.1 in Chico, CA. Sarah Downs, your weekly host, discusses news stories involving animals, providing her own commentary and sometimes the commentary from the Chico listening audience. Tune in every week to get this week’s edition of Animals in the Press, on KZFR 90.1 in Chico or www.kzfr.org every Tuesday at 5:30pm.

These are the sites in which I obtained my information for today’s program:

http://www.downbound.com/Wool_s/271.htm

http://www.savethesheep.com/report.asp

http://www.cowsarecool.com/otherAnimals.asp

http://www.cowsarecool.com/cows.asp

http://www.hsus.org/video_clips/_false_labels_on_fur_trim.html

https://secure.humanesociety.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=2034

http://www.hsus.org/furfree/dogs_cats/dog_and_cat_victims.html

Show No. 69, 9/29/09: Veal/The Dairy Industry

2009 September 29
by Sarah Downs

Animals in the Press is a weekly radio program on KZFR 90.1 in Chico, CA. Sarah Downs, your weekly host, discusses news stories involving animals, providing her own commentary and sometimes the commentary from the Chico listening audience. Tune in every week to get this week’s edition of Animals in the Press, on KZFR 90.1 in Chico or www.kzfr.org every Tuesday at 5:30pm.

These are the sites in which I obtained my information for today’s program:

BREAKING NEWS: Undercover investigation reveals cows suffer for Land O Lakes:

https://secure.peta.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=2515

http://www.mercyforanimals.org/dairy_and_veal.asp

http://origin.www.peta.org/mc/factsheet_display.asp?ID=102

Op-Ed: Temple Grandin speaks up about failing ag industry:

http://www.opednews.com/articles/In-Bad-Times-for-Ag-Templ-by-Martha-Rosenberg-090927-102.html

Show No. 68, 9/22/09: Circus Gatti

2009 September 22
by Sarah Downs

Animals in the Press is a weekly radio program on KZFR 90.1 in Chico, CA. Sarah Downs, your weekly host, discusses news stories involving animals, providing her own commentary and sometimes the commentary from the Chico listening audience. Tune in every week to get this week’s edition of Animals in the Press, on KZFR 90.1 in Chico or www.kzfr.org every Tuesday at 5:30pm.

Here are the websites in which I obtained the information for today’s program:

http://circuses.com/

http://circuses.com/pdfs/Circus_Gatti_Factsheet.pdf

Show No. 67: The Egg Industry

2009 September 15
by Sarah Downs

Animal Matters is a weekly radio program on KZFR 90.1 in Chico, CA. Sarah Downs, your weekly host, discusses news stories involving animals, providing her own commentary and sometimes the commentary from the Chico listening audience. Tune in every week to get this week’s edition of Animals in the Press, on KZFR 90.1 in Chico or www.kzfr.org every Tuesday at 5:30pm.

These are the sites in which I obtained my information for today’s program:

Here is the most recent undercover investigation footage, released by Mercy for Animals:

http://www.mercyforanimals.org/hatchery/

The Egg Industry: http://www.goveg.com/factoryFarming_chickens_egg.asp

Factory Egg Production: http://www.farmsanctuary.org/issues/factoryfarming/eggs/

Eggs and Your Health: http://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2005nl/march/050300pueastereggs.htm

Egg Production and the Environment: http://www.upc-online.org/fouling.html

Egg replacers: http://www.vegcooking.com/vegcooking-eggreplace.asp

Show No. 66 – 9/8/09: Misc. News

2009 September 8
by Sarah Downs

Click here to listen to Show No. 66 090809 misc news

Animal Matters is a weekly radio program on KZFR 90.1 in Chico, CA. Sarah Downs, your weekly host, discusses news stories involving animals, providing her own commentary and sometimes the commentary from the Chico listening audience. Tune in every week to get this week’s edition of Animals in the Press, on KZFR 90.1 in Chico or www.kzfr.org every Tuesday at 5:30pm.

These are the sites in which I obtained my information for today’s program:

Gateway to Hell Campaign: The Monkeys Are Going To Stay In Their Own Country:

http://www.gatewaytohell.net/news/2009/june/01_09_NP.htm

Taiji’s dolphin’s get a break:

http://www.savejapandolphins.org/blog.html

Idaho resumes hunting of Gray Wolves:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112447179

Eagles’ animal welfare blitz package:

http://www.philly.com/philly/business/homepage/20090908_Eagles__animal-welfare_blitz_package.html

Show No. 65 – 9/1/09: Racehorses

2009 September 1
by Sarah Downs

Click here to listen to Show No. 65 090109 race horses

Animal Matters is a weekly radio program on KZFR 90.1 in Chico, CA. Sarah Downs, your weekly host, discusses news stories involving animals, providing her own commentary and sometimes the commentary from the Chico listening audience. Tune in every week to get this week’s edition of Animals in the Press, on KZFR 90.1 in Chico or www.kzfr.org every Tuesday at 5:30pm.

These are the sites in which I obtained my information for today’s program:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/sports/24tour.html?_r=1&hpw

Horse slaughter info:

http://www.hsus.org/horses_equines/horse_slaughter/a_grisley_end_for_americas.html

Congress introduces bill to end horse slaughter:

http://www.hsus.org/horses_equines/horse_slaughter/congress_introduces_new_bill.html

Horse racing info:

http://www.idausa.org/facts/racing.html