Conversations on Compassion

After spending the day volunteering at The Retreat animal sanctuary we took the opportunity to interview  the wonderful founder Billy.

The Retreat was born in 1989 out of frustration at the way the human race treats animals. A rescue centre which would save tormented, abused, sick, injured and unwanted animals from certain death was therefore founded.

The Retreat Website
Billy's Book
Animal Aid Website

Join us for another mini episode where we talk about taking to the streets of Camden asking the public their thoughts on banning the whip in horse racing, Lake District Park banning trail hunting, our interview with Fat Gay Vegan, planing a drag brunch and a school in Worthing goes vegan.

Useful links:
Follow us on Instagram
Veganism
Animal Aid Website
Fat Gay Vegan-Website
Book
Drag Brunch

What better way to celebrate Pride month than with an interview with vegan blogger and event organiser Fat Gay vegan. We talk about the vegan community, intersectionality, vegan events and of course mash potato.

Fat Gay Vegan-Website
FGV Instagram
Book
Drag Brunch
Animal Aid Website

Join us for another mini episode where we talk about the decline of gulls due to climate change and over fishing, a breakthrough in non animal testing and what does the term 'animal rights' mean to you?

Useful links:
Follow us on Instagram
Veganism
Animal Aid Website
Animal Experiments
News about Gulls

Peter Egan is a British actor, known for his roles on the 80s sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles, Downton Abbey, and most recently Netflix Afterlife. He is an incredible advocate for animals, working with many groups both in Britain and abroad to make a positive impact on the lives of countless animals. It’s brilliant to be able to chat to one of the UK’s highest profile animal activists.

Join us for a chat with Peter and a little help from his dogs.

Useful links:
Veganism
Animal Aid Website

Join us for our mini episode where we talk about the success of our snares petition, the return of our Christmas festival, restaurants we've recently visited, our 71% advan campaign, advice on going vegan and much more.

Useful links:
Veganism
Snares
Horse Racing
71% Campaign
Vegan Restaurant Guide

Dene Stansall – Dene has spent over 20 years taking on the horse racing industry, and has acted as a true force for change in the lives of so many horses. Too often, horses are killed and injured in the horse racing industry. Once an avid racing fan, when faced with the brutality of this industry, Dene could not ignore the suffering of animals involved, and instead has dedicated his life to exposing the dark side of racing and standing up for horses.

Useful links:

https://www.animalaid.org.uk/
https://www.animalaid.org.uk/the-issues/our-campaigns/horse-racing/

In today’s episode of Conversations On Compassion, we discuss some good news in the vegan / animal rights world, update you on the Cheltenham races, answer a listener question about horse racing, discuss our poll question "would you eat lab grown meat", and finally share our favourite vegan easter chocolate.

You can get 10% off vegan chocolate bars and boxes for 2 weeks from the date of publishing  in the Animal Aid shop when you enter code "PODCHOC" at checkout. Claim your discount here:
https://www.animalaidshop.org.uk

In today’s episode of Conversations On Compassion we interview the wonderful Dr Carol Treasure. Carol is co-founder of the award-winning XCellR8, an animal-free safety testing laboratory – and a leader in the scientific community. XCellR8 are currently working to eradicate the cruel LD50 tests, which were invented nearly a hundred years ago, but are still sadly still very much in use today.

Find out more about Animal Aid's work with XCellR8 on our website: https://www.animalaid.org.uk/xcellr8-ld50-replacement/

Tips on living a cruelty-free lifestyle:
https://www.animalaid.org.uk/the-issues/our-campaigns/living-without-cruelty/

Welcome to our very first podcast! We are so excited to launch our first episode after months of planning. In this episode you can meet the podcast team and learn a little more about us and what we do at Animal Aid. Jade E, Aaron, Jade A and Fleur discuss how we became involved in working for animals and living a cruelty-free lifestyle.