Episode 18: One of the most reputable animal welfare organizations in the world, the RSPCA, spent millions of dollars certifying the meat that consumers buy in the United Kingdom. They put their stamp of approval on the products – initially, “Freedom Food” then “RSPCA Assured” – and even big companies like McDonald’s joined the program. Then Rose Patterson and her team at Animal Rising looked into the farms. And what they found, to most consumers, was shocking: thousands of animals crammed into filthy factory farms.

I speak to Rose about what she saw inside dozens of RSPCA farms, and why the promise of “humane meat” is consistently broken. If you’re wondering about humane meat yourself – or you have friends and family who are in that place – you’re not going to want to miss this conversation. Billions of lives are hanging in the balance.

RSPCA Investigation video: https://youtu.be/OfM5VRMl7wk 

IG: https://www.instagram.com/rose__patterson/ 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rose-patterson-b0b4a9306/ 

Animal Rising:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Animal.Rising 

IG: https://www.instagram.com/animal.rising/ 

FB: https://www.facebook.com/AnimalRising 

XTwitter: https://twitter.com/AnimalRising  

Website: https://www.animalrising.org/ 

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Chapters:

Chapter 1) 00:00-33:24 Intro, Animal Rising (AR), RSPCA investigations, animal welfare, meat reduction, public honesty, & The Grand National campaign & Plant-based Universities campaign in the UK

Chapter 2) 33:25-56:15  Animal rights messaging, university campaigns, other activism movements, & sustaining activism

Chapter 3) 56:16-1:27:54 Conversations with the RSPCA, many investigations & open rescues in the UK, training investigators, & security culture/strategic capacity

Chapter 4) 1:27:55-1:51:07 AR’s nonviolence trainings, public perception of actions, legal charges, arrests, & upcoming trials of AR activists, organizing mistakes made in the US, & AR legal support of activists

Chapter 5) 1:51:08-1:59:xx A movement of compassion, how you can help Animal Rising (links above), & upcoming trials in the UK

Chapter 6) 1:59:xx-1:59:26 Outro video - Thank you for watching! Please Subscribe. Acknowledgments to the Podcast Team: Joe Allman, Adam Durand, Chloe Leffakis, & Jeremy Loeb