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On Feb. 6, 2023, a massive 7.6 earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, killing thousands of people in Turkey alone.

And what about the companion animals? 

Within days after the quake, PETA--thanks to your donations to the Global Compassion Fund--dispatched a team that saved hundreds of animals, reuniting many with their human companions who survived the quake.

Mimi Bekhechi, VP of PETA UK, Europe, and Australia, talks to Emil Guillermo about how the team approached each day during the month-long rescue. And how their efforts saved cats and dogs like Thalia, Pisa, Lucky, and others.

For more information, go to PETA.org

The PETA Podcast

PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 6.5 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activists, investigators, politicians, and others why animals need more than kindness—they have the right not to be abused or exploited in any way. Hosted by Emil Guillermo. Powered by PETA activism.

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Originally released April 26, 2023

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If you think the animal overpopulation problem is bad in the U.S., it's worse in Mexico. PETA Latino has been sponsoring free spay-neuter events for years that have helped thousands of animals. Rachel Bellis, associate director of local affairs for PETA's Cruelty Investigations Department, talks to Emil Guillermo about the program. And she mentions how sometimes the work includes rescuing dogs like Mathilda, Manuel, and Maria. 

The spay/neuter program in Mexico exists because of your kind donations to the PETA Global Compassion fund.

Go to PETA.org for more information.

The PETA Podcast

PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 6.5 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activists, investigators, politicians, and others why animals need more than kindness—they have the right not to be abused or exploited in any way. Hosted by Emil Guillermo. Powered by PETA activism.

Contact us at PETA.org

Music provided by CarbonWorks. 

Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe. 

Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo on Twitter @emilamok 

vlog: www.amok.com

or read my columns.

Please subscribe, rate and review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for listening to THE PETA PODCAST! 

Originally released April 19, 2023

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When asked how he identifies, Wayne Hsiung says one word. "Animal."

Hsiung is the co-founder of DxE, Direct Action Everywhere, known for reviving the art of protest in the animal rights movement through "open rescue," a dramatic, effective, and memorable tactic.

He reveals insights on DxE's victory over Smithfield's factory farm operation in Utah where Hsiung faced felony charges for saving two baby piglets.

In conversation with Emil Guillermo, Hsiung gets personal about growing up in Indiana, and how his Taiwanese family's spiritual beliefs have informed and motivated his animal rights mission.

Hsiung also predicts his prospects in an upcoming beagle rescue case in Wisconsin. 

Hsiung's blog is The Simple Heart (simpleheart.substack.com).

Register for the Animal Liberation Conference,  June 9th - 14th (LiberationConference.com), in Berkeley where Hsiung will facilitate an interactive workshop called The Open Rescue Experience.

The PETA Podcast

PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 6.5 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activists, investigators, politicians, and others why animals need more than kindness—they have the right not to be abused or exploited in any way. Hosted by Emil Guillermo. Powered by PETA activism.

Contact us at PETA.org

Music provided by CarbonWorks. 

Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe. 

Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo on Twitter @emilamok 

vlog: www.amok.com

or read my columns.

Please subscribe, rate and review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for listening to THE PETA PODCAST! 

Originally released April 12, 2023

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Peter Singer, the author and philosopher, embarks on a global speaking tour as the update on his classic is released, "Animal Liberation Now."

Singer speaks to Emil Guillermo about the tour and how animal rights has evolved in the last 50 years. He talks about speciesism, the need for governments to take a stronger stand for the animals, and looks at the impact of a 21st-century phenomenon--AI--and what impact that could have on animal rights. Overall, Singer's assessment is that while there has been some progress toward ending factory farming and animal experimentation, there is still much to be done.

Order Singer's "Animal Liberation Now"  on Amazon.com

Get info on the global speaking tour at thinkinc.org.au 

The PETA Podcast

PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 6.5 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activists, investigators, politicians, and others why animals need more than kindness—they have the right not to be abused or exploited in any way. Hosted by Emil Guillermo. Powered by PETA activism.

Contact us at PETA.org

Music provided by CarbonWorks. 

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Originally released April 5, 2023

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At age 27, Chuck Carroll was so addicted to fast food he thought he wouldn't see age 30. He has since lost 300 pounds and kept it off with a vegan diet. In conversation with Emil Guillermo, Carroll talks about how he did it and how it led to his hosting "The Exam Room," the podcast of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM). Carroll talks about how he has become vegan and how veganism has brought him to a new awareness of ethical eating.

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PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 6.5 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activists, investigators, politicians, and others why animals need more than kindness—they have the right not to be abused or exploited in any way. Hosted by Emil Guillermo. Powered by PETA activism. Contact us at PETA.org Listen to the very first PETA podcast with Ingrid Newkirk Music provided by CarbonWorks. Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe. Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo on Twitter @emilamok Or at www.amok.com Please subscribe, rate and review wherever you get your podcasts. Help us grow the podcast by taking this short survey. Thanks for listening to THE PETA PODCAST! 

Originally released June 16, 2021

Reprised March 28, 2023

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Charles River Labs has a 1,000-monkey problem. It's being investigated for the illegal importation of monkeys from Asia. That fact keeps the company from using the monkeys for research, so it wants to send them back to Asia and start the process over again. Not so fast. PETA advocates the best thing for the monkeys is immediate placement in a sanctuary here. PETA primatologist Lisa Jones-Engel explains how it fits into the big picture of stopping all monkey importation to the U.S. Host Emil Guillermo leads the conversation.

In the 1980s, the Army had a rule that stopped and banned weapons testing on animals. Now it's revealed the it has reversed the ban and has begun weapons testing using live ferrets. Shalin Gala, PETA VP in the Laboratory Investigations Department, goes over the history of the issue, dating back to when PETA first got the Army to stop using animals to the recent revelation that new tests have begun.

We also look at the Navy, the Air Force, and the Coast Guards' record on animal abuse. You can stop these hideous tests. Go to PETA.org and take action.

The PETA Podcast

PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 6.5 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activists, investigators, politicians, and others why animals need more than kindness—they have the right not to be abused or exploited in any way.

Hosted by Emil Guillermo. 

Powered by PETA activism.

Contact us at PETA.org.

Music provided by CarbonWorks. Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe. Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo on Twitter @emilamok Or at www.amok.com

Please subscribe, rate and review wherever you get your podcasts. 

Thanks for listening to THE PETA PODCAST!

Published March 11, 2023, Copyright, all rights reserved.

Emil Guillermo talks to Courtney Penley, of PETA's Animals in Film and TV division. Who won an Oscat this year?

The biggest winners were in animation.

See more about the winners, go to PETA.org

The PETA Podcast

PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 6.5 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activists, investigators, politicians, and others why animals need more than kindness—they have the right not to be abused or exploited in any way.

Hosted by Emil Guillermo. 

Powered by PETA activism.

Contact us at PETA.org.

Music provided by CarbonWorks. Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe. Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo on Twitter @emilamok Or at www.amok.com

Please subscribe, rate and review wherever you get your podcasts. 

Thanks for listening to THE PETA PODCAST!

In 1975, philosopher Peter Singer argued for the end of tyranny by human animals over non-human animals. His book "Animal Liberation," has been an ethical compass for several generations of animal rights activists. In this conversation with Emil Guillermo, Singer talks about the changes in the last five decades, how his book helped bring about those changes, and how there's still much work to do to convince society that speciesism is wrong. Go to PETA.org for more information.

The PETA Podcast

PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 6.5 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activists, investigators, politicians, and others why animals need more than kindness—they have the right not to be abused or exploited in any way.

Hosted by Emil Guillermo. 

Powered by PETA activism.

Contact us at PETA.org.

Music provided by CarbonWorks. Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe. Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo on Twitter @emilamok Or at www.amok.com

Please subscribe, rate and review wherever you get your podcasts. 

Thanks for listening to THE PETA PODCAST! (Originally published March 10, 2021; Reprised, May 30, 2022; Feb.28, 2023)

PETA Germany's Sylvie Bunz coordinates the effort to save thousands of animals' lives in Ukraine. PETA team members along with groups inside Ukraine, have been working since day one of the war to help animals. A year later, Bunz tells Emil Guillermo how the effort is going. 

For more, go to PETA.org.

The PETA Podcast

PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 6.5 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activists, investigators, politicians, and others why animals need more than kindness—they have the right not to be abused or exploited in any way.

See more at PETA.org.

Hosted by Emil Guillermo.

Powered by PETA activism. Contact us at PETA.org

Music provided by CarbonWorks.

Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe.

Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo on Twitter @emilamok Or at www.amok.com

Thanks for listening to THE PETA PODCAST!

Published Feb. 21, 2023, Copyright, all rights reserved.