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The Rising Lioness: Faunalytics with Dr. Jo Anderson


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NEW Faunalytics Study shows Local Laws lay the groundwork for creating meaningful change for animals at the state government level.

In this podcast episode on All About Animals Radio, host Erica Salvemini, of The Rising Lioness chats with Dr. Jo Anderson, Research Director of Faunalytics, an organization that conducts research and shares knowledge that supports animal advocates so they can help animals effectively. Their studies offer actionable and insightful data on important topics for the animal protection movement.

Tune in to hear Erica and Jo discuss the important role local law takes on when used as a stepping stone to create State Animal Protection Laws. Whether it’s a declawing ban, bans of puppy mills, retail sales of cats, dogs and rabbits or plant-based procurement, Faunalytics’ research study offers the data.

Jo also offers valuable and actionable suggestions for listeners who want to become active animal advocates. From banning foie gras to canned exotic animal hunts - happening in our own backyards within the U.S. - Jo guides us on taking easy action steps to protect animals at the local and/or state government level.

Jo Anderson is an advocate for animals and empirical research. She has many years of experience with a wide range of social science research methods and topics, as well as advanced training in statistical analysis.

Jo became Faunalytics' Research Director in 2017 and since then has led and supervised studies of attitudes and behavior pertaining to animals and veganism, advocate retention, donations, lobbying efforts, and many other topics. Her other roles include serving as the co-leader of the RECAP (Research to End Consumption of Animal Products) researcher collective, a member of the Brooks Institute's Animal Law & Science working group, an ad hoc research advisor to ProVeg and Food System Innovations, and an Adjunct Research Professor at Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada).

Jo has a PhD in social psychology from the University of Waterloo and completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at Cornell University.

Jo's spare-time interests include sewing, reading, finding accidentally-vegan junk food, doting over cats, and being generally indoorsy.

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