Between 25 and 100 million animals are killed in U.S. laboratories after suffering through cruel and unnecessary experiments. But why did we give you such a huge range? Why couldn’t we give you a more precise figure? It’s because 95% of the animals used in research and testing are not covered by the Animal Welfare Act and the government is not required to report the number of these animals. This means that we have no idea how many birds, mice, rats, amphibians, reptiles, fish, and invertebrates suffer in labs. And yet, we do know, for example, how many hamsters, guinea pigs, and rabbits are used. What kind of sense does this make? None. The public has a right to know how many animals—the TRUE number—are suffering and dying in laboratories.

Jane Velez-Mitchell interviews Shannon Keith, the head of RescueFreedomProject.org. This organization negotiates with laboratories to get dogs and other animals out of cages and release them to good homes. Their organization became a global phenomenon after a video they produced went viral. It showed beagles, who were freed from labs, touching grass for the first time and experiencing freedom from a cage for the first time. You will cry.

The Animal Rights Movement is about achieving more basic rights for animals. A lot of that progress happens in the legal system. Different animals have different rights. Farm animals, 9 billion of whom are tortured and killed every year in America, have virtually no rights, far less than dogs and cats for example. You can do to a cow or a pig things that would land you in jail of you did them to a dog or a cat. Advancing Law for Animals is determined to change that.

Renee King-Sonnen is a cattle rancher's wife who turned vegan and turned her husband's cattle ranch into a vegan farm animal sanctuary. Now, she's trying to help other ranchers do the same... or at least come up with another way to make a living.

What is causing the coast to coast severe and destructive weather? The answer is on your plate.

So Cal Veg Fest is just wrapped and we get the low down on how it went from the organizer: Maryam of Vegan Couture!

Mark Devries is an attorney, animal activist, documentary film producer and drone expert. We will discuss what his drones revealed when they flew over storm ravaged sections of North Carolina and how that horror relates to climate change, habitat destruction, species extinction, pollution and the threat of disease.

We speak to Vanessa Marsot, the founder of Allora Wellness Center. Vanessa went to Yale and then undertook a long and windy journey to compassion. We will hear her story. Vanessa Marsot's greatest mission and passion is to stop the suffering of animals and to do that, in a few weeks, she is opening the permanent storefront for Ellora Vegan Organic Wellness Center, a one-stop shop of creative, cruelty-free living. She also just helped to organize the first ever Vegan Reggae Fest in LA October 7th. Vanessa's goal is to change methods of consumption by changing methods of production, through vegan, organic, ecological, nontoxic, and sustainable foods, products, and services.