Voices for the Animals

Today we welcome to the show Matt Johnson, Press Coordinator for Direct

Action Everywhere (DxE). Direct Action Everywhere is a global network of

activists working to achieve animal liberation in one generation. DxE employs

a wide variety of tactics in pursuit of this goal, ...

Today we welcome back to the show Courtney Scott, founder and president of

Free the Oregon Zoo Elephants and former co-host of this very show! FOZE is

active on many fronts, testifying at Metro Council, meeting with the zoo

directors, organizing rallies and demos, doing out...

Brittany Michelson is a teacher, writer, and animal rights activist. She

holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Antioch University Los Angeles and

teaches writing and activism- related classes in a private K-8 program. Her

short writing appears in multiple online journals...

Are you concerned about the COVID-19 virus and the possibility of future

pandemics? On this month's Voices for the Animals, Michele Coppola talks

with Scott Beckstead, Oregon's Rural Outreach Director for the Humane Society

of the United States and an expert on animal agric...

Sarah Weldon is a former hunter and longtime animal rights activist, who

among other actions has participated in Meat the Victims and worked with

Vegan Outreach, a nonprofit organization working to end violence towards

animals by reaching the people who are motivated enough...

Ingrid Newkirk is the legendary founder and president of People for the

Ethical Treatment of Animals, or as most people know it, PETA, which is about

to celebrate its 40th anniversary this March. With about 400 employees and

6.5 million supporters worldwide, PETA is the ...

This Friday, January 24th at 10AM it's a new episode of Voices for the

Animals on KBOO! Host Michele Coppola will be talking with Oregon State

Representative David Gomberg about his visit to the OHSU Oregon National

Primate Research Center and editorial in The Oregonian ...

Today, we have an inspiring tale to share with you as Noah Bristol speaks

with Renee King-Sonnen. Renee and her husband Tommy are former beef cattle

ranchers, who underwent a moral awakening as first Renee and then her husband

began to realize that they could not continu...

The Save Movement (Save) is a global network of groups who bear witness as

farmed animals are en route to slaughter. They also organize regular vigils

and rallies at live markets and slaughterhouses. Their events are documented

with photography and video footage which is th...