Catholic Concern for Animals

Oct 01 2022 40 ep. 18 mins 7
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The podcast of Catholic Concern for Animals, including news and views from our faith-based approach to animal welfare and humanities role in the creation.

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Readings from The Ark, Autumn 2022: 5. Rewilding Dingoes in Southern Australia by Janet Allan

Oct 01 2022 25 mins  
Janet Allan discusses proposals to 'rewild' dingoes in Southern Australia. In a wide-ranging article Janet attacks the ides of dingoes providing a trophic cascade in Victoria, observes that dingoes were themselves in troduced into Australia, and not native sepcies, and that the evidence of them controlling 'pest' species is unfounded.

Readings from The Ark, Autumn 2022: 4. Book Review of Karen Armstrong's Sacred Nature by Barbara Gardner

Oct 01 2022 6 mins  
Dr Gerald Taylore reads Barbara Gardner;s review of the book Sacred Nature, Sacred Nature is the most recent work by Karen Armstrong.

Readings from The Ark, Autumn 2022: 3. Could Catholic Outrage at Criminals Free Boo the Bear by Kate Fox

Sep 27 2022 15 mins  
Conservation photojournalist, environmental writer, and founder of Verify Humanity, Kate Fox, describes her work exposing the bile bear trade in Vietnam, the fate of Boo the Bear, and the role the Vietnamese Catholic community could play in ending the trade.

Readings from The Ark, Autumn 2022: 2. Bruce Kent - An Appreciation

Sep 27 2022 8 mins  
An article marking the death of Priest, peace campaigner, and Catholic Concern for Animals patron, Bruce Kent. Taken from the Autumn 2022 issue of The Ark, issue no 253.

Readings from The Ark, Autumn 2022: 1. Biden's FDA's Animal Testing Mandates

Aug 12 2022 19 mins  
Biden's FDA Insists on Continuing its Unethical and Obsolete Animal Testing Mandates is written by David Gortler and read by Dr Gerald Taylor, Content Editor of The Ark. David Gortler is a Former Senior Executive FDA Official and Senior Advisor to the FDA Commissioner, and here argues for the use of more modern durg testing technologies, ahich are not predicated on the abuse and ki

From The Ark, Summer 2022, 8. Is Making Non-Human Animals Suffer Our Worst Addiction? Pt 2, John Berkman

May 26 2022 16 mins  
The concluding part of John Berkman's essay on pig farming in the USA and its implications for Christians. Here John examines his earlier argument in the light of cooperation with wrong-doing, and concludes that Christians must not eat US farmed pig meat if they are to consider themselves morally serious.

From The Ark, Summer 2022, 7. Report on the Trustee Board Meeting, 19th March 2022

May 26 2022 4 mins  
A report back from the Trustee Board Meeting held on 19th March 2022, looking at Catholic Concern for Animals' achievements and the problems of legacy funding.

From The Ark, Summer 2022, 6. Chair's Welcome

May 26 2022 9 mins  
Catholic Concern for Animals' Chair, Prof. Clara Mancini, provides an assessment and analysis of events in Ukraine.

From The Ark, Summer 2022, 5. News from the Chief Executive

May 26 2022 4 mins  
Catholic Concern for Animals Chief Executive, Chris Fegan, provides an update of current issues, including issues on Ukraine, the United Nations and other factors.

From The Ark, Summer 2022. 4 Animal Welfare in the Midst of the Invasion of Ukraine

May 24 2022 14 mins  
Dr Gerald Taylor reads his own article detailing the many problems animals have faced following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. From the wildlife and nature parks the country boasts, to its zoos, animals in agriculture, and companion animals, as well as the effects of pollution caused by teh conflict, this article provides broad overview of the potential impact of the conflict on