All About Animals

Today, we welcome back Leif Cocks, founder of the International Elephant Project, based in Sumatra. The International Elephant Project (IEP) is a not-for-profit project for elephant conservation, rainforest protection and local community partnerships, in order to protect and save the entire ecosystem and biodiversity of habitats shared by elephants. The Sumatran elephant is critically endangered....

Donny Moss is a grassroots campaign organizer and creator of an influential online paper to make change through hands on action, awareness, and education in New York, and around the globe. AAA Radio host Billie Groom chats with Donny Moss on his organization’s support of global campaigns to ban trophy hunting, and end the brutal killings of kangaroos organized by Nike for soccer shoes. They also d...

Tom joins host Billie Groom for their second chat on the situation in Ukraine, as well as their more recent work in Turkey and Romania. Tom, ex-military, and his team work on the ground to provide aid to the animals in ravished places. Providing aid to animals starts with providing necessities to the humans, establishing collaborative relationships, and working with other teams. Tom’s team, consis...

Our sea turtles are in trouble. With the global problems of light pollution, trash in the ocean, development and sand too hot to produce males they’re on the road to extinction. Despite some strides being made to fix the light pollution problem in Florida little change has occurred. I spoke with two Miami citizens, Sara Velasquez and Jennifer Hayley Rotker, about trying to help educate the public...

Yvonne catches up with Diana Munoz and Colby Steiner from Gentle Giants Elephants to discuss the latest troubling events. After COVID many families are having to return elephants into abusive tourism activities. Gentle Giants Elephants is trying incredibly hard to save the elephants from horrific abuse by helping their human owners to a better sustainable future.

FINDING: Community-based conservation interventions reduce the negative effects human activities have on our planet. In this podcast episode on All About Animals Radio, hosts Jeff Harrison and Erica Salvemini, of The Wildlife Guardians chat with Dr. James Danoff-Burg about his critical and ceaseless work within the field of conservation. Dr. Danoff-Burg is an educator, conservation strategist, and...

Power loss affects farming. It’s a topic the public who buy meat don’t generally consider. The huge power needed for factory farms also reduces the availability for private homes. Humane Society International South Africa raises the concern of the farm animals suffering in slaughterhouses when the power goes off and the efforts to address these issues reduce animal suffering by training chefs in p...

Tom & Sarah from Panda Voices give their insight into the attempts to rescue two suffering panda bears and send them back to China.

Have you ever thought about going vegan? It’s a lot easier than you might think. Giving up fatty meat and dairy might seem like an impossible task but the health benefits alone will greatly improve your quality of life. The cruelty that comes with animal agriculture is more than most people are aware. Add to that the damage done to our water and land. The strain on our healthcare system from disea...

Grace Jones, wildlife coordinator for the Cornish Seal Sanctuary, discusses the rescue needs of seals in Cornwall and the desperate need for more modern facilities. The seal sanctuary has become involved with other UK wildlife conservation groups to save beavers and in re introducing these animals to the UK countryside.

Marc and Billie chat openly about the realities of animal advocacy, which, for Marc, began with a litter of parvo puppies, leading him into a ten-year project resulting in the enactment of Lucy’s Law - a law that impacted animal welfare in the UK and beyond. They discuss his book, Be More Mosquito, in which Marc shares his knowledge and experience to inspire all animal lovers to make an impact, an...

Sue Sayer MBE shares her vast knowledge about Marine wildlife who live around the UK coastline. An interesting podcast covering little known facts about seals, how they live , how they fit into the ecosystem, how the climate changing is a serious threat to their survival. We talk about the campaign to ask everyone to swop ring frisbees to solid ones, then they are far safer for wildlife. What can...

Billie Groom, chats with Devan Schowe of Born Free USA, a long-time influential and impactful organization whose members and affiliates campaign to keep wild animals in the wild. “Born Free” – the words instantly conjure up a nostalgic image of creatures great and small living symbiotically in their natural environment. Although not always easy or without fear, it is the way nature intended them t...

Our wild horses are under violent assault and headed for extinction. Between the government roundups that send the horses and burros to slaughter and the many nonprofits that slowly want to poison them with toxic fertility drugs, our horses are losing ground. The Wild Horse Fire Brigade has the only viable sensible realistic solution if we really want to save the last remaining wild horses of Amer...

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 an...

Florida is home to a small group of wild Vervet monkeys. Now they have a sanctuary and medical care thanks to the founder of the project Dr Missy Williams. Due to their ‘non native’ status navigating the laws to get them help has not been easy. Without the sanctuary injured and sick monkeys would be left to a tragic fate. Listen and learn about these amazing animals, the sanctuary and how you can...

In today’s episode of The Rising Lioness Podcast Erica chats with Michael Overlie, a canine-partnered men’s coach. Michael shares his very personal and inspiring journey that led him to his soul’s purpose. Through the loss of his much beloved brother and deep connection with his dog, Michael discovered his commitment to supporting men on their path to enlightenment and soul growth. Michael Overlie...

The Heber Wild Horse Herd in Arizona is unique because they truly live wild and free. They have been free from roundups, free from being sent to slaughter and free from being experimented on with fertility drugs PZP and Gonacon. Under pressure from ranchers the Forest Service plans to roundup most of this herd and use drugs on the few remaining. End goal is removal of all horses with most going to...

Valentina speaks with Scottish poet Gordon Meade about his work and using poetry to advocate for animals.

In this Part 2 episode with Billie Groom we offer hope for adolescent and adult dogs who struggle with habitual behavior challenges. Erica Salvemini, host of The Rising Lioness Podcast welcomes back Billie Groom, animal welfare activist, social entrepreneur and Canine Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CCBT) expert. During this show Billie and Erica take a deeper dive into the inherent issues within the...

Nicole speaks with three hosts of Vigil4Elephants that commemorates the elephant lives that were lost each year in captivity; Barbara Lovett, founder and president of Save Nosey Now, Inc. Courtney Scott, founder and president of Free the Oregon Zoo Elephants. Sandra Clinger, president of The Elephant Advocacy Project (TEAP) and a board member of Save Nosey Now. This group of dedicated souls have b...

Nicole Rojas reads Sadness for the Captive Elephants by Staci-lee Sherwood in support of Vigil for Elephants 2022.

Is Conservation money being wisely spent? Yvonne takes a look at saving turtles with Staci-lee to consider can we do better?

For nearly a century our National Parks were considered the jewel of the country. The parks were suppose to be a safe haven for both animals who lived there and humans who visited. That has now changed, without public input. The park service now allows hunts, essentially trophy hunts, with outside hunters not rangers doing the killing. This goes against all that the park system was suppose to stan...

Poet Gordon Meade reads 3 poems from his collection. Pileated Gibbon France 2016, Snow Leopard and Cow.