All About Animals

Nikita Dhawan , Founder of Youth for Animals, interviews Chris Lewis the Captivity Research Officer at the Born Free Foundation who focuses on captive wild animal welfare and legislation in the UK. Chris has been instrumental in the publication of BFF’s recent report, " Legacy of Shame ” highlighting the plight of zoo elephants.

Nikita Dhawan from Youth for Animals, interviews Panchali Panapitiya, co-founder of RARE (Rally for Animal Rights), one of Sri Lanka’s leading animal rights organization responsible for spotlighting the plight of Sri Lankan captive elephants.

Nikita Dhawan, Founder of Youth for Animals , interviews Courtney Scott, Elephant Consultant for In Defense of Animals (IDA), about their Ten Worst Zoos for Elephants campaign. Courtney Scott is the Elephant Consultant for In Defense of Animals (IDA). Located in Portland, Oregon, she has spent the last 15 years working to advance the cause of captive elephants. In 2008, after witnessing the Oregon...

In celebration of World Elephant Day Nicole Rojas from Wild for Change chats with Dr Vicki Fishlock of the Amboseli Trust for Elephants.

Nikita Dhawan from Youth for Animals talks with Diana Valencia founder of the non-profit NGO Abriendo Jaulas Abriendo Mentes (Opening Cages Opening Minds) about their campaign to free and rehabilitate Ely, a female African elephant in Aragón Zoo, in Mexico City. Translator & campaign supporter Lila Nieto joins them. Diana Valencia is the founder of the non-profit NGO Abriendo Jaulas Abriendo M...

In the past two decades, Nalini Ramachandran has worked as a writer and an editor across various media—film and television, newspapers and magazines, children's books and graphic novels. Her works often explore the intersections between culture, nature, wildlife, and human existence. She is the author of multiple books, including Trumpet Calls: Epic Tales of Extraordinary Elephants ; Gods, Giants...

Nikita Dhawan from Youth for Animals talks with Anthony E. Lovell, an Endangered-Wildlife poet and founder of "The One Million Poetry”. Anthony is an Endangered-Wildlife Poet - since early 2021 - when he was persuaded to follow his passion, realising it was a return to his 10 year old self and his lifelong love of animals and nature. Finding these loved ones under existential threat on a global sc...

Nikita talks with Dr. Marion Garai. Dr. Garai is a specialist in animal behaviour and focuses on the social behaviour and psychology of elephants. She is also chairperson of EMOA (Elephant Management & Owners Association), co-founder of the Elephant Specialist Advisory Group- ESAG, South Africa and involved with numerous other organisations.

Nikita from Youth for Animals talks with Mark Stratton about his new campaign to free Bunka from the Yerevan zoo in Armenia.

This week on Animal talk USA we will be speaking to Tom Kiesche , a volunteer extraordinaire at North Central Animal Shelter Los Angeles, CA. We hope by Tom telling his story of how he became a volunteer, you'll also be inspired to become a volunteer at a local shelter or rescue near you! Volunteers are the backbone of animal shelters across the USA and beyond!

We talk with leading experts in the field of animal advocacy to find out what makes them tick and the tools and strategies they use to advocate effectively. In the third in our series Gary talks with Dominic Dyer about his approach to animal advocacy and some of the campaigns he is currently involved in.

Diana Munoz and Colby Steiner from Gentle Giants Non-Profit & Derrick Campana from Bionic Pets have worked together to give a new lease of life for Thai Koon, Medo and Kabu living at the Elephant Nature Park in Thailand. Hear their story.

This week on Animal Talk Karen talks with Chris Lamb from CT Animal House and Finn (pictured). If you are in the Connecticut area please help us find a loving home for the beautiful Finn.

This week on Animal Talk Karen speaks with Kris Rotonda from Jordan's Way who have raised an amazing $3.5 million for animal shelters in the US and helped adopt over 80,000 cats and dogs.

In the second episode of the Effective Animal Advocacy series Nicole speaks with Andrea Polanco from Faunalytics about their latest study ' The Impact Of Diet & Different Animal Advocacy Tactics '.

This week on Animal Talk: Adopt Don't Shop USA Karen chats with Save One Soul Animal Rescue League (SOSARL) - a non-profit volunteer-driven dog rescue organization based in Rhode Island and serving the Southern New England area.

This week on Adopt Don't Shop USA Karen chats with Kristen from Vintage Pet Rescue about adoptable dogs Dori and Gordon . We also hear from Wayne - the founder of the Herd of Hope Farm Sanctuary.

Karen Kalunian talks with Kelly from Animal Rescue Network of New England about a few of their adoptable pups, Buddy & Duke!

Nicole Rojas kicks off the first episode in our series on effective animal advocacy techniques with social media guru John Oberg.

Join Barbara Lovett from Save Nosey Now and Nicole Rojas talking about the successful move of Nosey the elephant to the Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary on the All About Elephants Show on All About Animals Radio .

Rachana chats with Mary-Ann Holm from L.E.A.P . about Lucy the elephant who has been in captivity at Edmonton Zoo for 45 years.

Youth for Animals founder Niki Dhawan chats with Rachana about their achievements and plans for the future.

Diana and Colby chat to Rachana about the formation of Gentle Giants and their accomplishments so far.