The Deal with Animals with Marika S. Bell

Send us a text Episode 3 of Series 5: Children and Other Animals Michelle and Marika Discuss how interactions with animals can help children (and adults) develop socially and emotionally. And now I need to bring my kids to visit the sanctuary! Guest: Michelle Atterby of Eco-Wisdom Sanctuary and Eco Wisdom Adventures : Environmental Education After School Program  Michelle's Book Recommendatio...

Send us a text Episode 2 of Series 5: Children and Other Animals We are talking with Mike Farley, founder of the Educators for Animals Conference about how parents, teachers and other faculty can start to think about how animals are presented and represented in the classroom setting. Book Recommendation: Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation Host: Marika completed her MA in Anthrozool...

Send us a text Episode 1 of Series 5: Children and Other Animals Why do some some people choose to stop eating meat? Would a child save a dog or a person from a sinking boat? Questions like this are posed by Matti and her colleagues to find out how our moral circles are formed and change into adulthood. The implications towards distant others (culturally and physically) are important.  Book Recomm...

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Send us a text Episode 8 of Series 3: Equity and Social Justice in Animal Advocacy What does Environmental Justice have to do with the connection between humans and other animals?  Today we're talking to Akisha Townsend Eaton, chief of policy and environmental justice division at companion animals for reform and equity. We're talking about Disaster relief, Critical services like Cooling...

Send us a text Episode 5 of Series 4: Wildlife Encounters  We chat with Animal Control Sheriff, Alyssa Ellison in Virginia,  about her work with wildlife around the state.  Guest: Alyssa Ellison became chief of the Louisa County Sheriff’s Office’s animal control unit in 2019. She works closely with veterinarians and fellow law enforcement on everything from high-profile animal seizures to lost pet...

Send us a text Episode 7 of Series 3: Equity and Social Justice in Animal Advocacy I talk with CARE CEO, James Evans about the cause of animal care deserts and how a change in perceptions and accessibility can change human and animal lives for good. This episode brings home the issues facing our BIPOC communities and the animals that live with them.  Guest: James is a multi-awarding winning creati...

Send us a text Summer Special Episode! Prof. Clive Wynne and I discuss dog emotions, why they form attachments to humans, what the biggest questions in dog studies are right now, and the past and future of sheltering.  Guest: Clive was born and raised on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England, studied at University College London, he got his Ph. D. at Edinburgh University before setting...

Send us a text Episode 6 of Series 3: Equity and Social Justice in Animal Advocacy We discuss why understanding the history of The New Deal, Red Lining, and wealth inequity matters when we are trying to help companion animals. How can we, as pet advocates, be proactive about helping the pets in underserved areas of our community. And how serving these communities actually keep animals in their hom...

Send us a text Episode 4 of Series 4: Wildlife Encounters  Learn about the ancient connection between humans and raptors with Falconer, Silvia Mutterle.  Guest: "Born in Italy but a citizen of the world, I’ve nurtured in time a deep connection with nature and birds of prey in particular. I consider other animals as my guides and mentors in a neo-shamanic perspective, and I believe in the huma...

Send us a text Episode 5 of Series 3: Equity and Social Justice in Animal Advocacy I chat with CARE'S COO, Jen Evans, about why reform is needed in the animal care industry and what steps CARE is taking to help the process along.  We discuss CARE'S efforts in research, sharing narratives, and policy change. All areas that, according to Jen, could use the perspective of a BIPOC person to...

Send us a text Episode 3 of Series 4: Wildlife Encounters I'm talking with Sue Alexander, full time dog trainer and part time hunter. We discuss gender roles, the goal of a hunter (hint its not necessarily what you think), providing for the community, and the benefits of hunting to conservation.  Guest: Sue Alexander is the co-owner with her husband, John, of Dogs in the Park , a dog training...

Send us a text Episode 4 of Series 3: Equity and Social Justice in Animal Advocacy Ecofeminist Lori Gruen, shares insights with us about ecofeminist values and the connection between the oppression of women, people of global majority, animals, and the environment.  Guest: Lori Gruen is the William Griffin Professor of Philosophy at Wesleyan University.  She is also a professor of Feminist, Gender,...

Send us a text We talk with Author of "Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat", Hal Herzog, about some of the bigger questions facing anthrozoology right now. Where Anthrozoology is going and what got us here in the first place.  Guest: Hal Herzog has been investigating the complex psychology of our interactions with other species for more than two decades. He is particularly interested...

Send us a text Episode 3 of Series 3: Equity and Social Justice in Animal Advocacy A discussion with Jasmin Singer, Editor of Encompass Essays Antiracism in Animal Advocacy: Igniting Cultural Transformation....We had a conversation about an issue that is important to all of us and yet both her and I being white, have mostly seen the privileged side of this. So there are moments that we have a diff...

Send us a text Episode 2 of Series 4: Wildlife Encounters Mary Roach's wry humor marries well with the funny but often unfortunate conclusions of human encounters with wildlife. We'll have a lot of fun discussing some stories from the book as well as other things that fascinate 6x New York Times Best Seller, Mary Roach.  We'll be talking about her most recent book, Fuzz: When Nature...

Send us a text Episode 2 of Series 3: Equity and Social Justice in Animal Advocacy The TrapKing, Sterling Davis tells us about Trap-Neuter-Release and how he (and his episode on the new Netflix Series, Cat People) shows his work across the US providing compassionate, accessible, medical care for stray cats.   Sterling Davis works to bridge the gap between the black community and animal welfare wor...

Send us a text Episode 1 of Series 4: Wildlife Encounters What the heck is a civet and why do people love them?! Find out on this episode, the first in series 4, all about wildlife encounters!  Jes Hooper is an Anthrozoology PhD candidate at the University of Exeter in the UK and a member of Exeter’s Anthrozoology as Symbiotic Ethics (EASE) working group . Jes’ current research focuses on human-an...

Send us a text Episode 1 of Series 3: Equity and Social Justice in Animal Advocacy Battling all forms of oppression will advance the animal rights movement. We can't continue to be ignorant of how inhumane treatment of humans feeds into the abuses of animals. Join me for this important first discussion on Antiracism in Animal Welfare with Aryenish Birdie, Executive Director of Encompass and t...

Send us a text Listen to the next big hit record! You will be wanting to play it to yourself in the car all day!  You will ask the radio to play it because its awesome! You will  listen to every furture episode, no matter the topic,  just to hear the intro! I love it! Here it is, The Deal with Animals Theme Music! Music composed by Kai Strandskov! https://www.facebook.com/KaiStrandskov/ https://ka...

Send us a text Series Three is taking a look at the growing pains and bright spots of bringing equity and social justice to the animal welfare and many other areas of animal advocacy. You will meet amazing people and learn how you can take steps to move animal welfare into diversity and help all animals along the way. Series Four will be running concurrently (every other week) and will be discussi...

Send us a text The historical tradition that is The Conservation Movement spans thousands of years. What can we learn from past mistakes and bright spots so that conservation, biodiversity, and the tradition of saving the environment, wildlife and ourselves succeeds? Michelle Nijhuis is the author of the new book Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction, a history of the modern co...

Send us a text Talking to Author and Chair of Friends of Inti Wara Yassi, Laura Coleman about the Bolivian NGO, Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi (CIWY). CIWY is a non-profit founded by Nena Baltazar, recognized by Women's World Summit Foundation for her environmental activism. CIWY is dedicated to educating young people in Bolivia about their environment and providing safe haven for illegally traffi...

Send us a text This may be an aspect of conservation you haven't heard of before. Conservation detection canines; They are trained to scent, track and find endangered species, invasive species, or just dead bats. This topic is fun and entertaining and it doesn't hurt that Kayla is a super optimist.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anthrozoo/message Supp...

Send us a text Eradicating or Saving the Australian Brushtail Possum in New Zealand? That's the question posed by PhD Candidate, Emily Major.  Emily’s research, examines the mainstream ‘possum-as-pest’ discourse in conservation and considers how compassionate conservation principles could help alleviate suffering and cruelty towards the brushtail possum. In tandem with her research, Emily beg...