Monday, April 5, 2004
Special thanks to Ted Vegvari and
www.pvnet.com for hosting the
Audio Archive: http://live.palosverdes.com/ramgen/watchdog/watchdog20040405.rm
As Easter approaches, Watchdog looks at the plight of the animal that is basis of many holiday meals -- the factory farmed pig.
Guests:
James Cromwell: 
'Actorvist'
who was Oscar nominated for his role as Farmer Hoggett in the Oscar
winning film, Babe. He is a passionate animal advocate and spokesman. After
driving through the stockyards of Texas on a motorcycle, Cromwell
said "what hit me was the realization that something that
was alive and had feelings will suffer before a piece of it is
placed on our plates." Cromwell works with Farm Sanctuary..
http://www.farmsanctuary.org/
Bruce Friedrich -- Director
of vegan campaigns for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
(PETA) He was recently named, by Details
magazine, as the fifth most influential man in American under 40.
He is on the governing board of the Catholic Vegetarian Society and the advisory
board of the Christian Vegetarian Society. He is also a founding member
of the Society of Religious and Ethical Vegetarians. http://www.jesusveg.com/
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/gate/archive/2004/02/02/urbananimal.DTL&type=universal
Jeffrey
Masson author of The Pig Who
Sang to the Moon: The Emotional World of Farm Animals. Masson
makes the
case that the animals humans eat on a regular basis-pigs,
chickens, sheep, cows and ducks-feel, think and suffer. Each animal
gets a chapter, in which Masson interweaves folklore, science and
literature (he quotes Darwin, Gandhi and the Bible) with his observations
of the animals' behaviors. Other books include Dogs Never Lie
About Love and best seller, When Elephants Weep: The Emotional
Lives of Animals.
http://www.jeffreymasson.com/
http://www.matthewscully.com
Kim Sturla, founder and director of Animal Place, a nonprofit sanctuary
near Davis, Californian, for abused
and discarded farmed animals.
http://www.animalplace.org/