Humane Talk ™

Humane Talk features conversations with Thought Leaders in animal welfare, whose books or scientific studies focus on  practical and philosophical issues regarding society's attitudes and interactions with various non-human species. Discussions with members of the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association (HSVMA) are about applying humane and ethical principles to the way veterinary medicine is practiced in America and around the world, on animals used in research, food production, and pharmacology as well as companion animals.Interviews with social scientists and authors focus on the emotional and social lives of creatures other than human.

Hosted by Tracie Hotchner


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Humane Talk #8027 (6-30-2014)

Humane Talk (6-30-2014) #8027: HSVMA leader Andrew Rowan returns for a second visit to talk about the history of human animal interaction (farm, laboratory, wild and owned animals) and how we are doomed to repeat history if we don’t learn from it. The enormous improvement in the sheltering field — in a lower number of animals in shelters and those being euthanized, and a much higher rate of sterilization — belies the increase in intensity around the issue of euthanasia.