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.


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Humane Talk #8028 (7-07-2014)

Humane Talk

Humane Talk (7-07-2014) #8028 (EP 34 & 35): Large constrictor snakes are dangerous as pets! Wayne discusses stopping the pet trade in large constrictor snakes for animal welfare and public safety because invasive Burmese pythons are killing native animals in Florida, while pythons and other large constrictors kept as pets have killed several people. Wayne talks about killing campaigns against coyotes in which the U.S. government poisons and traps many coyotes and other wild animals, often in cruel ways. Find out why The HSUS is working to stop this taxpayer-funded killing program, and to replace it with effective nonlethal methods.