17. Protect Animals, Protect People
Mark Randell retired from the police as a Detective Inspector and has since dedicated his life to preventing animal crime, abuse and exploitation through education and investigation.
His organisation – Hidden in Sight – helps law enforcement and animal groups investigate abuse, as well as training police around the world to integrate animal welfare protection into their work of safekeeping the community.
He is also campaigns manager for Nature Watch Foundation and their campaign – Protect Animals, Protect People – calls on those engaged in the public protection of humans to include animal welfare in their policies, strategies and legislation.
We had a really interesting and wide-ranging chat about the need to treat animal abuse and exploitation seriously – both for the sake of the animals and as a way of targeting those who would also harm humans.
And I got both a film and a book recommendation at the end - excellent!
Please note: we did not go into any graphic details of animal abuse in the discussion.
https://naturewatch.org/campaigns/protect-animals-protect-people/
Francesca Sorcinelli, "Links between animal and human violence in Italy".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3JPmAW86dM
Teena Stoddard, "Human Violence and the links with animal abuse".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SS1UcIRGiQ
Slay (movie about fashion industry and use of animals)
Defending Animals by Kendra Coulter.
https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048286/defending-animals/
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