Episodes

Harper Garrison is a high school student from Austin, Texas. She raised a lamb (who she named Onion!) through the Future Farmers of America (FFA) program. They soon formed a bond and Harper began to question Onion's fate; to ...

Jack Morley has a background in media and advertising and he is now using those creative skills to illustrate and convey the beauty of Irish nature and wildlife, as well as some of the many challenges facing our native plants...

Billie Talyn Groom has worked with a wide variety of dogs for over three decades. She is an award-winning behavioural therapist as well as an author, a podcaster, a TEDx speaker and the founder of the Institute of Canine Psyc...

Project Wild is a wildlife media company that promotes ethical wildlife tourism by showcasing the organisations that bring tourists and wildlife together in a way that respects the animals’ natural behaviours. I was delighted...

Kate Galli is a vegan health coach, author and master podcaster - with over 900 episodes of her podcast, Healthification. Listen in as we discuss how she draws inspiration from her guests, the painful pathway that led to her ...

FarmKind are on a mission to help people who love animals to help the animals most in need: those in factory farms. They identify charities with the best track record of making farming kinder and help introduce them to you, t...

It's that time when we start getting ready for one of the biggest festive celebrations of the year! It's not what you think...I'm talking about Veganuary! Veganuary is a celebration of veganism that happens in January (and th...

If you're thinking, hmm, I've never heard the word philzoothropy before, you're right! It's a totally new word. Philzoothropy is a love of animals, especially as shown by contributing time, money, influence etc to their gener...

When millions of people were forced to flee their homes due to the invasion of Ukraine, they were unable to take their companion animals with them. An estimated one million dogs and cats were left homeless and living on the s...

In this episode I was joined by Pei Feng Su, the founder of ACTAsia, to talk about her autobiography which has just been published. Life of Pei: The Battle for Compassion takes us through Pei’s life from traumatic teenage yea...

Julius Kirumira is a young vegan advocate from Uganda, who set up the organisation, Vegan Planet Africa, in 2019. They are committed to spreading awareness about the benefits of a plant-based lifestyle; not just as a dietary ...

Dog Advocacy Ireland is a dedicated group that campaigns for meaningful change regarding dog welfare protection in Ireland. There are thousands of dogs in puppy farms all around Ireland, to the extent that we are known as the...

Eurogroup for Animals brings together 98 animal protection organisations with the aim of providing a voice for animals in the European Parliament. Their work encompasses many areas of concern, such as, animal use in science, ...

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...

Welcome to the first native wild bee sanctuary on the planet, nestled in the south-east of Ireland. I talk to Paul Handrick about the process of setting up a bee sanctuary, and what needs to be done to rescue the wild native ...

Based on personal experience - sadly - this episode talks about the efforts made to try and find a lost cat; meandering around topics like the kindness of strangers, labyrinths, Yeats and Schrodinger's Cat. The cat in questio...

To raise awareness of the plight of the Galgos in Spain, Travis Patinaude decided he had to try and fake being a photographer in order to get into photography circles. To his surprise, he actually had a talent for it, and is ...

Vets helping vets to help animals. Traditional conservation groups working with endangered species can sometimes miss the fact that local vets might not have had much training in wildlife medicine. That's where Wildlife Vets ...

Dave Goulson has spent his life getting up close and personal with bees, and many other insects along the way. We chat about the various threats to insect life on the planet, the ramifications of insect disappearance and why...

This episode tells the story of the near-extinction of Asian vultures. In the mid-nineties, millions of vultures began dying, all across the Asian subcontinent. Teams of scientists scrambled to find the cause and to save the ...

Meet the HeroRats of APOPO - African giant pouched rats which are trained to sniff out landmines (in order to remove them and make land safe) and detect tuberculosis in lab samples. In this episode we learn about their traini...

Happy 2023! This episode celebrates Veganuary with a mash-up of clips from famous or influential vegans, telling their stories of how they started on their vegan journeys. Follow the links here to the featured podcasts, and f...

Have you ever wondered if a particular product is really as animal-friendly as it might appear? Never fear, Ethical Consumer are here to help. They are a cooperative that provide tools and resources that can help to answer t...

Happy World Vegan Day 2022! Did you know that Ireland has an ancient heritage of veganism and vegetarianism? Far from being the land of meat and potatoes, the Irish used to enjoy a wide variety of plant-based foods. Let's bri...