On this week’s edition of Sentients, my guest will be Robert C. Jones, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at CSU, Chico. Robert C. Jones received his PhD in philosophy from Stanford University in 2005 where his doctoral research examined the moral significance of nonhuman animal cognition. His professional research investigates the substantive cognitive properties that bear on the ethical treatment and moral considerability of both human and nonhuman animals. In addition, his research includes food ethics, environmental ethics, mind and cognition, species studies, and the question of what it is to be human. He currently writes for the online blogging site, Ethics and Animals.

Recently, Robert gave a talk (below) at The Center for Science, Technology, Medicine and Society at UC Berkeley titled “Eating Animals: A Funny Kind of Love”. The program will start off with the audio from that talk, followed by a conversation about veganism and the ethics of eating animals.

Tune in on Tuesday at FM 90.1 KZFR in Chico or online at http://www.kzfr.org at 5:30 pm PST.

On this week’s edition of Sentients, my guest will be author, activist and Catskill Animal Sanctuary founder Kathy Stevens. Catskill Animal Sanctuary is based in Saugerties, NY and is a 110-acre haven for horses and farm animals rescued from cruelty and neglect. Kathy has written two books, “Where the Blind Horse Sings” and “Animal Camp”, writes for the Huffington Post, and oversees the day to day operations of the sanctuary.

 Tune in on Tuesday at 5:30 pm at FM 90.1 KZFR in Chico or online at http://www.kzfr.org.

Undercover investigations by animal-welfare groups like Mercy for Animals have led to landmark corporate animal-welfare-policy reforms, new and improved laws to protect farmed animals and the environment, felony convictions of animal abusers, increased consumer protection and food safety initiatives, and the closure of particularly corrupt facilities. Assembly Bill 343, the “ag-gag” bill recently introduced in California, has been under fire from animal activists and seemingly protected by those in the animal agriculture industry. What does legislation like this mean for the animals and for our food safety? On the phone with me today will be Matt Rice, Director of Investigations with Mercy for Animals. We’ll be discussing AB 343 and similar bills that have been introduced in other states.

 To sign the petion against AB 343, and for more information, click on the following link:

http://www.change.org/petitions/anti-whistleblower-bills-ag-gag-measures-aim-to-keep-us-in-the-dark-about-factory-farming-2

Please visit these websites to send a letter to your representatives:

https://secure2.convio.net/ida/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=2379

https://secure.humanesociety.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=6003&s_src=web_vanity_ca

In what has become a three-part series on finding solutions for Chico’s stray and feral cats, my guest on today’s program will be Jennifer Fearing, California’s Senior State Director with the Humane Society of the United States. Recently, a cat predation study was released that reported cats as the killers of billions of small mammals annually. Jennifer and I will be discussing the study and the possible solutions to cats living outdoors.

Tune in today at FM 90.1 KZFR in Chico or online at http://www.kzfr.org at 5:30pm PST.

And, as always, be good humans.

On today’s Sentients, I will be rebroadcasting two previous programs, tying them together to discuss the new policies at the Chico Animal Shelter. My guests will be Tracy Mohr, Animal Services Manager at CAS, and Dr. Kate Hurley, Director of the Koret Shelter Medicine Program at the UC Davis Center for Companion Animal Health. The new policies stem from extensive research performed by Dr. Hurley, and based on the success of these same policies implemented at other shelters around California. Tune in today at 5:30 pm at FM 90.1 KZFR in Chico or online at http://www.kzfr.org.

My guest on today’s program will be Kate Hurley, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and she has has received a Masters of Preventive Veterinary Medicine. Kate Hurley is the Director of the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program at the UC Davis Center for Companion Animal Health. She works with animal shelters to improve the lives of the animals that enter shelter doors. As a follow up to last week’s program, which focused on some of the policy changes that are going to take place at the Chico Animal Shelter, Kate and I will be talking about what these changes mean and shelters that have implemented these ideas.

Tune in today at FM 90.1 KZFR in  Chico or online at www.kzfr.org.

And, as always, be good humans.

To listen to my conversation with Dr. Kate Hurley, click the link.

Last February, the City of Chico took charge of the animal shelter formerly ran by the Butte Humane Society. What does this change mean to the stray and surrendered animals in Chico? On the phone with me today is Tracy Mohr, Animal Services Manager with the Chico Animal Shelter. We will be discussing the recent policy changes that will affect the shelter’s animal acceptance policies and positively impact the lives of the animals that enter the Fair Street facility. Tune in today at FM 90.1 KZFR in Chico or online at www.kzfr.org at 5:30pm PST.

Chicoans, this is a very important topic and should prove to be informative. If you’re curious as to what the policy changes will be and how it’ll impact the stray, surrendered (owner relinquished) and feral cats, you should definitely tune in.

And, as always, be good humans.

To listen to my conversation with Tracy, click here.