The Animal Guide for Curious Humans
Concerned about the impact we humans are having on them? Then charge up those AirPods - or Bluetooth headset - and get ready for The Animal Guide for Curious Humans. Creator and host Maureen Armstrong brings animal lovers, wildlife experts and decision makers together to discuss the habits and behaviours of animals—including us—and ways we can live together harmoniously in light of ever-increasing population, resource and climate pressures. The Animal Guide for Curious Humans will educate you, entertain you, and get you thinking globally so you can act locally. Discover more about Maureen and the show on the The Animal Guide’s About page. Discover more at TheAnimalGuide.com. And be sure to tune in, like, subscribe and share; our animal friends are counting on us!
Episodes
29 episodes
Elephants - Our Majestic Friends
Today we are focussing on one of most intelligent, socially complex, and inspiring animals on the planet; elephants. While being indigenous to just two continents Africa and Asia, elephants are easily one of the most recognizable mammals ...
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46:45
Music to Our Ears - A Look at Some Farm Animal Welfare Studies
Today we will be exploring some interesting studies relating to the welfare of farmed animals. As we have discussed before, billions of farmed animals around the world endure significant suffering and inhumane treatment to feed humans, la...
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34:52
Ending Bear Bile Farming
When you think about medicine and animals, what comes to mind? For a lot of us, we first think of animal testing; clinical trials, lab mice, etc. But we don’t tend to think so much about the ingredients in our medicines and what ani...
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Caring for Zoo and Aquarium Animals
Happy July everyone! Our guest today is Dr. Heather Bacon, Dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Central Lancashire in the United Kingdom. Heather has worked internationally on veterinary education and anima...
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58:00
The Cat Did What? Cat Behaviour and You
Today we are exploring the world of domestic cat behaviour. Chances are either you have a cat in your family or you know someone who does. There are around 400 million cats in households around the globe. We humans have long had a f...
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49:58
Croc Docs – Protecting Wildlife from Non-native and Invasive Species
Today, we are talking about the impact of non-native and invasive wildlife when they are introduced into an environment. What effect can they have on native wildlife and the ecosystem on which they rely. Today’s guest is Paul Evans,...
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54:35
I Feel You: The Human Animal Connection
Today we are exploring the healing power of connecting with animals. You have probably heard of programs in hospitals and nursing homes where animals, typically dogs, are brought in to interact with patients. The human-animal engage...
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53:51
The Great Ape Escape: Finding Refuge at the Center for Great Apes
Today’s guest is Patti Ragan, founder and president of the Center for Great Apes in southcentral Florida. The Center is a sanctuary for orangutans and chimpanzees, many of whom were in the entertainment industry. Others were persona...
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A Life Well Lived - The Whale Sanctuary Project
We know a great deal about cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) thanks to the remarkable work of scientists all over the world. They have been studied in their natural habitat as well as in captivity. As a result, scientists h...
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Pain in the Cat - The Feline Grimace Scale
How do we know when an animal is experiencing acute pain? As it turns out, for at least some animals like felines, a good indicator of their experience of pain can be seen in their faces. As we humans wince or grimace when we experi...
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Feeling Groovy – The Five Domains of Animal Welfare
How can we tell if an animal is truly well and has quality of life? The five domains model of animal welfare is designed to help scientists, veterinarians, animal caregivers in zoos and others evaluate and monitor the welfare of animals.&...
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Monkey Business – Tails from a Primate Sanctuary
Monkeys are smart, sophisticated autonomous beings born to be wild and live in communities with their own kind. They aren’t meant to be pets or entertainers. Yet there are so many among us far from their natural habitat mainly due t...
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58:25
Saving Mountain Gorillas
If you had to guess, how many mountain gorillas do you think remain in the wild today? For context, there are 7.9 billion humans in the world. How many mountain gorillas do you think there are? The answer: just 1,063.&nb...
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58:31
Why Did The Chicken Cross the Road? To Cool Off!
It is estimated that around 65 billion broiler chickens are consumed by humans every year. Yet, how much do we really know about them? Today’s guest is doing fascinating and important research in animal behaviour, particularly chick...
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Letting Wild Cats be Wild
On today’s episode, we are taking a look at wild cats who have found themselves in human hands. Lions, tigers, lynx, servals, and other species of wild cats can be targets for profiteers running roadside petting zoos or who are filling a ...
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Episode 15
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50:32
Animals in the News
Today’s episode is a brief one to touch base on some current news items and to tell you about some of the great episodes we have coming up. We start with the recent heartbreaking story from Dallas, Texas where a little two ye...
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Episode 14
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7:06
Why we need to stop killing animals for fashion
Why is anyone still wearing fur despite the decades of protests against this practice?Unless you live in a remote community in which fur is used in the context of living responsibly off the land and as part of your culture, you don't nee...
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Episode 13
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59:31
How to shop cruelty-free
More and more consumers are animal lovers, and their love of animals extends to what they buy. So more consumers are making purchasing decisions based on whether products are tested on animals. Many manufacturers have embraced cruel...
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Episode 12
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Why we need legal personhood for animals
What are animals exactly? Are they just things? Are they property? Can they be persons even though they aren’t people? We share background on an important legal case on the question of whether an elephant is...
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Episode 12
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19:53
Overexploited fish and seafood need protection. Here’s what you can do
In this episode of The Animal Guide we explore the systems used to put aquatic life on our plates, and how we can improve the lives of aquatic animals.Our guest is Catalina Lopez from the Aquatic Life Institut...
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Episode 13
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58:06
DOGS! And the value of a great trainer
In the newest episode of The Animal Guide podcast show, we discuss one of the world’s most popular pets - dogs. Our guest is dog trainer Helen Prinold from the Canadian Association of Professional Dog Trainers. Helen has a Mas...
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Episode 12
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54:30
Animal welfare in China
Obtaining an accurate picture of animal welfare in China requires understanding of history, culture and politics in this large and complex country. In this episode, Dr. Peter Li, a distinguished scholar and China animal policy exp...
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Episode 8
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Managing encounters with wolves and other wildlife
In episode 007 of The Animal Guide, we continue our conversation with Meg Toom. Be sure to listen to episode 006, Encounters With Wildlife<...
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Episode 7
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