Camille Labchuk (@CamilleLabchuk) executive director of Animal Justice (@AnimalJustice) talks with Mark Leiren-Young (@Leirenyoung) about Canada’s new laws to finish shark-finning & cancel cetacean captivity and fighting for legal rights for animals and vegans. Skaana connects you with eco-heroes sharing ideas about oceans, eco-ethics, the environment and how you can change the world. “Canada hadn’t passed any serious new animal protection legislation since the eighteen hundreds. That’s pretty shocking to most people.” – Camille Labchuk You can use the affiliate links below to support the pod. Join the Pod……https://www.patreon.com/mobydoll Skaana Tip Jar… https://paypal.me/skaana Skaana home…..skaana.org Skaana on iTunes… Skaana.ca Facebook………..https://www.facebook.com/skaanapod/ Twitter……………https://twitter.com/leirenyoung The Killer Whale Who Changed the World…. http://amzn.to/2pRNU1q Check out our YouTube playlist of videos related to this Podcast Episode: Show Notes: Intro [00:00] Free Willy Bill [04:20] Senator Don Plett trying to kill the bill [7:12] Sanctuaries and the Whale Sanctuary Project [9:21] Shark Finning Bill [13:13] Rob Stewart and Sharkwater [17:18] Bill C68 [21:42] How is beastiality still a thing? [22:34] Governments protecting businesses [25:33] Orcas and personhood: Why don’t orcas have legal standing? [30:24] Ethical Veganism case [37:12] Next steps – animal laws are outdated[42:31] The importance of language [44:02] How Camille became involved in animal rights [46:53] A moment for hope [50:38] Extro [54:18] Home for a Rest [55:23] And much more… Significant quotes: “Canada hadn’t passed any serious new animal protection legislation since the eighteen hundreds. That’s pretty shocking to most people.” [8:46] “We’ve got this obligation to animals as a society to try to help them if we can.” [12:42] “We never would have come this far, and people never would have known about the industry, if not for Rob Stewart’s Sharkwater film in the first place. I mean, I don’t know about you, but that was definitely the first time that I was exposed to the idea that shark finning existed, and I think it’s what mobilized a lot of people to take action.” [17:42] “The problem Mark, is that animals are victims of crime. They can’t report abuse themselves. They can’t speak up for themselves if there’s no one around to listen. And they’re often isolated and kept behind closed doors by abusers and it’s very, very difficult for anyone to know or detect what’s going on.” [22:56] “I think the problem is that governments seem to think these days that their role is to protect businesses, their roles are to protect industry — and if some other aspect of our laws, including endangered species laws, it’s inconvenient. To that end, they’re happy just to disregard it.” [26:38] “It’s in the economic interests of many humans to keep animals in the position th...
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