When Canadian animal rights lawyer and Animal Justice Executive Director Camille Labchuk discovered that a Manitoba horse exporter had shipped 97 horses to Japan in December 2022 — on a rerouted flight projected to exceed Canada’s 28-hour transport limit and without a legally required contingency plan covering the full journey — she did something almost unheard of in Canadian animal law: she filed a private prosecution. In this episode, she and host Mariann Sullivan break down the brutal realities of Canada’s live horse export industry, the regulatory failures of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), and the historic trial that followed, with a verdict expected imminently.

• Canada’s live horse export industry exposed: A small number of Canadian exporters factory-farm horses specifically for live export to Japan, where the meat (basashi) is considered a delicacy, with individual shipments fetching over $1 million — yet most Canadians have no idea this industry exists.
• Systemic enforcement failures by the CFIA: Despite clear evidence of repeated violations of Canada’s 28-hour animal transport law and mounting data from Japan showing deaths, collapses, and serious injuries, the CFIA has never charged a single horse transporter — a pattern Animal Justice calls regulatory capture.
• A landmark private prosecution: Animal Justice used Canada’s little-known private prosecution right — rooted in British common law — to charge Carlisle Farms Limited for failing to have a legally required contingency plan covering the full duration of the horses’ journey to Japan, culminating in a two-day trial in Winnipeg in February 2025.
• The “Cruel Cargo” report: New data obtained from Japanese government and feedlot records reveals that in just one year, 9 horses died, 29 collapsed on flights, and 290 others suffered serious injuries or illness — none of which were reported by Canadian exporters or tracked by the CFIA.
• Legislative and legal momentum: A federal bill to ban live horse exports passed the Canadian House of Commons but died in the Senate; Animal Justice is now pushing the new Carney government to revive it, while also pursuing private prosecutions as a tool to force real enforcement of existing animal transport laws.

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Camille Labchuk is an animal rights lawyer and Executive Director of Animal Justice, Canada’s leading legal advocacy organization for animals, where she has spent over 15 years using litigation, investigation, and legislative advocacy to transform how Canada treats animals. Under her leadership, Animal Justice has secured landmark victories including the national ban on whale and dolphin captivity and the defeat of ag gag laws; she has argued cases at the Supreme Court of Canada, testified before legislative committees, and written for outlets including the Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star. A Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, Camille holds degrees from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and Mount Allison University, and brings a unique combination of legal and political strategy to the fight for animals — shaped by her earlier career as a press secretary to a federal party leader and two-time parliamentary candidate.

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In this episode of The Hen Report, Jasmin and Mariann are joined by open rescue pioneer Adam Durand to discuss the dramatic March 15th Ridglan Rescue — a coordinated action in which 100 activists descended on a Wisconsin beagle breeding facility supplying dogs to medical research labs, ultimately freeing 22 dogs despite reinforced doors, an aggressively blocking vehicle, and on-site arrests. Adam shares what it was like inside, why the public response has been unlike anything the movement has seen before, and what comes next as organizers plan a follow-up action with a prospective 2,000 participants.

• The Ridglan Rescue: 100 activists used angle grinders and bolt cutters to breach a Wisconsin beagle breeding facility on March 15th, rescuing 22 dogs bound for use in medical research — a culmination of years of open rescue advocacy led by Wayne Hsiung, Alexandra Paul, Adam Durand, and others from the DxE network.
• Inside the facility: Adam describes conditions identical to factory farms — wire mesh cages, ammonia-saturated air, and near-total sensory deprivation — contradicting the assumption that medical research kennels meet higher welfare standards.
• Public support and media momentum: The rescue generated overwhelming mainstream support, with even law enforcement expressing conflict over the arrests, reflecting a cultural shift in how people view animals.
• Legal landscape: Ridglan faces court findings of illegal cruelty and has been ordered to exit the dog-supply business, but a deal with prosecutors has delayed and denied criminal accountability — the central grievance driving continued direct action.
• What’s next — April 19th, Madison, WI: Organizers are aiming to mobilize 2,000 people for a follow-up action at the Blue Mounds facility; participants can sign up at savethedogs.io and choose roles ranging from front-line rescue (with arrest risk) to public protest on open land.

RESOURCES

• • • • • Adam Durand on episode 847
        • Warm Hearts, Wet Noses, and the Questions We Can’t Ignore
        • Maddie Krasno of Justify on episode 780
        • Melanie Kaplan on episode 884
        • Tom Regan Visiting Research Fellowship
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This week on Rising Anxieties, Mariann digs into the messy, maddening world of animal agriculture — where trade economics trump bird lives, hunting bans aren’t actually hunting bans, a Wisconsin egg farm is trying to buy public wetlands to keep nature away from its chickens, and the dairy lobby is running a protein campaign that conveniently forgot soy milk exists.

• Avian flu vaccine exists — but the industry won’t use it because vaccinated birds can still carry the flu and trade partners penalize vaccinating nations, revealing that export profits consistently outrank animal welfare and disease prevention.
• A quiet Farm Bill provision would ban the use of live animals as lures in hunting dog training, drawing outrage from hunting groups — and raising the question of why live animals were being used as lures in the first place.
• A Wisconsin egg producer is lobbying to purchase state-owned public land originally acquired to expand waterfowl habitat — so it can use federal Wildlife Services to “deter” the waterfowl that keep infecting its flocks.
• Dairy’s new “Protein Power” campaign compares cow milk’s 8g of protein to almond milk’s 1g — a technically true but conveniently misleading comparison that ignores soy milk, which matches dairy, and appears at a children’s museum.
• Carnivore influencer declares tofu “not food,” despite the fact that tofu has been a dietary staple for over 2,000 years — but sure, one athlete’s “tummy” complaints should overturn millennia of culinary history.

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Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan sit down with Penimah (Penny) Tehilah, Executive Director of the Animal Activism Collective (AAC), and Suzie Stork, Executive Director of the Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade (CAFT), for a deep dive into the strategy, structure, and surprising effectiveness of grassroots animal rights campaigning — and why winnable, targeted pressure campaigns are one of the most powerful tools activists have right now.

• The power of winnable campaigns: AAC and CAFT explain why focusing on achievable, specific asks — like fur-free policies — can be so effective, and how this approach has led to wins with over 18 major companies, New York Fashion Week, the Emmy Awards, and more.
• Corporate pressure campaign tactics: Learn how decentralized grassroots networks use protests, disruptions, secondary campaigns, and digital actions to make it “not worth it” for companies to ignore animals — including a 9-month campaign against Condé Nast that spanned 20 cities.
• Welfare vs. abolition — a practical framework: Penny shares her compelling “two cages” analogy for why she believes that welfare campaigns and single-issue campaigns are a strategic bridge toward animal liberation, not a compromise of it.
• How to get involved no matter your comfort level: From holding a sign to doing research, police liaison training, or chalking the sidewalk, guests break down the many entry points into grassroots activism and how AAC’s mentorship and pressure campaign programs help new activists build skills fast.

• Current campaigns and how to take action:CAFT is actively campaigning against Milan Fashion Week sponsors and Etsy’s real fur listings — two high-impact, winnable targets — and needs activists in the U.S., Europe, and Canada. Visit abolishfur.org and animalactivismcollective.com to get involved.

ABOUT OUR GUESTS

Penimah (Penny) Tehilah is the Executive Director of the Animal Activism Collective (AAC), an animal rights organization she co-founded in 2020 focused on grassroots mobilization and activist training. Since getting involved in animal rights in 2018, she has helped bring hundreds of new activists into the movement through AAC’s mentorship program, supported the launch of dozens of local grassroots groups across the U.S., and contributed to major wins including over 100 restaurants adopting foie gras-free policies and numerous luxury fashion brands going fur-free.

Suzie Stork is the Executive Director of the Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade (CAFT), one of the most successful anti-fur organizations in the world, with a decentralized grassroots network spanning more than 50 cities internationally. Under her leadership, CAFT has secured landmark fur-free victories with Vogue, New York Fashion Week, and dozens of luxury brands — while building a scalable organizing model aimed at ending the fur industry entirely and serving as a blueprint for dismantling future industries that exploit animals.

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In this episode of The Hen Report, Jasmin and Mariann dive into the emotional and political landscape of animal advocacy — from the dramatic DXE rescue operation at Ridglan Farms in Wisconsin to a surprising New York Times piece on MAGA figures warming up to animal rights. They also celebrate a major legal win for the long-stalled New York City foie gras ban, discuss the complexities of maintaining friendships with non-vegans, and explore a new academic book asking whether animals, rivers, and, yes, AI can hold fundamental rights. Because apparently we needed to invent a sentient chatbot before we can start taking seriously the creatures who’ve been bleeding and suffering in front of us the whole time.

• Ridglan Farms rescue: DxE activists rescued 22 beagles from the infamous Wisconsin research facility, reigniting conversations about animal experimentation and the emotional toll of animal advocacy
• MAGA and animal rights: A New York Times article explores how figures like Anthony Bellotti (White Coat Waste Project) and Lara Trump are pushing against animal testing — a rare, unexpected alignment between conservative politics and animal protection
• NYC foie gras ban: An appellate court overturned a lower ruling, clearing a major hurdle for New York City’s long-delayed ban on the sale of foie gras
• Veganism and the “bigger tent”: Jasmin and Mariann reflect on navigating relationships with non-vegan allies — including a positive dinner at Rochester vegan restaurant Red Fern — and whether a more inclusive approach strengthens the movement
• New academic book — Fundamental Rights for Non-Humans: Edited by Cambridge scholars, this volume examines whether animals, AI, and nature can hold legal rights, and why animals are still being sidestepped in mainstream conversations about sentience and personhood

RESOURCES

• • • • • MAHAspital SNL skit
        • Culinary cruelty: NYC will soon enforce a ban on this ‘luxury’ food in NYC
        • Anthony Bellotti on Our Hen House Ep 204
        • Waste, Fauci and ‘Transgender’ Mice: How MAGA Is Warming to Animal Rights
        • Fundamental Rights for Non-humans
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Mariann Sullivan is in her feelings — and honestly, same. This week on Rising Anxieties, she unpacks the emotional rollercoaster of the Ridglan beagle rescue, where activists risked arrest to free dogs from a Wisconsin testing facility, and then pivots to the slower-motion disasters unfolding in legislatures and regulatory agencies across the country.

• Ridglan Farms rescue – 22 beagles freed, 8 activists arrested, and 2,000 dogs still waiting. The legal win that wasn’t quite a win.
• Maryland declares Meat Out Day – Governor Wes Moore took on the Farm Bureau and didn’t blink. Is the political calculus on animal issues finally shifting?
• North Carolina’s toothless complaint system – A decade of litigation produced a CAFO oversight system so underfunded and watered-down it barely functions. Shocker.
• EU’s plant-based label crackdown – “Burger” is fine. “Bacon” will get you in trouble. The EU bans meaty words on plant-based products while quietly subsidizing animal agriculture to the tune of €39 billion.
• Republican Farm Bill targets Prop 12 – Colorado’s humane slaughter bill dies, kill line speeds go up, and the Save Our Bacon Act hitches a ride on the Farm Bill. It’s a great week to be a factory farm.

 

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In this timely conversation, Dr. Michael Klaper and Dr. Zach Burns join Jasmin and Mariann to discuss the growing movement to integrate nutrition education into medical school curricula, and why plant-based medicine is more urgently needed — and more achievable — than ever.

The episode covers:

• RFK Jr. secured commitments from 53 U.S. medical schools to add nutrition curriculum, opening the door for plant-based advocates to shape what gets taught
• Dr. Klaper argues nutrition should be woven throughout all four years of medical training — not siloed into a standalone course
• Popular MAHA books Good Energy and Lies I Taught in Medical School acknowledge diet’s role in chronic disease but fail to recommend whole food, plant-based eating
• Moving Medicine Forward’s plant-based nutrition masterclass is being submitted for continuing medical education (CME) credit
• The doctors connect “do no harm” medicine with the links between the standard American diet, chronic disease, animal agriculture, and planetary health

ABOUT OUR GUESTS

Dr. Michael Klaper is a renowned clinician and educator, celebrated for his expertise in diet and health. With a medical degree from the University of Illinois and extensive post-graduate training, Dr. Klaper has dedicated over fifty years to primary care. He now focuses on Moving Medicine Forward, a non-profit educating medical professionals on diet and lifestyle interventions to prevent and reverse chronic diseases. Dr. Klaper has been a nutrition advisor to NASA and a contributor to award-winning films and publications. A diplomate of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, he serves on multiple advisory boards and continues to inspire through his work and resources available at DoctorKlaper.com.

A plant-based nutrition advocate, Zach Burns, DO, MPH, practices medicine to improve the lives of human and non-human beings. He is an assistant professor of family medicine at the University of Rochester as well as associate director for Moving Medicine Forward, a non-profit led by the pioneering plantrician Michael Klaper to cultivate a new generation of health professionals who have the nutritional literacy to tackle chronic disease. His writing and blog can be found at www.herbivores.life.

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Join Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan in this engaging episode of The Hen Report as they delve into the latest in animal rights. From a review of the new Pixar film Hoppers to exploring the idea of existential welfare campaigns, this episode is packed with activism insight. They also discuss whether it’s actually true that vegans are widely disliked and the importance of maintaining a positive outlook in our advocacy.

This episode explores:

• A critical review of Pixar’s Hoppers and its portrayal of animal rights activism.
• The significance of humane education in fostering empathy for animals.
• Debunking the trope that vegans are universally disliked.
• The potential of existential welfarism campaigns in animal advocacy.
• Exciting announcements and resources from the animal rights community.

RESOURCES

• • • • • Laura Clery on Facebook
        • Pluralistic Ignorance and the Animal Protection Movement
        • My Dog is My Home 2026 Conference
        • Our Hen House Episode 792 w/ Christine Kim
        • Ladybird Animal Sanctuary
        • All Creatures Rescue
        • Add Your Voice: The Nature Record National Assessment
        • Nature Report, Killed by Trump, Is Released Independently
        • Is factory farming humanity’s biggest crime?
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Contributions of any amount will go towards our fundraising goal and are hugely appreciated. Our Hen House is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, so it’s tax-deductible. Thank you for helping us create quality content!

Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or your favorite podcatcher, and don’t forget to leave a 5-star review!

Check out Our Hen House’s other podcasts: The Animal Law Podcast, The Teaching Jasmin How to Cook Vegan Podcast, and the Antiracism in Animal Advocacy Audio Series.

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Mariann Sullivan dives into the latest animal rights news, exploring why activists’ maps, while totally legal, have the industry up in arms in California and beyond. This episode of Rising Anxieties tackles the ever-evolving strategies of animal activists and the nervous industry responses.

This episode explores:

• The launch of an interactive map by DXE of California’s livestock sector.
• The impact of digital mapping on coordinated activism and industry reactions.
• Today’s dairy industry and who is left to defend it?
• GLP-1 and its implications for animal agriculture.
• The necessity of pasteurization processing to decontaminate raw milk.

 

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Contributions of any amount will go towards our fundraising goal and are hugely appreciated. Our Hen House is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, so it’s tax-deductible. Thank you for helping us create quality content!

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Check out Our Hen House’s other podcasts: The Animal Law Podcast, The Teaching Jasmin How to Cook Vegan Podcast, and the Antiracism in Animal Advocacy Audio Series.

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Join us this week for an engaging conversation with Sarah Levy and Captain Paul Watson as they discuss their groundbreaking book, The Only Flag Worth Flying: Direct Action and The Enforcement of International Marine Conservation Law. This episode dives into the critical challenges facing marine life and how the Captain Paul Watson Foundation is stepping in to fill enforcement gaps.

This episode explores:

• The dire state of marine life due to the diminishment of phytoplankton and its implications.
• The challenges of enforcing international marine conservation laws and the role of NGOs.
• Direct action strategies by the Captain Paul Watson Foundation to combat illegal operations.
• The impact of the High Seas Treaty and its enforcement challenges.
• The role of Indigenous governance and non-state actors in marine conservation.

ABOUT OUR GUESTS

Captain Paul Watson is a Canadian-American marine conservationist and founder of the Greenpeace Foundation, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, and Captain Paul Watson Foun/dation. A pioneer in direct-action conservation, he has led numerous campaigns to protect marine wildlife globally. His work has been featured in series like Whale Wars and documentaries such as The Cove and Watson. Author of books like Ocean Warrior, he has received honors including the Amazon Peace Prize and the Jules Verne Medal for Conservation. Time magazine recognized him as one of the 100 Environmental Heroes of the 20th Century.

Sarah Levy is a legal scholar and educator focusing on marine conservation law, integrating environmental, animal, and Indigenous rights. Her work bridges scholarship and advocacy, examining law as both an instrument of oppression and a tool of resistance for ecological and interspecies justice. Currently a PhD candidate at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford, her research explores the impacts of conflating distinct sealing practices in Canada. Sarah holds a Juris Doctor and Master of Environmental Studies from Osgoode Hall Law School and a Bachelor of Arts from Trinity College, University of Toronto. Called to the Bar of Ontario, she teaches environmental and animal law at St. Catherine’s College, Oxford, and lectures at George Brown College, Toronto.

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Check out Our Hen House’s other podcasts: The Animal Law Podcast, The Teaching Jasmin How to Cook Vegan Podcast, and the Antiracism in Animal Advocacy Audio Series.

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In this episode of The Hen Report, Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan delve into the psychological barriers to activism and the importance of community action for animal rights. They discuss a thought-provoking YouTube video that explores feelings of powerlessness and how to overcome them. The conversation highlights the role of community and small actions in creating significant change for animals.

This episode explores:

• A discussion on feelings of helplessness in activism and how community action can combat this.
• Insights from a Barry’s Economics video on the psychology of powerlessness and its relevance to animal rights.
• The importance of agency and small actions in advocacy work.
• Recent positive developments in vegan products, including IKEA’s and Starbucks’ new vegan offerings.
• A call to action for lawyers interested in teaching animal law through a workshop at Oklahoma City University.

RESOURCES

• • • • • There Is Reason For Hope. Here’s The Proof – Barry’s Economics
        • IKEA And Tiny Chef Launch New Vegan-Friendly Falafel Balls
        • Widespread public support and pluralistic ignorance associated with United States Animal Protection Policy
        • The ‘vegan but bacon’ principle is here. Could it help us achieve our goals?
        • Law Lecturers’ Workshops
        • Boycott (Cow’s) Milk Let’s get these babies back with their mamas.
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Contributions of any amount will go towards our fundraising goal and are hugely appreciated. Our Hen House is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, so it’s tax-deductible. Thank you for helping us create quality content!

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