Our political, societal and legislative landscape is changed by the information whistleblowers and activists bring to light, and in the current legal and political system, they often do this at great cost to themselves and their families.
In today's show, Meg and Trev explore what this means for the activists who collect and disseminate footage from slaughterhouses, farms and other locations within the animal agriculture industry, and how our country's current 'Ag Gag' laws actively discourage and restrict the truth of what is occuring from being made public.
ABC 7.30 report on Farm Transparency Project's footage of pig slaughterhouses:
https://animalsaustralia.org/our-work/farmed-animals/australias-pig-gas-...
Music by Umbra Moon
Army of me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNzkS_q5rGw&list=OLAK5uy_klgG4sDLBxBsx43...
It don't work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pg6Y5wBQuI
Goodbye https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJJ-iME3FtA
Image by davide ragusa https://unsplash.com/photos/herd-of-sheep-in-grayscale-photo-cDwZ40Lj9eo
The Freedom of Species Team