Gary Francione
From August 4th, 2013 – present, Go Vegan Radio offers a thought-provoking weekly feature, “Animal Rights Commentary with Professor Gary Francione”
Gary L. Francione is Board of Governors Professor of Law and Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Scholar of Law and Philosophy at Rutgers University School of Law-Newark. Professor Francione has been teaching animal rights and the law for more than 29 years, and he was the first academic to teach animal rights theory in an American law school. He has lectured on the topic throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe, including serving as a member of the Guest Faculty of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He is well known throughout the animal protection movement for his criticism of animal welfare law and the property status of nonhuman animals, and for his abolitionist theory of animal rights. Francione is the author of numerous books and articles on animal rights theory and animals and the law, including The Animal Rights Debate: Abolition or Regulation? (with Dr. Robert Garner) (2010), Animals as Persons: Essays on the Abolition of Animal Exploitation (2008), Introduction to Animal Rights: Your Child or the Dog? (2000), Rain Without Thunder: The Ideology of the Animal Rights Movement (1996), Animals, Property, and the Law (1995), and Vivisection and Dissection in the Classroom: A Guide to Conscientious Objection (with Anna E. Charlton) (1992). Learn more about the Abolitionist Approach by way of essays, radio show interviews and slide show presentations at: http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/ and follow Gary on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/abolitionistapproach
11 August 2013
Retaliation Against Whistleblowers – Guest LESTER FRIEDLANDER, DVM, former USDA inspector, now whistleblower, recounts events leading to his dismissal at the USDA, and the current furor over USDA retaliation against an inspector at Tyson’s in Iowa calling attention to “animal welfare” violations (so much for the “good” done by H$U$ / Global Animal Partnership executive […]
