Episode 60: “‘I want to stay alive…'”

Welcome to the 60^th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Pamela Frasch from the Center for Animal Law Studies, and Scot Fitzsimmons from the vegan shoe store, Sudo Shoes.

In today’s episode, we come to you from Cambridge, Massachusetts, where Mariann is a judge in the Center for Animal Law Studies’ moot court competition at Harvard Law School.

As usual, we are eating our way through the city and reporting on our scrumptions vegan findings.

We’ll be chatting with Scot Fitzsimmons, owner of Cambridge’s brand new all-vegan shoe store, Sudo Shoes. Then, joining us will be Pamela Frasch, Assistant Dean of the Lewis and Clark Law School Animal Law Program & Executive Director of the Center for Animal Law Studies. Pamela will talk to us about the animal law competitions being held during our weekend in Cambridge, and all the amazing work the being done by the Center for Animal Law Studies.

Finally, in honor of our being in Beantown, we asked you what your favorite bean is! The results are a hoot.

All that, vegan banter, and of course, current events from the world of animal rights.

This week’s news items include:

• “Statement by Wayne Pacelle on Ohio Livestock Standards Care Board Vote to Allow Veal Confinement” from HSUS
• “Florida Bill Would Make Undercover Cruelty Investigations a Felony” from Vegan.com
• “Don’t End Agricultural Subsidies, Fix Them” from the New York Times

“Wilbur burst into tears.‘I dont want to die,’ he moaned.‘I want to stay alive, right here in my comfortable manure pile with all my friends. I want to breathe the beautiful air and lie in the beautiful sun.’” E.B. White, in Charlotte’s Web

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