Animals

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Activist Group Uses Virtual Reality Cameras to Document Animal Abuse

Airs at: Thu, 07/06/2017 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Today, the animal rights activist group Direct Action Everywhere, or DxE, released a new type of footage from inside an industrial pig farm. Activists infiltrated Circle Four Farms in Milford, Utah, one of the country’s largest pig production facilities. They used newly dev... Read more

Removal of Federal Protection from Grizzly Bears

Airs at: Thu, 06/22/2017 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  The U-S Department of the Interior today announced that it would be removing federal protections from grizzly bears in the area of Yellowstone National Park. In a press release, Interior Secretary and former Montana Republican congressman Ryan Zinke called the decision ... Read more

Marc Bekoff on The Animal's Agenda

Airs at: Wed, 06/28/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
  We humans pride ourselves on our singular intelligence and sensitivity, but each day brings new stories about the the intelligence and depth of feeling experienced by other animals. The Animals' Agenda  makes a strong case that it is past time we use what we know about i... Read more

SAVING THE ORANGUTANS

Airs at: Mon, 06/26/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Voices for the Animals
  Host Dab Steadman talks with Dr. Birute Galdikas, the world's foremost expert on orangutans.   For more than four decades, Dr. Galdkas has studied and worked closely with these great apes in their native habitat in Indonesian Borneo.  She has been on the cover of Nationa... Read more

Lincoln County Spray Ban Reactions

Airs at: Thu, 06/01/2017 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Yesterday, KBOO reported on the victory of a ballot measure in Lincoln County, Oregon, that bans the aerial spraying of pesticides and herbicides. It also establishes community environmental rights, pre-empting so-called “corporate rights,” which lead to local jurisdictions... Read more

Trump Withdraws US from Climate Deal

Airs at: Thu, 06/01/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
President Trump announced today that he is withdrawing the United States from the Paris Climate agreement. This comes after several days of speculation on what the predictably unpredictable president would do after meeting with European leaders, who tried to pressure him in... Read more

Lincoln County Aerial Spray Ban Passes

Airs at: Wed, 05/31/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
A ballot measure has passed in the Lincoln County May Special Election which bans the aerial spraying of pesticides. It also includes language pre-empting corporate rights in favor of community rights, and is the first such law to be passed directly by voters in the nation.... Read more

Wolf Plan Hearing in Portland Tomorrow

Airs at: Thu, 05/18/2017 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has a Wolf Plan, and it is up for review and revision every five years. The ODFW is holding a public listening session in Portland tomorrow to hear public input on the plan. KBOO reporter Sam Bouman spoke with Danielle Moser, the ... Read more

Interview: Mercy Corps' South Sudan Director

Airs at: Mon, 05/08/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
The United Nations on Monday declared that 1 million children have fled from conflict and famine in South Sudan. According to a joint press release from the UN Children’s Fund and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, another million children are displaced within the coun... Read more

Borne by Jeff Vandermeer

Airs at: Thu, 05/25/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Named one of the most anticipated books of 2017 by The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Book Riot, Chicago Reader, The Week, and Publishers Weekly. "Supremely literary, distinctly unusual . . . VanderMeer’s deep talent for worldbuilding takes him into realms more remini... Read more