OHNHR Podcast 15 - Talking to Animal Welfarists

In 2011, Carolyn Bailey of ARZone, Jordan Wyatt of the Invercargill Vegan Society, and I tried to get to the bottom of a proposition made by Gary Francione that talking to "welfarists" is harder than talking to members of the general public. 

This is the original blurb... In this podcast, I'm happy to be joined by Carolyn Bailey of Animal Rights Zone (ARZone) and Jordan Wyatt of Coexisting With Nonhuman Animals Podcast. 

The task we set ourself was to explore the idea that those who take an abolitionist approach to animal rights have more difficulty talking to animal welfarists than they have in speaking to members of the public. 

Both Carolyn and Jordan have had recent experience of interacting with a range of people concerned about live exports from Australia and Indonesia. They have exchanged views on Facebook with meat eaters who have set up anti-live exports pages and with people who regard themselves as animal advocates. 

The topic of the podcast was prompted by a subject raised in an ARZone Podcast about who we talk to as animal advocates.