S2, Ep18: Stray Cat Alliance with Christi Metropole

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week on The ChickPeeps, Robbie, Tylor and Evy visit the Stray Cat Alliance headquarters and talk to founder, Christi Metropole about her work running a shelter that saves and rehomes 1,400 cats per year. We discuss the role of vegan advocacy in an animal welfare organisation, the inherent inner conflict vegans face when adopting a cat, and the imperfect solutions we have to the problem of overpopulation. Also in this episode...</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Christi shares how her vegan values and her love of cats went hand in hand, and the decision to advocate for veganism through her work in animal welfare..</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How Christi 'trapped' her first cat and began her mission to protect cats when she founded Stray Cat Alliance.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Christi explains the 'Trap, Neuter, Return' program and why culling animals in the wild doesn't work to control the population.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Isn't spaying and neutering our companion animals taking away the reproductive rights of that individual?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Christi highlights the urgency for resources for companion animals in underserved communities.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">We discuss the inner conflict of vegans who feed their cats a meat diet.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Christi explains why Stray Cat Alliance is a 'No-Kill' organisation and why she believes the no-kill approach 'isn't a fantasy'.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Christi gives her opinion on open admission shelters in LA.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">We talk about why the animal welfare community puts such a strong emphasis on the 'Adopt, Don't Shop' initiative for companion animals.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Momo and Evy discuss listener, Samantha's question as to when does the frustration towards one's non vegan friends and family subside.</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Links</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Check out</span> <a href="https://straycatalliance.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stray Cat Alliance</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://straycatalliance.org/how-we-help/fostering/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Foster a cat</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">with Stray Cat Alliance</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Follow SCA on</span> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/straycatalliance/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instagram</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span> <a href="https://twitter.com/StrayCat_SCA"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Twitter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/TheStraycatalliance"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Youtube</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/StrayCatAlliance/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Facebook</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><strong>Social Media</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Twitter:</span> <a href="https://twitter.com/ChickPeepsPod"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@ChickPeepsPod</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instagram:</span> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/chickpeepspod/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@ChickPeepsPod</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Facebook:</span> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ChickPeepsPodcast/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@ChickPeepsPodcast</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Momoko Hill:</span> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/oh_momoko/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@oh_momoko</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Robbie Jarvis:</span> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/RobbJarvis/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@robbjarvis</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tylor Starr:</span> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tylorstarr/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@tylorstarr</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Evanna Lynch:</span> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/msevylynch/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@msevylynch</span></a></p>