S2, Ep21: Keeping Animals in the Wild with Katie Tostevin-Hobbs

<p><strong>This episode is brought to you by Vivo Life! Use our code 'chickpeeps10' to get 10% off your order at</strong> <a href="https://www.vivolife.com/"><strong>vivolife.com</strong></a><strong>!</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As the world continues to battle a global pandemic that originated from contact with a wild animal, it seems timely to contemplate humanity's relationship to wild animals. So this week on Chickeeps, Evy speaks to longtime animal welfare activist and vegan, Katie Tostevin-Hobbs of World Animal Protection about what it means to create safe and respectful boundaries between people and wild animals.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">We discuss why it's unethical to use animals in entertainment, what wild animals really shouldn't be kept as pets, and also why some animal welfare organisations choose not to take a publicly vegan stance.</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Katie shares how a love for animals from a young age inspired her to devote her life to protecting them.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How one man was left a wooly monkey in his inheritance and how it lead to the founding of a monkey sanctuary and protection for monkeys in the pet trade.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What is meant by 'wild animals in entertainment' and does it always involve animal cruelty?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Seeing the problem from all perspectives: Katie explains how the mahouts and exployees of elephant riding companies are victims to the system too, and what World Animal Protection do to help them find a new livelihood.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How to open a dialogue with people who work in the animals in entertainment sector.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What to do when you see a friend posting about swimming with dolphins?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What's the definition of a wild animal that shouldn't be kept as a pet?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What is the most ethical thing to do if you already have a wild animal as a pet?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Katie explains the Promise4Wildlife and how important it is to shift public perception of wild animals in entertainment.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why Katie chooses to work in animal welfare, and the impact WAP has on animals in factory farming systems.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Will World Animal Protection ever take a publicly vegan stance?</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Links</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Check out</span> <a href="https://www.monkeysanctuary.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Monkey Sanctuary</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">that Katie worked at!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Check out the work of</span> <a href="https://www.worldanimalprotection.org.uk/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">World Animal Protection</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Take World Animal Protection's</span> <a href="https://www.worldanimalprotection.org.uk/promise4wildlife#slice-1"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">#Promise4Wildlife</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">World Animal Protection's</span> <a href="https://www.worldanimalprotection.org.uk/elephant-friendly-tourist-guide"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Elephant-friendly tourism guide</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">World Animal Protection on COVID-19:</span> <a href="https://www.worldanimalprotection.org.uk/news/message-about-covid-19-crisis-1"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">'We must unite to end wild animal exploitation.'</span></a></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>