Can Mother Earth hold the same rights as people?

Is it possible to grant Mother Earth the same rights as people? And what does that mean? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation on a new law in Bolivia, which redefines natural resources as blessings and gives nature the same rights as human beings. How does it translate into policy? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Is it possible to curtail climate change and environmental destruction by giving Mother Earth the same rights as humans? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Dr. Wilma Subra, founder and president of the Subra Company of New Iberia and an accomplished environmental scientist who has been on the frontlines fighting for the rights of local communities in Louisiana following the Gulf Spill.

Pablo Solon, Bolivia's Ambassador to the United Nations.

Martin Wagner, the managing attorney at Earth Justice, an organization that works through the courts on behalf of citizen groups, scientists, and other parties to ensure government agencies and private interests follow the law.

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Do slaughterhouse videos influence you?

Do slaughterhouse videos change your opinion of how animals should be treated? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about undercover investigations into how animals are slaughtered for food. Have you been influenced by amateur videos and how? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. There have been efforts in many states to make these videos illegal. What do these videos reveal about how we treat animals? And should they be legislated? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Tom Laskawy, a contributing writer on food and agriculture for Grist Magazine

Nathan Runkle, the founder and executive director of Mercy For Animals

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Are animals organizing resistance to humans?

When confined animals trample their trainers or escape from their cages, are they accidents? Or are they resisting? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Jason Hribal, author of Fear of the Animal Planet: The Hidden History of Animal Resistance. He argues that confined animals rebel with intent and purpose on a daily basis. Chimps escape their cages, circus elephants attack their trainers, tigers refuse to perform. Is this evidence of organized resistance? Is there a difference between human and animal resistance? It's Your Call with me, Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Jason Hribal, author of Fear of the Animal Planet: The Hidden History of Animal Resistance

Colleen Kinzey, general curator at the Oakland Zoo

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Is Antarctica the canary in the coal mine?

On the next Your Call, we'll speak with Fen Montaigne, author of Fraser's Penguins: A Journey to the Future in Antarctica. Montaigne spent 5 months with penguin researcher Bill Fraser, documenting the effects of climate change on Antarctica and its inhabitants, including the rapidly diminishing colonies of Adelie penguins. What do the changing landscape and ecosystems of Antarctica bode for the rest of us as the planet heats up? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Guest:
Fen Montaigne, journalist and author of Fraser's Penguins: A Journey to the Future in Antarctica

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Has an Oscar saved Japan's dolphins?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Louie Psihoyos, director of the Oscar-winning documentary, The Cove. The film reveals the annual slaughter of tens of thousands of dolphins in a small town in Japan, a reality that the Japanese government would rather stay hidden. But now the story is out to the world. We had Louie Psihoyos on the show back in August before the film took off. Has anything changed for the dolphins and our oceans since then? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Louie Psihoyos, director of The Cove

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Your Call 080509 Can a documentary save thousands of dolphins from slaughter?

Can a documentary save thousands of dolphins from slaughter? On the next Your Call we will speak with Louie Psihoyos, director of the new documentary The Cove. The Cove reveals an annual slaughter of tens of thousands of dolphins in a small town in Japan. It won the audience award at Sundance in 2009 and followed Psihoyos' extreme efforts to film a slaughter the Japanese government wanted to keep hidden. Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 a.m. What are you doing to save dolphins? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Louie Psihoyos

Director of the Cove, winner of the audience award at Sundance in 2009. Psihoyos was a photographer for National Geographic for 18 years and his photography has appeared in Fortune, Smithsonian, The New York Times Magazine and Rock and Ice.

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Your Call 123008 Why can't animals find their way?

Why is it becoming so difficult for animals to find their way? On the next Your Call, we'll replay a conversation we had with David Wilcove, author of No Way Home: The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations. A Princeton biologist, Wilcove warns that because of the growing human population and our insatiable demand for resources, the phenomenon of migration is disappearing. What can we do to make sure animals get to where they are going? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests: David Wilcove, author of No Way Home: The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations

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Your Call 061608 Rough times at the S.F. Zoo

What is happening at the San Francisco Zoo? On the Next Your Call, well have a conversation about future plans for the Zoo. The San Francisco Zoological Society oversees zoo operations for the city and San Francisco Supervisor Chris Daly recently introduced a resolution to turn the 100-acre facility into a rescue house for domestic and exotic animals. What changes would you like to see? And what do you want from the zoo? It's Your Call, with me, Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:

Les Schobert worked in zoos for more than 30 years, including as General Curator of the Los Angeles Zoo and the North Carolina Zoo.

Deniz Bolbol, spokesperson for In Defense of Animals.

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