Monday, March 8, 2004
Special thanks to Ted Vegvari and pvnet.com for hosting the 
Audio Archive: http://live.palosverdes.com/ramgen/watchdog/watchdog20040308.rm

WatchDog explores the effectiveness of  illegal activism, focusing on two recents events: Jerry Greenwalt's early retirement as director of LA animal services, and Senator John Burton's introduction of SB1520, which would ban, in California, the sale and production of foie gras. We hear a spirited argument between those who champion only legal methods and those woh call for Animal Liberation by any means necessary. 

Guests:

Teri Barnato, Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights www.avar.org

 

Pam Ferdin -- child star turned full time animal rights activist and husband Dr. Jerry Vlasak a Los Angeles emergency room surgeon, who was recently banned from the UK for  his willingness to justify violence. They head up the Animal Defense League of LA:   http://www.animaldefense.com/

 

Dan Noyes, Genesis Award winning ABC news reporter, who has covered the foie gras issue the campaign against the Huntingdon Life Sciences Laboratory.

 

Wayne Pacelle, CEO of the Humane Society of the United States www.hsus.org