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Seems like the human race never learns. We just got through one massive, global pandemic that killed many millions of people. Now, fears surrounding Bird Flu are making headlines like: Experts Warn of Bird Flu Pandemic As Signals of Mutation Mount. That from ScienceAlert. SciTechDaily's headline reads: Alarming Mutation in H5N1 Virus Raises Pandemic Red Flags. The article goes on to say: "A recent study published in Science and funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has found that a single alteration in a protein on the surface of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus—currently present in U.S. dairy cows—could significantly increase its potential for human-to-human transmission." And, now, the USDA is going be testing cow's milk! NBC News reports: "The mandate targeting bulk milk transporters and dairy processors is meant to help identify herds that have caught the virus, which has spread among livestock." So, what happens when they find Bird Flu? They've already killed millions of exposed chickens by baking them to death in a cruel mass-killing process called Ventilation Shutdown!  Are they going to bake the cows to death too? Would it be too crazy to suggest that humans should just stop torturing and killing 92 BILLION ANIMALS for food every year in dangerously cramped industrial factory farming systems? Here to discuss is Free From Harm's Robert Grillo and Amber Canavan, PETA's Vegan Campaigns Project Manager with UnchainedTV host Jane Velez-Mitchell.   

“Because They Need Us” is a page-turner that reads like a thriller as Judie Mancuso faces off against powerful interests making $ off animal abuse. Order now: https://shorturl.at/REtC5 Mancuso is a powerhouse who has passed many crucial laws to save animals, with a focus on California, the world's 5th largest economy. Now, thanks to her new tell-all book, she's revealing her most successful methods and strategies! UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell is talking to Judie and her right hand man, attorney Nick Sackett, about it all. Through her organization, Social Compassion in Legislation, Mancuso has pushed through a ban on selling puppy mill dogs in California pet stores, a California ban on selling cosmetics that are tested on animals, a law that allows dogs in restaurant patios and many, many more crucial pieces of legislation. How does she do it? What can you do to help? Let's find out.

Animal Rising has made global headlines with its risk-taking actions including: sending hundreds of protesters to disrupt England's most famous horse race, rescuing lambs from the estate of the King of England and occupying massive dairy factories. Their mission is to reinvent humanity's broken relationship with animals by getting people to understand that it is morally wrong to use, abuse and kill animals for food, fashion, entertainment or experimentation. Often wearing matching pink sweatshirts, Animal Rising members risk arrest and even their lives to confront, in a nonviolent way, people who are participating in animal exploitation. In this interview, UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell talks to Animal Rising Co-Director Ben Newman and Animal Rising associate Rose Patterson. To learn more and to get involved, visit: https://www.animalrising.org/

In this extraordinary show, you will meet Delilah, a cat who survived hellish, taxpayer funded experiments at a USDA lab before being rescued by Anthony Bellotti, the President & Founder of White Coat Waste, whom you'll also meet. Millions of other animals are not so lucky. Right now, about 14,000 cats and kittens are trapped in laboratories. The domestic shorthair is one of America's most popular pets. But federal government agencies like the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA), the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the Dept. of Defense (DOD) have spent millions to buy, breed, and abuse felines in wasteful laboratory torture—and YOU, the taxpayers, pay the bill whether you approve of this government sanctioned sadism or not.   But there's hope. White Coat Waste is a bipartisan campaign to expose and close the U.S. government's cat and animal experimentation business. WCW proclaims that, over the last 5 years, it has shut down all confirmed labs causing pain and distress to cats inside the federal government and won the first-ever federal policies to retire and release survivors as pets. Now WCW is leading the fight to end taxpayer-funded cat and kitten experimentation across the United States. WCW Founder and President Anthony Bellotti (along with Delilah) joins UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell to reveal what YOU can do to stop these wasteful experiments. To get involved and help, visit: https://www.whitecoatwaste.org

Ft. Wayne, Indiana's Vegan Restaurant Month shows how America is going vegan, town by town! Ft. Wayne, Indiana is America's 83rd largest city in terms of population. It's the heart of the heartland and a typical example of America's Midwest. And, it's leaning plant-based as evidenced by the success of its Vegan Restaurant Month celebration, which is taking place all this month, through the end of November. Heather and JR Dahman are the husband and wife team leading the charge to show city residents the joys and health benefits of plant-based living. Fittingly, they also run a company called The Herbivore Next Door. Now, let's get the skinny on how they are veganizing their friends, neighbors, restaurants and institutions by showing everyone in their community that going plant-based is no sacrifice. It's a joyous adventure towards better health, sustainability and compassion for all beings. Every city needs to copy this model. Visit: FortWayneVegan.com and https://theherbivorenextdoor.com for more.

BREAKING NEWS - How artificial intelligence will save India's elephants from being hit by trains. Famed filmmaker and elephant advocate Sangita Iyer will announce that the AI-based equipment for ???? ???????????????? ?????????????? to be installed inside India's famed ???????????????????? ???????????????? ?????????????????? has FINALLY arrived!   Her incredible team is conducting surveys along treacherous train tracks, pinpointing the exact locations where these cutting-edge devices will be installed to ?????????? ?????????? conductors, ???????????????? ???????? ???? ???????????? ???????????????? ???????????? ?????? ?????????? ?????????????????? ???????????????? ????????????, ???????????????? ???????? ?????????????????? ?????? ??????????????????. Learn all about this extraordinary development that could save elephants worldwide. Join UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell as she interviews Sangita Iyer. For more, visit: https://www.vfaes.org/

Starbucks has dropped its surcharge for plant-based milks, a surcharge that was as high as 70 to 80 cents per drink. So, now, those who love soy, oat, almond and coconut milk are treated as equal citizens at Starbucks in US and Canadian stores. FINALLY! This is a monumental victory for the vegan movement! So, UnchainedTV is honoring two organizations that went all out in the battle to end this unfair penalty: PETA and Switch4Good. We talk to S4G's Executive Director, Dotsie Bausch who is a vegan Olympic medalist & PETA's Campaigns Manager Amber Canavan about the impact on animals, human health, climate change and OTHER coffee shops and outlets that still charge extra. How do we use this victory to get other stores to change? What are the implications for the societal move away from dairy? UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell digs for answers with two of the nation's leading experts on the issue! Get involved: https://www.peta.org/ & https://switch4good.org/ & https://unchainedtv.com/

Whale Wars Star and founder of Sea Shepherd, Captain Paul Watson, has been imprisoned since July in Greenland! The anti-whaling hero has applied for political asylum in France as he fights off attempts by Japan to get him extradited to that nation where he could end up behind bars for 15 years. Activists around the world are demanding that Watson be released immediately with protests from Los Angeles to France outside Danish government offices. Watson was first arrested back in July when his ship docked in Greenland, which is park of the kingdom of Denmark. Danish authorities are still deciding whether to extradite him. Japan is one of the few nations that still engages in whaling. Environmentalists and animal lovers across the globe are outraged that any government would side with whalers at a time when our seas and the animals in them are in crisis. UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell speaks with Omar Todd, Global CEO of the Paul Watson Foundation. https://www.paulwatsonfoundation.org/

BREAKING NEWS with coverage of an extraordinary court hearing in Madison, Wisconsin. Famed Open Rescue leader Wayne Hsiung is demanding that a Special Prosecutor be appointed to launch a criminal case against a large laboratory beagle breeding facility that animal advocates charge is filled with many suffering beagles. Hsiung and 2 others entered that facility with cameras rolling back in 2017, documenting conditions. They removed 3 beagles they described as being in extreme distress. Hsiung was facing felony charges and up to 16 years in prison when the case against him and the 2 others was suddenly dropped earlier this year, just days before trial was finally set to start. Now, Wayne Hsiung is back in court demanding the facility be prosecuted. UnchainedTV had a camera in court to bring viewers the developments LIVE. UnchainedTV host Jane Velez-Mitchell, attorney Mirais Holden and animal activist Tiffany Brunelli provide analysis. The company in question is invited on any time.

EMERGENCY APPEAL: Help one amazing couple save more than 100 chimpanzees. Donate here: https://www.liberiachimpanzeerescue.org/donate.html Now watch as Jenny and Dr. Jim Desmond tell their harrowing story LIVE. In 2015, a group of animal protection groups asked the Desmonds to go to Liberia to save the lives of 66 chimpanzees who the NY Blood Center abandoned on six islands after using them in biomedical research. The Desmonds planned to spend about a month in Liberia putting systems in place and finding locals to take over their care, but they were unable to leave. Soon, government authorities began bringing them orphaned baby chimps who were victims of the bushmeat and exotic pet trades. No one else in Liberia had the experience or expertise to take care of them. It has been almost ten years, and the Desmonds now have about 115 chimps in their care and dozens of employees from neighboring villages. They've built the first phase of a permanent sanctuary in the forest. They are very eager to embark on phase 2, which would enable the adult chimps to get out of their enclosures and spend time in the forest, but they can't even consider that because they don't have enough money to cover their operating expenses. The fantastic three-part BBC series about the Desmonds' conservation and rescue work, Baby Chimp Rescue, led to donations that enabled them to operate and complete phase 1, but that infusion has ended. Because they are in Liberia and do not have a network of supporters abroad, they are not raising the amount of money they need to function, much less build out the sanctuary and create an endowment. Says TheirTurn founder Donny Moss, Having visited them twice while working on the campaign to compel the NY Blood Center for pay for the care of the chimps they abandoned, I have seen the extraordinary work they do in the most challenging of environments. And, as one of the few Americans who has been there, I feel an obligation to help them and the chimps. Their charity, Liberia Chimpanzee Rescue & Protection, is registered in the U.S. VISIT: https://www.liberiachimpanzeerescue.org/ - PLEASE HELP! Now, UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell interviews Jenny and Jim Desmond and TheirTurn's Donny Moss.

BREAKING NEWS: Animal Outlook releases shocking, new undercover video of chickens being abused in a California factory farm and is calling for the Fresno County District Attorney's office to file criminal animal cruelty charges against the corporation, which Animal Outlook identifies as Foster Farms, a major supplier to many big supermarkets. The video appears to show multiple instances of forklifts driving over and hitting live chickens, chickens being thrown, chickens being kicked and grabbed by their wings. Foster Farms says all of its chicken farms are American Humane Association Certified, and that the chickens it raises enjoy the 5 freedoms: including, “freedom from discomfort,” and “freedom from injury, pain, or disease.” Animal Outlook says its investigation “reveals a stark contrast, showing anything but humane care and freedom from discomfort, injury and fear.” Foster Farms is invited on any time to respond to Animal Outlook's allegations. UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell speaks to Animal Outlook's new Executive Director, Ben Williamson about this blockbuster breaking news and his fascinating history as a leader in the animal rights movement. Visit https://animaloutlook.org/investigations/foster-farms-2024/

Asha Farm Sanctuary founder Tracy Murphy speaks to UnchainedTV about her ordeal and persecution. Murphy was a New York business executive who went vegan due to her love of animals. A decade ago, she moved to a rural area north of Buffalo to start her own sanctuary, called Asha's Farm Sanctuary. Things were going wonderfully until 2 cows wandered onto her sanctuary property in the summer of 2022. Murphy took them in and fed them. Then, all hell broke loose. She was ultimately arrested, shackled, charged with a felony and gagged from doing interviews. And, she was targeted by protests and threats as, she says, the surrounding community turned against her. Now, her charge reduced to a misdemeanor, she tells her story to UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell and pleads for help to keep her sanctuary going and get through this persecution and prosecution. To help her sanctuary, donate to: https://www.ashasfarmsanctuary.org/donate-only.html

A groundbreaking legal battle rages in Peru over vegan meal options at school. Two university students, who are vegan, have sued their school arguing that they are being discriminated against because there is no vegan meal option. Here's the petition to sign: https://www.drove.com/campaign/66b61378245bf7adb546dece The students argue this violates their constitutional rights and is a form of discrimination, similar to racism, sexism, homophobia, etc. Now, we get to meet these two extraordinary students, Gabriela Santos Tacuri and Luis Nitai Syam Florian Andrade, along with Instituto de Defensa Legal attorney Isaac Peña Lobato, interpreter Yeniffer Yupanqui and Alison Hamje, Climate Healer and Ollas Comunes Veganas representative. Now UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell speaks to these game changers about their courageous struggle for food justice. The university is invited on any time to respond.

Harambe is a true-crime documentary like no other and will have you on the edge of your seat with crucial information never before revealed. You can watch it by clicking here: https://watch.unchainedtv.com/videos/harambe-the-movie. Erik Crown, the director, is a former TMZ paparazzi who used to photograph and interview celebrities on the fly before reinventing himself and becoming an animal rights filmmaker. Harambe, a critically endangered, silverback gorilla, was shot and killed after a child entered into his enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo in 2016. The story made international news and Harambe's photo quickly became a viral internet sensation that sparked an important discussion on captivity. Was the gorilla actually trying to protect the child when the primate was shot? Let's dive deep and find out with the team that made this award-winning film. Featuring Downton Abbey star Peter Egan, this movie has been hailed as the next Blackfish, revealing the dark underbelly of zoos. “The killing of Harambe was murder,” says Captain Paul Watson, star of Whale Wars and founding member of Greenpeace and Sea Shepherd. UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell speaks with Director Erik Crown and Producer Sierra Williams about this groundbreaking film. For more, or to get involved, visit: https://harambemovie.com/

There's a war on elephants in India and one woman is on a mission to stop it and protect every last elephant threatened by man's inhumanity. Sangita Iyer is the producer of Gods in Shackles, a must-watch, award-winning film now streaming for free on UnchainedTV here: https://watch.unchainedtv.com/videos/gods-in-shackles This movie shows how India's religious and cultural ceremonies are torture for elephants captured from the wild and forced to participate, enduring beatings and other forms of abuse. Sangita will reveal her plans for liberating temple elephants by creating robotic elephants that can be used in their place. Sangita also has a working plan to stop elephants from being killed by trains, using a high-tech warning system. Ditto for preventing elephants from falling into any of India's many wells. Of course, she's urging tourists NOT to take elephant rides. You can become a part of these solutions by donating to her various projects at Voices for Asian Elephants: https://www.vfaes.org/ - Now, meet the superhero working relentlessly to save India's elephants!

It's groundbreaking and historic: LA Climate Week, the FIRST one ever, kicks off Sunday, SEPT 8 and runs through Sunday, September15th with more than 100 organizations holding more than 100 events at 20 different venues around Los Angeles! More than 5,000 people are expected to take part and YOU are invited. Happy to report that UnchainedTV is a media partner and The Plant Based Treaty is a strategic partner and one of the key organizations holding events, including art shows, a vegan fashion show, a march on the beach and screenings of Eating Our Way to Extinction and Eating for Tomorrow! And, there's a plant-based theme to many of the events with vegan food trucks and vegan food abounding. Get the lowdown at: https://laclimateweek.com. Sign up to attend events and be a part of history. There are even remote events you can attend from anywhere in the world. Now, UnchainedTV talks to LA Climate Week's key organizers JC Arce, Lara Rudar and Plant Based Treaty's Samantha Lau.

Meet the extraordinary Chef AJ! This legendary vegan chef is out with her brand new plant-based cookbook, “Sweet Indulgence: Guilt-Free Treats Sweetened Naturally With Fruit.” Wow… over 150 vegan and gluten-free dessert recipes. Among them, Chef AJ's: Snickerdoodles, Cinnamon Bun Cupcakes, Cranberry Apple Crisp, German Chocolate Cake, Orange Chocolate Mousse Torte, Goodman's Peanut Chews, Apple Pie, Waffle Nice Cream Sandwiches, Lemon Meringue Pie, Strawberry Chocolate Cheesecake… The list goes on! For those of us with a sweet tooth, this is LIFE-CHANGING! Cookies, puddings, plant mylks… you name it. Order NOW: https://www.amazon.com/Chef-AJs-Sweet-Indulgence-Guilt-Free/dp/1570674248 Now, UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell gets the sweet skinny from the woman herself: CHEF AJ!

In this extraordinary show, you will meet Delilah, a cat who survived hellish, taxpayer funded experiments at a USDA lab before being rescued by Anthony Bellotti, the President & Founder of White Coat Waste, whom you'll also meet. Millions of other animals are not so lucky. Right now, about 14,000 cats and kittens are trapped in laboratories. The domestic shorthair is one of America's most popular pets. But federal government agencies like the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA), the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the Dept. of Defense (DOD) have spent millions to buy, breed, and abuse felines in wasteful laboratory torture—and YOU, the taxpayers, pay the bill whether you approve of this government sanctioned sadism or not.   But there's hope. White Coat Waste is a bipartisan campaign to expose and close the U.S. government's cat and animal experimentation business. WCW proclaims that, over the last 5 years, it has shut down all confirmed labs causing pain and distress to cats inside the federal government and won the first-ever federal policies to retire and release survivors as pets. Now WCW is leading the fight to end taxpayer-funded cat and kitten experimentation across the United States. WCW Founder and President Anthony Bellotti (along with Delilah) joins UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell to reveal what YOU can do to stop these wasteful experiments. To get involved and help, visit: https://www.whitecoatwaste.org

In this extraordinary show, you will meet Delilah, a cat who survived hellish, taxpayer funded experiments at a USDA lab before being rescued by Anthony Bellotti, the President & Founder of White Coat Waste, whom you'll also meet. Millions of other animals are not so lucky. Right now, about 14,000 cats and kittens are trapped in laboratories. The domestic shorthair is one of America's most popular pets. But federal government agencies like the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA), the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the Dept. of Defense (DOD) have spent millions to buy, breed, and abuse felines in wasteful laboratory torture—and YOU, the taxpayers, pay the bill whether you approve of this government sanctioned sadism or not.   But there's hope. White Coat Waste is a bipartisan campaign to expose and close the U.S. government's cat and animal experimentation business. WCW proclaims that, over the last 5 years, it has shut down all confirmed labs causing pain and distress to cats inside the federal government and won the first-ever federal policies to retire and release survivors as pets. Now WCW is leading the fight to end taxpayer-funded cat and kitten experimentation across the United States. WCW Founder and President Anthony Bellotti (along with Delilah) joins UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell to reveal what YOU can do to stop these wasteful experiments. To get involved and help, visit: https://www.whitecoatwaste.org

Hot enough for ya? The future of our planet could be determined by what American politicians put into the next FARM BILL, which currently gives MASSIVE subsidies to animal agriculture, to produce cheap meat and dairy. But, the meat and dairy industry is a HUGE contributor to climate change. Our government claims it's fighting climate change while subsidizing the very industry that's largely causing it. Will politicians vote to continue this dangerously unsustainable status quo for the next 5 years? Activists from Free From Harm continue to speak truth to power. At one so-called “listening session,” activists stood up to a pro-factory farming politician to deliver tough questions about the massive bailouts to animal agriculture, the spread of diseases like bird flu and how Big Ag Big Dollars have corrupted politics. Now, UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell speaks with those activists, including Free From Harm's Robert Grillo and activist Natalie Fulton, and brings you the latest.

A group of outraged and frightened Georgia residents have united to fight a plan to put what would be America's largest laboratory monkey-breeding facility in the small town of Bainbridge, Georgia, which is 233 miles south of Atlanta. The residents have filed a lawsuit in an attempt to stop the highly controversial plan to house 30-thousand monkeys, TWICE the human population of the town. PETA is on the ground supporting the residents. They argue that the plan should be invalidated because local officials approved the proposal during an illegally assembled meeting, violating Georgia's Open Meetings Act. Basically, the citizens say this was being done behind their backs and they are furious over the impact on their safety and their property values. They say the presence of thousands of caged monkeys in distress, waiting to be shipped off for cruel experiments would be a constant source of anxiety and cast a pall over their close-knit community. Now, UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell gets the very latest from PETA's Amy Meyer, Kristina Martin of Stop the Money Business Bainbridge Group and resident Linda Miller. For more info, or to get involved, visit: https://www.peta.org/

Veganism is skyrocketing in America's Midwest and UnchainedTV has the proof! So watch and find out. Kale Krew is UnchainedTV's spectacular new series that showcases Chicago's vibrant and fast-growing vegan scene. The two dynamic hosts bring hilarity and excitement to their tantalizing adventure. Nemanja Golubovic is also the owner of the award-winning Chicago vegan restaurant Kale My Name and he's joined by Tamika Price, a vegan social media influencer (@plantbasedTamika) whose style and verve make every episode a magical ride. So, fasten your seat belts, we're going to Chicagoland with these two charismatic changemakers. UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell hosts this episode.

Singapore, Spain, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, El Salvador, Mexico, Canada, the USA… and beyond! Rated V for Vegan's Eunice Reyes travels the world, bringing you the best in plant-based cuisine wherever she goes. Now, UnchainedTV is thrilled to announce that Eunice's vegan travel show is streaming on UnchainedTV. Check it out: https://watch.unchainedtv.com/vegan-travel-with-eunice-reyes In this interview, Eunice will reveal her top tips for enjoying a vegan vacation and break down the vegan scene in the many countries she's visited. From vegan street food to 5-star gourmet restaurants, Eunice has the scoop on how to enjoy traveling while eating the best vegan food on the planet.

Help celebrate Gene Baur's birthday! The President of Farm Sanctuary is turning…. well, we'll let him tell you! Gene's been hailed as “the conscience of the food movement” by Time Magazine. When he co-founded Farm Sanctuary way back in 1986, he sold vegan hotdogs out of a Volkswagen van at Grateful Dead concerts to pay for the rescue work. Today, Farm Sanctuary has not only rescued thousands of animals but opened the eyes, minds and hearts of millions of people who've either visited one the sanctuaries in Los Angeles or Watkins Glen, New York, or who've read one of Gene Baur's bestselling books, or who've seen some of Farm Sanctuary's extraordinary rescue videos. UnchainedTV is thrilled to be streaming some of those videos here: https://watch.unchainedtv.com/farm-sanctuary So, please, watch and learn all about Gene's early years in Hollywood, doing McDonald's and KFC commercials before waking up and turning into one of the world's leading animal rights advocates! For more info, to visit Farm Sanctuary or, to get involved, visit: https://www.farmsanctuary.org/

Plant CEO gets some of the biggest names in the vegan movement to open up and reveal their secrets! This captivating series on UnchainedTV is hosted by Anant Joshi, a vegan influencer who lives in London and gets the most dynamic guests on his show. You can watch the series here: https://watch.unchainedtv.com/plant-ceo Some of vegan leaders Plant CEO has interviewed include: Ria Rehberg CEO of Veganuary, which has helped transition over 1 million people towards a vegan diet & LMFAO's Redfoo, known for his hit songs Sexy & I Know It & Party Rock Anthem; Louie Psihoyos, the brilliant documentary filmmaker behind the Netflix hits, ”The Game Changers, & You Are What You Eat.” Plant CEO has also interviewed Matthew Glover, Chief Mission Officer at The Vegan Food Group & Sam Tucker, Executive Director at Open Paws, an open-source nonprofit AI organization working to make sure AI does not compound cruelty to animals. UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell talks to Plant CEO about all of these innovators and their amazing ideas and how he scores these big gets. He'll also give us his take on the vegan scene in the UK.

From the brilliant filmmaker who brought us Speciesism: The Movie, now another head-spinning new film that will transform HOW YOU SEE YOURSELF and other animals. It's called Humans & OTHER Animals! Get a firsthand look at how animals think, use language and feel love. Watch never-before-attempted tactics to expose powerful industries. This astounding new film is debuting across America. Here's the link to the NYC premiere is on Friday, July 12th: https://shorturl.at/eEWPP Here's the link to the Los Angeles Premiere on Wednesday, July 17th: https://www.facebook.com/events/1687047835162365/ Get your tickets NOW as seating is limited and you will want to be part of this transformative, history-making movie. Each screening is followed by a Q&A with the director! Learn more here: https://www.humansandotheranimalsmovie.com/ Now, let's discuss the everything from plot lines to the purpose of it all with award-winning filmmaker Mark DeVries.

PETA's founder and leader Ingrid Newkirk is celebrating her 75th birthday! And, UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell is thrilled and honored to get to speak with Ingrid for the hour! Learn about Ingrid's fascinating life, growing up in India and then, somehow, becoming an animal protection officer in the United States. How much progress has been achieved since People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals was started back in 1980? A lot! As PETA points out, “At that time, researchers were experimenting on chimpanzees in squalid laboratories, pigs were being slammed into walls in car-crash tests, and dogs were being shot in military exercises. But  PETA's landmark victories for animals, including the first-ever police raid on a laboratory and convictions for cruelty to animals in the meat industry—as well as the media attention that has accompanied them—have led to a huge change in public attitudes, and the victories keep coming.    “These days, the demand for vegan food has skyrocketed, Ringling Bros. has reinvented itself as a stunning animal-free circus, nearly every major fashion brand has gone fur-free, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is no longer required to mandate archaic and cruel animal tests for new drugs. PETA's work continues, with campaigns that include calling on fashion houses to stop selling reptile skins, pushing for lifesaving reforms in the horse racing industry, and fighting the monkey-to-laboratory pipeline. Now, Ingrid would like you to celebrate her birthday by going to https://www.peta.org/75 and seeing the 75 easy ways you can speak up for animals!

As the battle over the Farm Bill rages on Capitol Hill, 3 animal activists were arrested, during a House committee hearing, for demanding that taxpayers not be forced to pay for massive subsidies to the animal agriculture industry or foot the bill for cruel practices that also devastate the environment and hurt marginalized communities. Robert Grillo, president of the grassroots animal rights organization Free From Harm, was one of those arrested and joins us to tell the tale and warn us about the dangers of the Farm Bill, which could prop up animal agriculture with huge government subsidies for years to come and which also threatens to thwart the will of the people who've passed propositions against the cruelest animal agriculture practices. To learn more, visit: https://freefromharm.org/ & https://unchainedtv.com/

Is there a multi-million dollar misinformation campaign to stop the plant-based food movement in its tracks? The Freedom Food Alliance, led by renowned digital media expert Robbie Lockie, has just released a detailed report which makes that case. Harvesting Denial, Distractions and Deception: Understanding Animal Agriculture's Disinformation Strategies and Exploring Solutions argues that the meat industry - though companies, lobbyists, trade groups, checkoff programs, influencers and so-called experts and industry-backed academics - is waging a full-scale misinformation and disinformation campaign against vegan products and the plant-based movement in general. This is happening at our own peril, as the climate crisis worsens and advertiser-based mainstream media basically ignores one of the biggest causes: animal agriculture. The media runs story after story attacking plant-based meat alternatives as processed while failing to mention that processed meat is officially cancer-causing, according to the World Health Organization. When the World Bank recently called for governments to shift away from subsidizing meat and dairy and embrace alternatives proteins, that urgent recommendation was ignored by mainstream media. So, what can we do to save ourselves, animals and the planet? Let's find out from Robbie Lockie, one of the founders of Plant Based News whose new campaign is getting the real story out to the world before it's too late. For more visit: https://www.freedomfoodalliance.org/ - website

What's the state of the vegan scene, globally, when it comes to food and fashion? It's a big question and here to tackle it are two leaders in the field. Carolyn Scott-Hamilton is the founder and host of the Healthy Voyager, a hit vegan cooking show that's now streaming on UnchainedTV here: https://watch.unchainedtv.com/healthy-voyager-s-global-kitchen-w-carolyn-scott-hamilton Carolyn is also the author of the bestseller: The Healthy Voyager's Global Kitchen. And, when it comes to fashion, there's nobody more au courant than Jonathan Ohayon, the author of the brand new book: The Fashion Industry Doesn't Want You To Read This Book, Unveiling Hidden Truths: A Guide to Ethical and Sustainable Fashion Choices.  The book is now on sale at Amazon. It's printed only when ordered and also available on kindle to prevent using unnecessary resources. Jonathan will talk about the skyrocketing popularity of vegan leather and sustainable alt-fabrics! It's a fascinating conversation as the future of our planet depends upon convincing people to evolve when it comes to food and fashion. Visit: https://fakemovement.com/ to learn more.

Do you love animals? Have you made a vegan/animal rights film, PSA or a social media reel you think is life-changing? The International Vegan Film Festival (IVFF) is a pioneering event in the vegan movement, celebrating the intersection of art and advocacy. And, it's taking new submissions NOW at: https://theivff.com. UnchainedTV is thrilled to be collaborating with IVFF to stream films from the festival at: https://watch.unchainedtv.com/international-vegan-film-festival And, breaking news, IVFF has a new Executive Director, Emma Schwarz, who will reveal her vision for the future of IVFF. Emma is an award-winning filmmaker herself, who is also the Co-Founder of Veganography, a film production and media company that specializes in 3D animation. And, Mark Middleton, the director/producer of Not a Nugget, a touching film about a rescued chicken, now streaming on UnchainedTV, also joins us to talk about why he submitted his film to IVFF and vegan advocacy in movies. Join us for this fascinating discussion.

There's a war on elephants in India and one woman is on a mission to stop it and protect every last elephant threatened by man's inhumanity. Sangita Iyer is the producer of Gods in Shackles, a must-watch, award-winning film now streaming for free on UnchainedTV here: https://watch.unchainedtv.com/videos/gods-in-shackles This movie shows how India's religious and cultural ceremonies are torture for elephants captured from the wild and forced to participate, enduring beatings and other forms of abuse. Sangita will reveal her plans for liberating temple elephants by creating robotic elephants that can be used in their place. Sangita also has a working plan to stop elephants from being killed by trains, using a high-tech warning system. Ditto for preventing elephants from falling into any of India's many wells. Of course, she's urging tourists NOT to take elephant rides. You can become a part of these solutions by donating to her various projects at Voices for Asian Elephants: https://www.vfaes.org/ - Now, meet the superhero working relentlessly to save India's elephants!

There's a war on elephants in India and one woman is on a mission to stop it and protect every last elephant threatened by man's inhumanity. Sangita Iyer is the producer of Gods in Shackles, a must-watch, award-winning film now streaming for free on UnchainedTV here: https://watch.unchainedtv.com/videos/gods-in-shackles This movie shows how India's religious and cultural ceremonies are torture for elephants captured from the wild and forced to participate, enduring beatings and other forms of abuse. Sangita will reveal her plans for liberating temple elephants by creating robotic elephants that can be used in their place. Sangita also has a working plan to stop elephants from being killed by trains, using a high-tech warning system. Ditto for preventing elephants from falling into any of India's many wells. Of course, she's urging tourists NOT to take elephant rides. You can become a part of these solutions by donating to her various projects at Voices for Asian Elephants: https://www.vfaes.org/ - Now, meet the superhero working relentlessly to save India's elephants!

There's a war on elephants in India and one woman is on a mission to stop it and protect every last elephant threatened by man's inhumanity. Sangita Iyer is the producer of Gods in Shackles, a must-watch, award-winning film now streaming for free on UnchainedTV here: https://watch.unchainedtv.com/videos/gods-in-shackles This movie shows how India's religious and cultural ceremonies are torture for elephants captured from the wild and forced to participate, enduring beatings and other forms of abuse. Sangita will reveal her plans for liberating temple elephants by creating robotic elephants that can be used in their place. Sangita also has a working plan to stop elephants from being killed by trains, using a high-tech warning system. Ditto for preventing elephants from falling into any of India's many wells. Of course, she's urging tourists NOT to take elephant rides. You can become a part of these solutions by donating to her various projects at Voices for Asian Elephants: https://www.vfaes.org/ - Now, meet the superhero working relentlessly to save India's elephants!

Meet the woman who's changing the world for millions of animals by passing laws to stop animal abuse. Judie Mancuso is the Founder/President of Social Compassion in Legislation, which has sponsored over 60 bills with 25 landmark pieces of legislation for animals signed into law. Her organization has helped to eliminate the sale of animal-tested cosmetics, crack down on puppy mills, allowed dogs access to restaurant patios, made it illegal to leave dogs unattended in hot cars and so much more. But, Judie needs YOUR HELP. She cannot do it alone. Calls, emails and support letters are crucial to her life-saving bills becoming law. So, YOU can join the team by watching this interview, with Judie and SCIL's Director of Legislative Affairs, Nick Sackett, learning about the bills she's fighting for right now and, then, visiting https://socialcompassioninlegislation.org/ to sign up and get involved.

Meet Jody Rasch, a man of many talents, who went from being a banker to an investor in vegan enterprises and a supporter of many animal organizations including Woodstock Farm Sanctuary and Rowdy Girl Sanctuary. He's also become an accomplished visual artist and a novelist. The Silver Forest is the first in a series of books. He says this novel began as a thought experiment. We'll find out what that means. Rasch is also a partner at Beyond Impact Advisors, which facilitates investment in vegan and cruelty-free products, many of them very cutting-edge. He's considered to be a pioneer alternative protein investor. So, where is the vegan and alt-protein movement right now and where's it headed? This ultimate insider will help us figure that out with UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell.

Will some of California's biggest factory farms be shut down? A groundbreaking ballot measure to ban massive animal factories, aka CAFOs, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, will be decided by Sonoma County, California voters this November! Will this spread across the nation? UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell speaks with leaders of The Coalition to End Factory Farming which collected over 37,000 signatures, easily qualifying for the ballot, including: Samantha Faye, Coalition to End Factory Farming, Sarah Van Mangtem, co-founder of Farm Animal, Climate and Environmental Stewards of Sonoma County and Cassie King, Direct Action Everywhere's Communications Lead.

Kangaroos Are NOT Shoes: That's the message hundreds of activists sent to Adidas, in a global day of action at the height of the holiday shopping season. Marching into Adidas stores, across the United States, Canada, Europe & Australia, animal activists demanded Adidas stop its involvement in the largest mass slaughter of terrestrial wildlife in the world. Led by Australia's Animal Justice Party,Their Turn, the Center for a Humane Economy & supported by dozens of other organizations, including UnchainedTV, the message is clear: Kangaroos are not shoes. Adidas has, so far, refused to join Puma, Nike, Diadora and other brands that have kicked kangaroo leather to the curb. Now, Australian Member of Parliament Emma Hurst, Center for Humane Economy's Jennifer Skiff, Animal Justice Party's Louise Ward & TheirTurn.Net's Donny Moss reveal their strategy for ending kangaroo slaughter to UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell! Adidas is invited on any time to respond.

Animal Rising has made global headlines with its risk-taking actions including: sending hundreds of protesters to disrupt England's most famous horse race, rescuing lambs from the estate of the King of England and occupying massive dairy factories. Their mission is to reinvent humanity's broken relationship with animals by getting people to understand that it is morally wrong to use, abuse and kill animals for food, fashion, entertainment or experimentation. Often wearing matching pink sweatshirts, Animal Rising members risk arrest and even their lives to confront, in a nonviolent way, people who are participating in animal exploitation. In this interview, UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell talks to Animal Rising Co-Director Ben Newman and Animal Rising associate Rose Patterson. To learn more and to get involved, visit: https://www.animalrising.org/

Animal Rising has made global headlines with its risk-taking actions including: sending hundreds of protesters to disrupt England's most famous horse race, rescuing lambs from the estate of the King of England and occupying massive dairy factories. Their mission is to reinvent humanity's broken relationship with animals by getting people to understand that it is morally wrong to use, abuse and kill animals for food, fashion, entertainment or experimentation. Often wearing matching pink sweatshirts, Animal Rising members risk arrest and even their lives to confront, in a nonviolent way, people who are participating in animal exploitation. In this interview, UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell talks to Animal Rising Co-Director Ben Newman and Animal Rising associate Rose Patterson. To learn more and to get involved, visit: https://www.animalrising.org/

Singapore, Spain, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, El Salvador, Mexico, Canada, the USA… and beyond! Rated V for Vegan's Eunice Reyes travels the world, bringing you the best in plant-based cuisine wherever she goes. Now, UnchainedTV is thrilled to announce that Eunice's vegan travel show is streaming on UnchainedTV. Check it out: https://watch.unchainedtv.com/vegan-travel-with-eunice-reyes In this interview, Eunice will reveal her top tips for enjoying a vegan vacation and break down the vegan scene in the many countries she's visited. From vegan street food to 5-star gourmet restaurants, Eunice has the scoop on how to enjoy traveling while eating the best vegan food on the planet.

Singapore, Spain, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, El Salvador, Mexico, Canada, the USA… and beyond! Rated V for Vegan's Eunice Reyes travels the world, bringing you the best in plant-based cuisine wherever she goes. Now, UnchainedTV is thrilled to announce that Eunice's vegan travel show is streaming on UnchainedTV. Check it out: https://watch.unchainedtv.com/vegan-travel-with-eunice-reyes In this interview, Eunice will reveal her top tips for enjoying a vegan vacation and break down the vegan scene in the many countries she's visited. From vegan street food to 5-star gourmet restaurants, Eunice has the scoop on how to enjoy traveling while eating the best vegan food on the planet.

VICTORY: After years of PETA protests, the Miami Seaquarium's lease is finally being terminated! Miami-Dade County announced the decision, which requires the animal prison to relinquish the property to its owner by April 21, 2024. PETA's response to the news? “The world watched as the Miami Seaquarium let the lone orca Lolita waste away and die, allowed animals to eat trash in crumbling enclosures, and ignored its attending veterinarian's instructions until she finally resigned—but now the world can cheer at the news that help is finally on the way for the long-suffering animals held captive there. After more than 50 years of miserable animals and false promises to clean up its act, the Seaquarium's impending shutdown is overdue, and PETA looks to Miami-Dade County authorities to keep up the good work by ensuring that these animals are sent to reputable facilities where they'll get the care they so desperately need.” We invite Miami Seaquarium on to respond. So, what will happen to the animals still at Seaquarium? And, what about SeaWorld? PETA's Amanda Brody brings us the very latest! To get involved, visit: https://www.peta.org/

Dxe Co-Founder and leader of the Open Rescue Movement talks to UnchainedTV about his recent California conviction and the shocking, dropping of all felony charges against him in a 2017 Beagle Open Rescue case in Wisconsin, days before trial was set to start. You could call it a big victory for animal rights. Most people would be thrilled to avoid the possibility of 16 years in prison. But, the incredibly courageous Wayne Hsiung is not happy that he doesn't get to show the world what's happening to beagles in a court of law, arguing the real crime is animal cruelty, not rescuing. Wayne was just published in the Harvard Law Review at the same time as his law license is getting suspended due to his convictions in the Sonoma County Open Rescue trial. Joining him is noted attorney Mirais Holden. For more info, visit: https://www.directactioneverywhere.com/ and https://blog.simpleheart.org/

Watch as PETA leads the fight to stop a plan to build the largest laboratory monkey-breeding facility in the U.S. in Georgia. A lawsuit, filed by outraged local residents, alleged the local county commissioners held an illegal meeting where they approved a 20-year tax abatement scheme worth over $50-MILLION to encourage the construction of what would be the largest monkey prison in the US, capable of holding 30,000 primates destined for torture in labs. The huge public uproar has reportedly forced local politicians to backtrack on the corporate sweetheart deal. But, the battle is not over. How can YOU help stop this cruel atrocity from happening? VISIT: https://www.peta.org/action/action-alerts/bainbridge-ga-monkey-prison/#action Now, PETA's Kathy Guillermo, Senior Vice President of Laboratory Investigations, joins us LIVE. Any government officials or corporations involved are invited on to comment at any time.

Watch as PETA leads the fight to stop a plan to build the largest laboratory monkey-breeding facility in the U.S. in Georgia. A lawsuit, filed by outraged local residents, alleged the local county commissioners held an illegal meeting where they approved a 20-year tax abatement scheme worth over $50-MILLION to encourage the construction of what would be the largest monkey prison in the US, capable of holding 30,000 primates destined for torture in labs. The huge public uproar has reportedly forced local politicians to backtrack on the corporate sweetheart deal. But, the battle is not over. How can YOU help stop this cruel atrocity from happening? VISIT: https://www.peta.org/action/action-alerts/bainbridge-ga-monkey-prison/#action Now, PETA's Kathy Guillermo, Senior Vice President of Laboratory Investigations, joins us LIVE. Any government officials or corporations involved are invited on to comment at any time.

Join famed filmmaker Kip Andersen, of What The Health, Cowspiracy and Seaspiracy fame to discuss his newest film CHRISTSPIRACY! This movie is a shocking, riveting exposé of the BIGGEST COVER-UP IN 2,000 YEARS and it's hitting 600 theaters across the nation! GET YOUR TICKETS NOW for Wednesday, March 20th and Sunday, March 24th at https://christspiracy.com/. And, join UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell who talks to Kip about the fascinating backstory of how this stunner of a film, that plays like a thriller, came to be made. Be a part of the conversation as this movie makes history.

Join famed filmmaker Kip Andersen, of What The Health, Cowspiracy and Seaspiracy fame to discuss his newest film CHRISTSPIRACY! This movie is a shocking, riveting exposé of the BIGGEST COVER-UP IN 2,000 YEARS and it's hitting 600 theaters across the nation! GET YOUR TICKETS NOW for Wednesday, March 20th and Sunday, March 24th at https://christspiracy.com/. And, join UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell who talks to Kip about the fascinating backstory of how this stunner of a film, that plays like a thriller, came to be made. Be a part of the conversation as this movie makes history.

UnchainedTV has been celebrating Black History Month with a category devoted to videos about the many Black movers and shakers in the vegan movement. Frankly, there are too many to mention. But, suffice it to say, that - according to numerous reports and surveys - African-Americans are going vegan at a higher rate than other demographic groups in the US! And, women are more likely than men to dropkick meat. So, today, we speak with 4 leading Black female voices in the vegan movement. Gwenna Hunter is the founder of Vegans of Los Angeles Food Bank. the first Vegan Food Bank in LA. Naijha Wright-Brown is the Executive Director of the Black Veg Society, a partner in The Land of Kush, VeganSoul Bistro, and co-creator of Vegan Soulfest and Maryland Vegan Restaurant Week. Jasmine Leyva directed and stars in The Invisible Vegan, a brilliant documentary about how veganism can reverse unhealthy dietary patterns in the African-American community. And, Brenda Sanders is the Executive Director of the Afro-Vegan Society, dedicated to helping minority communities transition to a plant-based lifestyle. UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell is the host for this compelling conversation.

UnchainedTV has been celebrating Black History Month with a category devoted to videos about the many Black movers and shakers in the vegan movement. Frankly, there are too many to mention. But, suffice it to say, that - according to numerous reports and surveys - African-Americans are going vegan at a higher rate than other demographic groups in the US! And, women are more likely than men to dropkick meat. So, today, we speak with 4 leading Black female voices in the vegan movement. Gwenna Hunter is the founder of Vegans of Los Angeles Food Bank. the first Vegan Food Bank in LA. Naijha Wright-Brown is the Executive Director of the Black Veg Society, a partner in The Land of Kush, VeganSoul Bistro, and co-creator of Vegan Soulfest and Maryland Vegan Restaurant Week. Jasmine Leyva directed and stars in The Invisible Vegan, a brilliant documentary about how veganism can reverse unhealthy dietary patterns in the African-American community. And, Brenda Sanders is the Executive Director of the Afro-Vegan Society, dedicated to helping minority communities transition to a plant-based lifestyle. UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell is the host for this compelling conversation.

Fashion should have absolutely nothing to do with cruelty. Now, meet 3 women leading the charge to remove animal products from fashion shows, burlesque shows, showrooms and clothing stores by eliminating all feathers, leather, wool, silk, cashmere and - of course - fur. Monica Kay is a burlesque dancer and leader of Feather Phase Out, a campaign to replace real feathers with faux in burlesque and entertainment. Vikki Lenola is a model/activist who produces The Vegan Fashion Show in Canada. And, Lady Freethinker is the famous activist exposing the horrors of real fur with a shocking new investigation. They speak to UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell to show the world that real fashion is compassion.