{"podcast":{"title":"Animal Rights: the Debate","slug":"animal-rights-the-debate-6705712","podcast_index_feed_id":6705712,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/494093/rss","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/494093","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/8/3/5/e/835e74b28f86012588c4a68c3ddbc4f2/abhijit-sinha-MpTAdygyG34-unsplash_square.jpg","author":"Martyn Ford & David Thomas","episode_count":49,"summary":"Animal Rights: the Debate explores the issues around around our relationship with animals.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-04T16:20:50.522247+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/animal-rights-the-debate-6705712"},"episode":{"title":"Restrictions on protesting against animal experiments, more trials, and a CEO sees the light","slug":"restrictions-on-protesting-against-animal-experiments-more-trials-and-a-ceo-sees-the-light","published_at":"2026-03-19T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/animal-rights-the-debate-6705712/restrictions-on-protesting-against-animal-experiments-more-trials-and-a-ceo-sees-the-light","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/animal-rights-the-debate-6705712","url":"https://8455740d-a913-453b-a5ed-20f522efd647.libsyn.com/restrictions-on-protesting-against-animal-experiments-more-trials-and-a-ceo-sees-the-light","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/8455740d-a913-453b-a5ed-20f522efd647/riverside_david__martyn___feb_17_2026_001_martyn_fords_studio_1.mp3?dest-id=4223538","summary":"The House of Lords has now approved Government changes to the Public Order Act, which will make it more difficult, if not impossible, to campaign effectively at research facilities that breed or use animals for research. Further trials have concluded in relation to the rescue of beagles from MBR acres, the focus of a long-running protest against animal experimentation. And we also discuss the remarkable change of heart of the CEO of the fur trade organisation, who has taken a dramatic step in turning his back on this most cruel of industries. Donate here: https://ko-fi.com/animalrightsdebate Join the WhatsApp community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LTGteTLZkwI9XUtB1Xxfen Find out more: https://linktr.ee/animalrightsdebate","meta_description":"The House of Lords has now approved Government changes to the Public Order Act, which will make it more difficult, if not impossible, to campaign effectiv…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2487,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/animal-rights-the-debate-6705712/episodes/restrictions-on-protesting-against-animal-experiments-more-trials-and-a-ceo-sees-the-light/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/animal-rights-the-debate-6705712/restrictions-on-protesting-against-animal-experiments-more-trials-and-a-ceo-sees-the-light.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}