Defender Radio
Defender Radio is the world's top wildlife protection podcast. It is hosted by award-winning journalist Michael Howie and presented by The Fur-Bearers (thefurbearers.com).
- Website
- http://www.thefurbearers.com
- Description
- Defender Radio is the world's top wildlife protection podcast. It is hosted by award-winning journalist Michael Howie and presented by The Fur-Bearers (thefurbearers.com).
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2025-01-21 00:50
- last episode published
- 2025-01-20 10:00
- publication frequency
- 10.7 days
- Contributors
- The Fur-Bearers
- Author Owner
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 387
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Non-Profit News Natural Sciences Science & Medicine Government & Organizations
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2025-01-20 |
Tizzy and Me: Fifteen Ways To Love A Mink feat. Dr. Nadja Lubiw-Hazard One day at school, 7-year-old animal loving Georgia discovers her best friend is wearing a coat made with mink fur; with the companionship of her dog Tizzy, Georgia and her friend begin to learn about animals that live in fur farms – and that they must... |
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| 2025-01-13 | I’m excited to announce season 11 of Defender Radio and The Switch is going live this month! You’ll be hearing long-form interviews from expert scientists around the world talking about wildlife behaviour, population dynamics, and the environment. We’l... |
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| 2024-09-27 | We’re releasing this episode in time for International Rabbit Day – a celebration of our favourite floppy-eared lagomorphs. While rabbits do make wonderful companions, they are frequently released or dumped in the wild – and with an exceptionally quick... |
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| 2024-09-16 |
Speak at Humane Canada’s Summit for Animals with Natalia Hanson Finding community is an important part of being an advocate – and in a post pandemic world, that can be a struggle. Fortunately, opportunities like Humane Canada’s Summit for Animals bring together hundreds of likeminded people, sharing resources, idea... |
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| 2024-08-12 | Hundreds of black bears are killed in British Columbia every year; often, the issue leading to government agents killing bears is attractants such as unsecure garbage that bears may want to explore or eat. While there is much to be said and debated abo... |
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| 2024-07-22 | More than 5,000 wild species are at risk of extinction in Canada right now – it’s an overwhelming, staggering number, and it begs the question: what are we doing about it? Environmental journalist Sarah Cox explores this question with hope and curiosit... |
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| 2024-07-08 |
Tales of the Urban Wild with Dr. Tiffany Yap and Meital Smith What’s the world like for a Puma in California? What would they encounter, and what would they make of the humans acting strangely in the landscape? Scientist Dr. Tiffany Yap and artist Meital Smith put together what they think that may look like in th... |
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| 2024-07-01 | Black bears in British Columbia face an impossible reality: find new places to live, without being near people, while we continue to remove habitat and ecological connectivity from the landscape. It’s a struggle that journalist and documentarian Paul J... |
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| 2024-06-24 | Nakoda was a grizzly bear who lived in Yoho National Park. She was a well-known bear, having been tracked by Parks Canada as Bear 178, and popular with photographers and tourists who caught a glimpse of her famous blonde-white fur. Tragically, on the e... |
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| 2024-06-10 | Mustachioed dog-nappers chasing animated pooches around the city may be what’s in some of our heads when it comes to animal control, but the important front-line officers in our communities go well beyond that trope. In Arlington, Virginia, the communi... |
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