20 Best Animal Welfare Podcasts

1. Hope for the Animals

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Longtime animal advocate, Hope Bohanec, covers a variety of farmed animal issues including the ethical, environmental, spiritual, heartbreaking and heartwarming aspects of living vegan. Hope has engaging conversations with inspiring guests focusing on critical reasons for living a vegan lifestyle and covering current topics such as the humane hoax, environmental impact, speciesism, and effective outreach advocating for chickens, turkeys, cows, pigs, goats and other farmed animals. Hope is a 35-year vegan, animal rights activist, and author. This podcast is a project of Compassionate Living. MORE Host Hope Bohanec
Producer/Network Hope Bohanec
Email ****@compassionate-living.org
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 70Facebook 11.5KTwitter 2.5K Avg Length 57 min Format Long form Since Apr 2020 Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. Humane Voices

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Love and compassion for animals can bring everyone together. 'Humane Voices' is the official podcast of Humane World for Animals. We'll explore the issues facing animals, interview worldwide animal experts, and discuss what you can do to get involved and help. If you care about the welfare of animals, or have a special pet or two in your life, this is the podcast for you.MORE Producer/Network Humane World for Animals
Email ****@humaneworld.org
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 67Facebook 3.1KTwitter 1.3KInstagram 1.9K Avg Length 26 min Format Medium form Since Jul 2019 Get Email Contact

3. Better Animal Handling

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Humans have domesticated and handled animals for 14,000 years. Modern times have brought urbanization and technology which have caused a drastic decline in human-animal interactions. As a result, the knowledge of how to properly handle, restrain, and house animals is in decline. In Better Animal Handling, C.B. Chastain, veterinarian and professor emeritus, describes effective, humane animal handling with emphasis on safety measures to prevent injury and the transmission of zoonotic diseases.MORE Producer/Network Dr. C.B. Chastain
Email ****@betteranimalhandling.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 3 Avg Length 11 min Format Short form Since Oct 2019 Get Email Contact

4. All My Children Wear Fur Coats with Peggy Hoyt

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All My Children Wear Fur Coats with attorney, animal advocate and pet mom Peggy Hoyt is a weekly 'pawcast' for pet lovers and their furry kids. Favorite topics include animal rescue and welfare, pet loss and grief, estate planning for pets, pet health and wellness, unique pet products, protecting pets in disasters, and animal communication, just to name a few. With more than 250 guests since its creation, All My Children Wear Fur Coats has something for every pet pet parent and animal lover...MORE Host Peggy Hoyt
Producer/Network Peggy Hoyt
Email ****@hoytbryan.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 6Facebook 443Twitter 73Instagram 188 Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Since May 2015 Get Email Contact

5. The Community Cats Podcast

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Our mission is to provide education, information and dialogue that will create a supportive environment empowering people to help cats in their community. *For transcripts of most shows, visit https://www.communitycatspodcast.com/podcast/.MORE Host Stacy LeBaron
Producer/Network The Community Cats Podcast
Email ****@communitycatspodcast.com
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 206Facebook 16.6KTwitter 1.1KInstagram 6K Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Since Jun 2016 Get Email Contact

6. Keep it Humane

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Welcome to Keep it Humane: The Podcast (formerly The Animal Control Report)! Hosts Daniel Ettinger, Ashley Bishop, and Ashlee Bishop explore the full spectrum of animal welfare from animal control officers, animal shelters and rescue to advocacy, policy, and community care. We share real stories, expert insights, and conversations that reshape how we talk about helping animals. Whether you're in the industry or simply care about animals, join us as we build understanding and Help People!MORE Hosts Daniel Ettinger, Ashley Bishop, Ashlee Bishop
Producer/Network Keep it Humane
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 61Facebook 965Twitter 82 Avg Length 53 min Format Long form Since Jul 2019 Get Email Contact

7. Burlington Humane Podcast

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Learn about general pet care information through professionals dedicated to pet care, health and welfare. This Canadian podcast focuses on Cats and Dogs as well as the latest news and events of the Burlington Humane Society; Ontario's Premier No-Kill Animal Shelter, in Burlington, Ontario, Canada.MORE Producer/Network Burlington Humane Society
Email ****@burlingtonhumane.ca
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Apple Reviews 3Facebook 15.7KTwitter 1.4KInstagram 12.2K Avg Length 40 min Format Long form Since Mar 2019 Get Email Contact

8. Lab Rat Chat

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A podcast dedicated to providing an accurate and alternate narrative to the public regarding the necessity of humane and ethical animal research. Lab Rat Chat was made possible through the Michael D. Hayre Fellowship in Public Outreach, which is sponsored by the biomedical research advocacy group Americans for Medical Progress.MORE Hosts Jeff Marshall, Danielle Dady
Producer/Network Lab Rat Chat
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 62Facebook 815Twitter 364Instagram 743 Avg Length 33 min Format Medium form Since Jan 2020 Get Email Contact

9. Animals Today Radio

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The signature program of the nonprofit, Advancing the Interests of Animals (AIA), is its weekly, one-hour nationally syndicated radio show, Animals Today. Currently in its seventh continuous year, this show provides a worldwide platform where individuals and organizations concerned about the welfare of animals can present their viewpoints and promote their causes. It is a communication hub where listeners learn about a wide variety of animal welfare issues as well as the actions they can take to help animals locally and around the globe. Hosted by Dr...MORE Hosts Dr. Lori Kirshner, Dr.Peter Spiegel
Producer/Network Dr. Lori Kirshner
Email ****@animalstodayradio.com
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Apple Rating 3.8/5Apple Reviews 14Twitter 599 Avg Length 44 min Format Long form Since Jan 2011 Get Email Contact

10. Shelter Success Simplified

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Shelter Success Simplified is a podcast designed to help you run your animal welfare organization better. We interview experts in a concise format to give you the tools to save more animals while simplifying your work and setting up your organization for success in the long run. It's short enough to listen while driving to work or when on a break.MORE Producer/Network Humane Network
Email ****@humanenetwork.org
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 96Facebook 823 Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Since Feb 2020 Get Email Contact

11. All Things Wise and Wonderful (an animal welfare podcast)

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This podcast, hosted by Dr Henrietta Linnemann and Jody Gordon, is about all things animal welfare and veterinary with discussions about welfare and vet related issues, news items related to animals and discussions with experts working in the animal welfare and veterinary world.Email the show at ****@gmail.comfacebook.com/allthingswiseandwonderfulpodcastMORE Producer/Network Jody Gordon & Dr Henrietta Linnemann
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Reviews 4Facebook 56 Avg Length 76 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

12. The Best Friends Podcast

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An animal welfare professional's typical day includes unparalleled joy and heart-wrenching despair, often in equal measure. The burnout is real but it's the hard-won progress that sustains us.The Best Friends Podcast brings you stories from the front lines of lifesaving. You'll hear from leading experts on topics that impact all of us. These are stories that matter to shelters, rescue groups, and the animal welfare organizations that enable their service to a community and its animals. These are stories for all of us.MORE Producer/Network Best Friends Animal Society
Email ****@bestfriends.org
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 81Twitter 235.5K Avg Length 37 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

13. Humane Action Pittsburgh Podcast

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You can do more for animals than most people ever will. Animal protection is within reach! HUMANE ACTION Pittsburgh is a group of nonpartisan citizens dedicated to advancing animal protection through education and action. Our vision is a world without animal suffering where all beings are treated with compassion. Our mission is to advance the protection of all animals by empowering people to affect change through education, policy, and community action.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
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Facebook 2.8KTwitter 1.2KInstagram 834 Avg Length 37 min Format Medium form Since Oct 2020 Get Email Contact

14. RSPCA Australia's Humane Food Podcast

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Find out all things farm animal welfare, food and farming in Australia with our host Brian Daly. Brian Daly is a writer, producer, director who has been raising awareness of animal welfare issues for the past two decades.MORE Producer/Network RSPCA Australia
Email ****@rspca.org.au
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 23Facebook 274.8KTwitter 26.5KInstagram 39K Avg Length 24 min Format Medium form Since Jul 2019 Get Email Contact

15. The Alliance Podcast

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Welcome to the Alliance Podcast, a podcast produced by the Humane Rescue Alliance (HRA), an animal welfare organization headquartered in Washington, DC. Hosted by vice president of external affairs Reasa Currier, the podcast will feature interviews with both local and national leaders in animal welfare, veterinary medicine, and field services. They will share how they've been handling the COVID-19 virus and how it has informed their best practices.You can learn more about HRA at humanerescuealliance.orgMORE Producer/Network Humane Rescue Alliance
Email ****@humanerescuealliance.org
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 5Facebook 66.4KTwitter 15.2KInstagram 52.5K Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Since Mar 2020 Get Email Contact

16. Research podcast

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Yuma humane society and animal control
Producer/Network Beverly Mendoza
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Avg Length 7 min Format Bite size Since Nov 2020 Get Email Contact

17. The Paw'dCast by PRCF India

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PRCF India's vision to broaden and enlighten the masses in India about why humane education is the need of the hour in our otherwise grim society and why kindness is the language we need! Let's make compassion cool because that is the religion we need today! PRCF India is trying to reach out to the young and old alike about why we must start relearning the ideologies we were told and stereotypes that need to break out of shackles.MORE Email ****@prcfindia.org
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Facebook 1.3KTwitter 81Instagram 3.2K Avg Length 13 min Format Short form Since Jul 2020 Get Email Contact