Alka Chandna: Comparing Hells
Species Unite
elizabeth novogratz
5.0 • 911 Ratings
🗓️ 24 May 2023
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
"It's like comparing hells - it's a different type of hell, right? It's just like one hideous place where you're neglected and you have all manner of suffering to another place where it's a different set of conditions of suffering and misery." – Dr. Alka Chandna
This conversation took place a couple of weeks ago as a live event. It's with me and Dr. Alka Chandna, PETA's Vice President of Laboratory Investigations. At the time I called it, The Realities of Animal Testing, which is a pretty horrible name as nobody really wants to know the realities of animal testing. But I think it's so important that we do know, because the more we know, the more we can change.
Alka has spent the past two decades at PETA fighting to end cruelty towards animals. She is an expert on animal experimentation. She has submitted dozens of complaints to highlight violations of US federal animal welfare laws, guidelines, and policies. And, she's has worked on numerous campaigns to end animal testing and has had original research published in peer-reviewed journals on policies pertaining to problems with oversight of animal experimentation.
Please listen and gain a deeper understanding of why testing on animals needs to be a thing of the past and why it's crucial to move towards human relevant methods.
LINKS:
PETA: https://www.peta.org/
Alka Chandna Twitter: https://twitter.com/alkac1?lang=en
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| 0:00.0 | Species, unite Species unite. |
| 0:14.0 | You know, it's like, you know, comparing hell's. |
| 0:18.0 | It's a different type of hell, right? |
| 0:21.0 | It's just like one hideous place where you're neglected and you have all manner of suffering to another place, you know, where it's a different set of conditions of suffering and mystery. |
| 0:41.0 | Hi, I'm Elizabeth Navratz. |
| 0:44.3 | This is Species Unite. We'd like to thank Lush for sponsoring today's episode. |
| 0:47.6 | Lush advocates for people, animals, and the planet. |
| 0:51.0 | Through their ethically sourced ingredients and their grants program, |
| 0:54.8 | they give back locally and around the world. This conversation took place a couple of weeks ago. It's with me and Dr. Alka Chana. |
| 1:11.0 | Alka is Pita's vice president of laboratory investigations. |
| 1:15.0 | When we did this conversation live, I called it the realities of animal testing, |
| 1:20.0 | which is a pretty horrible name because nobody really wants to know the realities of animal testing |
| 1:26.1 | but I think it's so important that we do know. |
| 1:28.7 | But because the more we know, the more we can change. |
| 1:31.2 | Alka has been with PETA for 20 years and she's been fighting for |
| 1:34.6 | animal rights much longer than that. We're here today with Dr Alka Chandra. Thank you very much for being here. It is really, really |
| 1:57.6 | cool to have you on the show. Oh, it's my absolute pleasure and honor, Elizabeth. |
| 2:01.8 | Thank you for having me. |
| 2:03.1 | You've been at PETA 20 years, |
| 2:04.9 | happy anniversary. |
| 2:05.9 | Thank you, thank you. |
| 2:07.3 | And so you've seen, I mean, you've really been in this |
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