Gemunu de Silva: The Power of Undercover Investigations

Species Unite

elizabeth novogratz

Philosophy, Society & Culture

5.0 • 911 Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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"Within a month of our investigation's release, we had some amazing news. The French government passed legislation to ban fur farms in France. In 2017, it was an issue which was not really on the public agenda, but within four years we have stopped an industry in France. Hundreds of thousands of animals don't have to be killed each year, don't have to live in these small cages going crazy each year. It's a success and it's something that we feel proud to have been part of." - Gemunu de Silva

Gem is back!

Gemunu de Silva is the co-founder of Tracks Investigations. He is filmmaker and an activist who's been investigating and documenting animal rights abuses since the 1980s. Tracks has just completed over 260 investigative film projects. That is an astonishing number of investigations. 35 animal rights and protection organizations have benefited from their work in 57 countries.

Gem has been on the podcast before. I asked him to come back to talk about some of Track's most recent successes. There are many. The work that Gem has done for the past three and a half decades has changed laws, minds and the world for millions of animals.

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0:00.0	Species, unite, unite.
0:07.0	Species unite.
0:11.0	Species unite.
0:14.0	Within a month of our investigations released, we had some amazing news,
0:20.0	that the French government passed legislation to ban fur farms in France.
0:26.0	So in 2017 it was an issue which was kind of not really on the public agenda but within four years we have stopped an
0:35.6	industry in France hundreds of thousands of animals that don't have to be killed each
0:41.4	year don't have to live in these small cages going crazy each year.
0:45.8	It's a success and it's something that we feel proud to be part of. Hi, I'm Elizabeth Novigrats. This is Species Unite. We have a favor to ask. If you like today's
1:06.0	episode and you have a spare minute, could you please rate and review Species
1:11.0	Unite on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to Podcast. It really helps people to find the show.
1:27.0	This conversation is with Geminu de Silva. Gem is a filmmaker and an activist who's been investigating and documenting animal rights abuses since the 1980s.
1:34.0	He is the co-founder of Tracks Investigations.
1:37.0	Gamma has been on the podcast before.
1:39.0	I asked him to come back to talk about some of Tracks most recent successes. Hi GEM. Hi GEM. It is so nice to see you in person in London. It is a real honor and a treat so
2:02.2	thank you for being here and thank you Beth for inviting me back on two species unite podcast. It's a real pleasure to be back. I'm so happy to have you back. So for people who did not hear your first time around and if you didn't hear it you
2:17.4	should because it's fascinating. Well you just give a little background on who
2:21.6	you are and what you've been doing for the past 35 years.
2:25.5	I've been an animal advocate for the last 35 years.
2:29.8	Since 1998, I've been focusing on investigations, so originally starting my own investigation
2:38.0	films and producing films for Sky and National TV in the UK before joining a couple of
2:46.1	animal welfare production organizations undertaking their
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