Welcome to Our Hen House. This is Jasmine Singer. And this is Marianne Sullivan. And on this week's show, Marianne will be joined by Mumtha Jane Valdurama, who is the senior vice president for operations at Mercy for Animals,

and who will fill us in on a religion that I have been very intrigued by for a very long time.

Janeism. Yeah, me too. You know, I love doing interviews about religion, even though I'm not

particularly religious myself. And I just find it

really interesting. And Jainism obviously is the religion that I think most of us, like, were drawn to it

in various ways because it does take this really, really firm view about being compassionate and what

that entails. And that includes not eating animals. So, yeah,

this fascinating interview. I'm so excited that Mumtha has really found her way into the animal

rights movement. She's going to be an enormous benefit to mercy for animals and to animals in

general. So on the flock bonus segment this week, I'll be continuing that conversation

with Mumtha. And if you're a flock member, you will get a link to the bonus segment in your

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