Making the Fur Fly

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🗓️ 28 March 2013

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Although many people debate about the use of animals in science and civilization, few argue as adamantly against their use than our guest, Ingrid Newkirk, co-founder and president of PETA.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Star Talk.
0:04.0	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:10.0	Star Talk begins right now.
0:15.0	Welcome back to Star Talk Radio. I'm your host, Neil deGrasse Tyson.
0:20.0	I'm an astrophysicist and director of New York City's Hayden Planetarium.
0:25.0	This week, making the fur fly. Animal science and civilization.
0:30.0	To help me in studio is animal behaviorist, Peter Borschell.
0:34.0	Applied animal behaviorist.
0:36.0	Excuse me, applied animal behaviorist.
0:38.0	That means you're actually in the real world doing...
0:41.0	I'm in the real world.
0:42.0	Solving real problems. You got your PhD in comparative psychology and animal behavior
0:47.0	from Michigan State.
0:48.0	Yes.
0:49.0	And, well, welcome to Star Talk Radio.
0:50.0	Oh, thank you.
0:51.0	We snared you in the middle of a gig today.
0:53.0	What are you actually going to do today?
0:54.0	Well, I've got to evaluate a dog up at animal care and control.
0:57.0	Which is...
0:58.0	Evaluate a dog. What does that mean?
0:59.0	You know, in dog shows that they get gooseed, you know,
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