Mike Wolf: Undercover in America's Factory Farms
Species Unite
elizabeth novogratz
5.0 ā¢ 911 Ratings
šļø 27 June 2019
ā±ļø 37 minutes
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Summary
Mike Wolf spent four years working undercover on factory farms. He has seen thousands of animals living in deplorable conditions and witnessed abuse that IĀ thinkĀ few of us can even imagine. He's now Director of Investigations for the animal protection organization, Compassion Over Killing.Ā
MikeĀ has ledĀ investigative effortsĀ into meat, dairy, and egg facilities. He has overseen multiple investigations that have gone viral, sparking a national conversation about the treatment of farmed animals, and ultimately, impacting meaningful change. Among the investigative efforts Mike has led are a 2015 investigation into Hormel supplierĀ Quality Pork Processors, exposing the dangers of a cruel USDA high-speed slaughter pilot program; and a 2016Ā Tyson FoodsĀ investigation that offered the first hidden-camera look inside broiler breeder factory farms and provided hard-hitting evidence that drove unprecedented trials and convictions for cruelty to chickens.
Mike also has a strong passion for vegan fitness, and hopes to show how easy it is to gain vegan muscle as a member of PlantBuilt's Powerlifting team.
Since Mike and I met at his home in Arizona this spring, Compassion Over Killing has released another investigation. This time it was Martin Farms, a dairy farm in Pennsylvania that is aĀ supplier for Nestle. The footage that they released is shocking to say the least. It's absolutelyĀ horrificĀ and extremely difficult to watch but I beg you ā watch it. Share it. It's the only way thatĀ change happens. As hard is it is for us to sit through and watch these videos ā think about the animals that are actually living through this.Ā Watch the video.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Elizabeth Novigrat's welcome to Species Unite, the podcast where we talk to people who are fighting some of the hardest fights on earth to stop the unnecessary suffering of animals. |
| 0:14.0 | Today's conversation is with Mike Wolf. |
| 0:16.0 | Mike spent almost four years working undercover in factory farms. |
| 0:20.0 | He has seen thousands of animals living in deplorable conditions and has witnessed abuse that I think few of us can even imagine. |
| 0:28.0 | He's now Director of Investigations for the Animal Protection Organization, Compassion Over Killing. |
| 0:34.0 | Since Mike and I met at his home in Arizona this spring, Compassion Over Killing has |
| 0:39.4 | released another investigation. This time it was Martin Farms, a dairy farm in Pennsylvania that's a supplier for Nestle. |
| 0:47.0 | The footage that they released is shocking to say the least. It's absolutely horrible and really difficult to watch but I beg you |
| 0:58.4 | watch it, pass it around. It's the only way change happens and as hard as it is for us to sit through and watch these videos |
| 1:06.5 | Think about the animals who are actually living through this |
| 1:09.9 | Those links to it on our website as well as compassion over killings which is co-okk.net. |
| 1:17.0 | Can you take me through where you started and how that happened? |
| 1:27.0 | Yeah, sure, and thank you. |
| 1:29.0 | I grew up in Jersey and growing up I always loved animals, had a cat and I had a dog and always very loving with animals, but never really knew too much about animal rights. |
| 1:41.0 | I had heard about vegans, I had heard about |
| 1:43.2 | animal issues, but I never really thought about it and then I went to Rutgers, |
| 1:48.0 | graduated the degree in psychology, and I was at a place where I think a lot of psych students end up where you just have no clue what you're going to do with that. |
| 1:56.0 | I was kind of bouncing around for a few years, different jobs. |
| 2:00.0 | And then in October 2005 my dog Curley died. |
| 2:03.0 | That was a very difficult time for me. |
| 2:06.2 | I spent a lot of time trying to mourn and going through my grief |
| 2:08.9 | and everything and spent some time online looking at pet loss |
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