Ep. 387: "Rat Trap" Exposes Animal Vivisection's Uselessness

Host Emil Guillermo speaks to Dr. Pandora Pound about her book "Rat Trap," which exposes the bad science that researchers use to justify useless animal experimentation. Get the book on Amazon. See more about PETA's Research Modernization Deal Get "Rat Trap" from Safermedicines.org  Get the podcast on YouTube@emilamok1   The PETA Podcast PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 9 million strong and growing.  Hosted by Emil Guillermo. Powered by PETA activism. Contact us at PETA.org Music provided by CarbonWorks. Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe. Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo at www.amok.com  Please subscribe, rate and review wherever you get your podcasts Thanks for listening to THE PETA PODCAST! (Originally published Sept.26, 2023 Copyright ©2020-2025

What to know about the National Institutes of Health's major announcement that changes everything when it comes to animal testing in research. If you want NIH funding and use animals in your models and tests, your grant application will not be welcome. PETA's Dr. Emily Trunnell talks to Emil Guillermo about the significance of this change and what more needs to be done to make an even bigger difference to animals and science. Go to PETA.org for more details  The PETA Podcast PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 9 million strong.  Hosted by Emil Guillermo. Contact us at PETA.org Music provided by CarbonWorks. Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe. Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo on X@emilamok Get this podcast at www.YouTube.com/@emilamok1 Or at www.amok.com Please subscribe, rate, and review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for listening to THE PETA PODCAST!  Reprised, July 9, 2025  ©PETA, Emil Guillermo 2023-25        

We reprise "Breaking The Chain," a documentary executive produced by Anjelica Huston, that shows PETA's Community Animal Project in action, saving animals in the Norfolk, Virginia, area. Among its top concerns is the number of chained dogs in the area. Many are abused, malnourished, and tethered mercilessly to a chain in all weather, from hot summers to cold winters.  PETA has forced local and state officials to establish anti-tethering laws that serve as a model for the country.  The documentary also addresses the problem with no-kill shelters and why avoiding euthanasia is not the answer to the dog and cat overpopulation problem. Daphna Nachminovitch, PETA Sr.VP for cruelty investigations, speaks with Emil Guillermo. See the documentary on Amazon, Apple TV, iTunes, Google Play, Vudu, and Vimeo on Demand. For the trailer and more information on "Breaking the Chain," go to PETA.org.  The PETA Podcast PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 9 million strong.  Hosted by Emil Guillermo. Contact us at PETA.org Music provided by CarbonWorks. Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe. Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo on X@emilamok Get this podcast at www.YouTube.com/@emilamok1 Or at www.amok.com Please subscribe, rate, and review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for listening to THE PETA PODCAST!  Reprised, July 2, 2025  ©PETA, Emil Guillermo 2023-25    

Debbie Metzler, PETA sr. Director of Captive Wildlife, Legal and Corporate Affairs, with Emil Guillermo on the West Coast Game Park Safari shutdown in Bandon, Oregon. If you see something, report it to www.peta.org/abuse The PETA Podcast PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 9 million strong and growing. Hosted by Emil Guillermo.  Contact us at PETA.org Music provided by CarbonWorks. Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe. Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo and get the podcast on YouTube. www.YouTube.com/@emilamok1 Please subscribe, rate, and review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for listening to THE PETA PODCAST!  June 24, 2025,  ©PETA, Emil Guillermo 2023-25  

After first exposing the cruel torture of Elisabeth Murray's monkey experiments at the National Institute of Mental Health in 2020, the multi-million dollar monkey fright project could be ending. In this reprise, PETA's Dr. Katherine Roe talks to Emil Guillermo about the videos PETA obtained of the experiments. See the videos yourself and take action. The PETA Podcast PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 9 million strong and growing. Hosted by Emil Guillermo.  Contact us at PETA.org Music provided by CarbonWorks. Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe. Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo and get the podcast on YouTube. www.YouTube.com/@emilamok1 Please subscribe, rate, and review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for listening to THE PETA PODCAST!  June 18, 2025,  ©PETA, Emil Guillermo 2023-25  

Meat-addiction? Perfectionism? Isolationism? I talk to Dr. Angela Crawford, the author of "The Vegan Transformation" about the psychological issues that come up when going vegan. Part 2 of our conversation. Get your free vegan kit at PETA.org Watch on www.YouTube.com/@emilmok1    

Have you ever thought about the changes that happen to you when you go vegan? In her new book, "The Vegan Transformation," Angela Crawford, Ph.D., surveyed 350 people, then went deeper with 75 of them to find out what happens when you go vegan. In part one, Crawford tells Emil Guillermo how she became vegan and the changes she noticed in herself. In part two (to be released later in June), Crawford finishes her list of the 7 findings in her survey. Coming up: Part 2 of our interview. The PETA Podcast PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 9 million strong and growing. Hosted by Emil Guillermo.  Contact us at PETA.org Music provided by CarbonWorks. Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe. Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo and get the podcast on YouTube. www.YouTube.com/@emilamok1 Please subscribe, rate, and review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for listening to THE PETA PODCAST!  June 4, 2025,  ©PETA, Emil Guillermo 2023-25  

In a massive victory for cruelty-free science, PETA's multi-year campaign against a monkey torturer has brought closure to a Harvard research lab. We reprise this episode to explain the significance of this lab closure in the effort to end animal experimentation. See more at PETA.org The PETA Podcast PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 9 million strong and growing. Hosted by Emil Guillermo.  Contact us at PETA.org Music provided by CarbonWorks. Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe. Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo and get the podcast on YouTube. www.YouTube.com/@emilamok1 Please subscribe, rate, and review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for listening to THE PETA PODCAST! Originally re-released May 28, 2025,  ©PETA, Emil Guillermo 2023-25  

"Eat What Elephants Eat" is Dominick Thompson's cookbook/memoir. To inspire more vegan cookouts on Memorial Day, we reprise our conversation with Thompson, whose vision of going vegan was clarified in prison. Get a free vegan starter kit. The PETA Podcast PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 9 million strong and growing. Hosted by Emil Guillermo.  Contact us at PETA.org Music provided by CarbonWorks. Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe. Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo and get the podcast on YouTube. www.YouTube.com/@emilamok1 Please subscribe, rate, and review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for listening to THE PETA PODCAST! Originally re-released May 21, 2025,  ©PETA, Emil Guillermo 2023-25  

Should animals ever be used as spare parts for humans? PETA Sr. VP Kathy Guillermo was interviewed by CNN about xenotransplantation.  Listen to what she had to say about the experience and the hope that her views are represented fairly.  See PETA represent the ethical perspective on xenotransplantation in the CNN documentary "Animal Pharm," which premieres Sunday, May 17. Find out more about xenotransplantation, go to PETA.org The PETA Podcast PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 9 million strong and growing. Hosted by Emil Guillermo.  Contact us at PETA.org Music provided by CarbonWorks. Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe. Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo and get the podcast on YouTube. www.YouTube.com/@emilamok1 Please subscribe, rate, and review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for listening to THE PETA PODCAST! Originally released May 14, 2025,  ©PETA, Emil Guillermo 2023-25