episode no. 84 :: first broadcast on 3 March 2010
Negative Impacts of the Rodeo and Livestock Show on Animals and People
With Mad Cowboy Howard Lyman and World Peace Diet Author Dr. Will Tuttle
Howard Lyman, 4th generation rancher/cowboy/meat-eater turned vegan activist, the author of MAD COWBOY: Plain Truth from the Cattle Rancher Who Won't Eat Meat was raised on a farm and ranch producing dairy and meat commodities. In 1996, Lyman revealed, to a national television audience, how the cattle industry potentially exposed Americans to Mad Cow Disease by feeding cows the remains of live animals - including other cows, turning cows into cannibals. As a result of his remarks, Lyman was named a co-defendant with Oprah Winfrey in the infamous Veggie Libel case brought by Texas ranchers in Amarillo. Howard will be on the first half of the show.
Dr. Will Tuttle, author of The World Peace Diet which has been called one of the most important books of the 21st century: the foundation of a new society based on the truth of the interconnectedness of all life. During the second half of the show Dr. Tuttle will explain how the the livestock programs such as 4-H and Future Farmers of America desensitize young people to compassion.
Tonight's show produced and hosted by Shirley Wilkes-Johnson
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