S8.20: Dr. Heather Rally: Superhero by Day
“We sat down and we ordered omakase, which is essentially the chef's specialties, and they just keep bringing food out until you say I'm done. So we ate and ate and ate everything you can imagine for the better part of three hours before we even dared to do order whale.”
– Heather Rally
Dr. Heather Rally spent the last decade at the PETA Foundation as a supervising veterinarian for captive animal law enforcement. What that means is she's led investigative and enforcement actions in cases of abuse of animals in roadside zoos, circuses and pretty much anywhere captive animal are on exhibit in the U.S. And, sadly, there are a lot of these places.
Heather’s training is in marine mammals. For seven years, she worked with the Oceanic Preservation Society to document and expose environmental crimes and animal welfare violations across the world by doing undercover investigations for the documentary film, Racing Extinction.
In that time, she helped expose and put an end to the illegal sale of endangered species and brought global attention to the exponential rate of extinction that’s happening all over the planet.
Heather truly is a superhero. Listen to her episode and I think you’ll agree.
Please listen and share.
In gratitude,
Elizabeth Novogratz
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