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A Field Guide to Gay Animals
Ep. 2: GAY ARK
Synopsis: In search of a face-to-snout meeting with real Gay Animals, Laine travels to the Humble Pig Animal Sanctuary, where they meet a crew of runaway dogs, feral chickens and escapees from a pig farm. There they learn what a new environment can do for an animal’s sexuality. Then, Owen and Laine speak with Dr. Laurel Braitman about how zoos and natural history museums tell us a much straighter story about animals than the animals themselves.
Guests: Eliza Zeitlin, from Humble Pig Animal Sanctuary, and Dr. Laurel Braitman, author of Animal Madness: Inside Their Minds
- Humble Pig Animal Sanctuary - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/humble_pig_animal_sanctuary/
- Dr. Laurel Braitman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurel_braitman/
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