Leo's Animal Planet

Today on Leo's Animal Planet, we welcome a very special guest! Olivia Mandle is an animal rights activist and climate warrior. She fights for the rights of marine animals and dreams of a plastic-free Mediterranean. She leads a campaign on Change.org #Noespaisparadelfines to end dolphin parks in Spain.  She is a EU Climate Pact Ambassador, a National Geographic Storyteller, WILD Foundation's Marine Ambassador, and an Ambassador for “La España Azul” project by explorer Nacho Dean. She was recognized with an International Award from The Jane Goodall Institute Global for her campaigns. In 2019, she created a tool to clean microplastics from the sea. It's called the “Jelly Cleaner” and anyone can make one using recycled materials found at home.Please sign her petition on Change.org #noesPaisparaDelfines to force the Spanish government to pass a law for the scheduled closing of Dolphin Parks and ending cetaceans in captivity. With more than 153,000 signatures already, Olivia is working with politicians in the Spanish Congress to enact legislation!Olivia also gave 2 TEDx talks and is releasing a book on October 19th! Her websiteHer Youtube channelFollow Olivia on Instagram

Sharks are incredibly important for the health of our oceans. They are apex predators, and so they play a very important role in the ecosystem. In this podcast, we'll talk to Finlay Pringle, shark ambassador and environmental campaigner about how his passion for sharks started. We'll also talk about shark finning and shark captivity. Finlay campaigned to stop the Shark Fin Trade in the UK, which has just been passed into law yesterday, 29 June 2023!This is what the citizen led initiative called "Stop finning – Stop the trade" is trying to achieve in Europe! And I’m so happy that Katharina Loupal one of the campaigners of Stop Finning EU will to talk to us about as well. On the 11th of July, the EU parliament will vote on the petition calling the EU to ban the trade of shark fins. It could be a historic moment for ocean and shark conservation. Together, we can give sharks the break they desperately need to recover from decades and decades of cruelty and overfishing!I hope you enjoyed this podcast! If you would like to learn more about sharks you can check my shark video on my YouTube channel, Leo’s animal planet. And there is also a review of a great book about sharks called “A day in the life of sharks” by shark and marine biologist, Carlee Jackson.Have a wonderful month and I’ll see you soon for more podcasts on animals. I’ll see you later! LEO

Today, we meet the amazing Margaux Dodds from Marine Connection as they celebrate 30 years since the closure of the last dolphinarium in the UK and call for a ban on the import/export and display of captive dolphins and whales.We also talk about cetacean captivity, Taiji and the opening of the new Seaworld marine park in Abu Dhabi. For more information about Marine Connection, please visit https://marineconnection.org#emptyTheTanks #dontBuyAticket #CaptivityKills

Hello, My name is Leo and this is my podcast "Leo's Animal Planet".In this podcast series, we’ll be meeting conservationists, young activists, heroes who campaign day and night and dedicate their lives to saving wildlife.Are you ready to join me to save animals? Animals are so important so let’s swarm for them! Together we can do this!