We have our VERY FIRST expert on the show...because you know it's not us. Debbie is joined by Breanna Zwick, an educator who travelled around Canada studying the connection between dairy and beef farmer's mental health and their cattle's welfare. It's SO INTERESTING because Breanna has done the research, she's seen this up close and has a lot of wisdom to share. She shares the findings from her thesis, published in 2024, and also shares some practical ways to be more aware about the food you consume (choose what matters to you and talk to the people who are making your food). Also, I have known Breanna since she was just a wee lass and, yes, she has always been this cool.

Let's Connect!:

creaturemeetsculture.com

instagram: @creaturemeetsculture

reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CreatureMeetsCulture/?type=TEXT

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61583610878197

Read her thesis here:

https://mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca/items/3dc0169a-8c60-412f-b97c-e2128be1d8fb

Video about the perception of wildlife on dairy farms:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaGDHYbkDvU

Iiiiiit's a rescue story! Debbie and Savanna talk about the largest marine mammal rescue in history that Debbie found out about it because her father-in-law played a role in it! When a week-old gray whale calf washed ashore in Marina del Rey in 1997, veterinarians gave her almost no chance of survival. But a team at SeaWorld decided to try anyway—attempting something never done before. This is the story of JJ, the largest marine mammal rescue in history, and the baby whale who rewrote the rules of marine science. We're a new podcast and want to be friends so leave us a comment and let us know what story you want us to cover next!

Let's Connect!:

creaturemeetsculture.com

instagram: @creaturemeetsculture

reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CreatureMeetsCulture/?type=TEXT

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61583610878197

The only source because this issue had it all:

https://www.aquaticmammalsjournal.org/article/issue-27-3/

Welcome to Haley's first ever episode and it's all about BATS! That's right, we're doing a deep dive into the way bats have been perceived throughout history and how and why those perceptions came to be. Haley brings the facts to the table and the facts are bats are incredible, unique, and essential contributors to our ecosystem.

Let's Connect:

email us! creaturemeetsculture@gmail.com

instagram: @creaturemeetsculture

reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CreatureMeetsCulture/?type=TEXT

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61583610878197

Sources:

Articles/studies/reviewshttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167587724000217?via%3Dihub

https://www.cell.com/trends/microbiology/fulltext/S0966-842X(14)00248-0?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0966842X14002480%3Fshowall%3Dtrue

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004222010549?ref=pdf_download&fr=RR-2&rr=9b24bc636a702f07

https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/80107

Websites

https://www.batcon.org/https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Chiroptera/

Videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhWKT2gUcks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0YB6_7Kync

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd-X3Pi8Oz0