Cat Besch's guest appearances

Cat Besch

Do Good Feel Good

The Bloody Vegans Podcast

Sentientism

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This episode contains explicit languageVietnam Animal Aid’s founder and director, Catherine Besch, has been interviewed in many different forums and formats. With a decade of experience running a rescue animal sanctuary and animal rights organization in Vietnam, Cat has a lot to share about the unique challenges the animals and the organization face in Southeast Asia.Cat has a B.S. in International Relations, and an M.A in Emergency and Disaster Management, regarding how weather systems are changing entire regions, increasing droughts/floods, reducing snow runoff/permafrost, and totally altering our food system as a result. She also has first-hand experience with and a background in veterinery education, international veterinary clinics, animal rescue, animal sheltering, sterilization/vaccination projects, charity management, human resources in the animal rights sector, abolitionist veganism, non-speciesism, and animal rights.She is obsessed with food security, vegan fashion, and making all of her travels about the search for the best vegan cheese on the planet, as well as being an avid runner, swimmer, and mountain biker.You can support Vietnam Animals Aid &amp; Rescue by donating over on their website at this link Cat mentioned the opportunity to support the work at VAAR through longer term investment, you can get in touch with Cat about this at this address info@vnanimalaid.orgYou can find out more about The Bloody Vegans Podcast &amp; support the show at https://linktr.ee/bloodyveganspodcast You can support The Bloody Vegans Podcast to continue making content through our Patreon which can be found at this link Finally a huge THANK YOU to Patreon supporter Little Pigeon Bird Sanctuary . You can support the sanctuary at https://www.littlegreenpigeon.co.uk Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode contains explicit languageVietnam Animal Aid’s founder and director, Catherine Besch, has been interviewed in many different forums and formats. With a decade of experience running a rescue animal sanctuary and animal rights organization in Vietnam, Cat has a lot to share about the unique challenges the animals and the organization face in Southeast Asia.Cat has a B.S. in International Relations, and an M.A in Emergency and Disaster Management, regarding how weather systems are changing entire regions, increasing droughts/floods, reducing snow runoff/permafrost, and totally altering our food system as a result. She also has first-hand experience with and a background in veterinery education, international veterinary clinics, animal rescue, animal sheltering, sterilization/vaccination projects, charity management, human resources in the animal rights sector, abolitionist veganism, non-speciesism, and animal rights.She is obsessed with food security, vegan fashion, and making all of her travels about the search for the best vegan cheese on the planet, as well as being an avid runner, swimmer, and mountain biker.You can support Vietnam Animals Aid &amp; Rescue by donating over on their <a href="https://www.vnanimalaid.org/donate/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">website at this link </a>Cat mentioned the opportunity to support the work at VAAR through longer term investment, you can get in touch with Cat about this at this address <a href="mailto:info@vnanimalaid.org" rel="noopener noreferrer">info@vnanimalaid.org</a>You can find out more about The Bloody Vegans Podcast &amp; support the show at <a href="https://linktr.ee/bloodyveganspodcast " rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://linktr.ee/bloodyveganspodcast </a>You can support The Bloody Vegans Podcast to continue making content through our Patreon which can be found at<a href="https://www.patreon.com/thebloodyveganspodcast?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=creatorshare" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> this link </a>Finally a huge THANK YOU to Patreon supporter Little Pigeon Bird Sanctuary . You can support the sanctuary at <a href="https://www.littlegreenpigeon.co.uk" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.littlegreenpigeon.co.uk</a> <a href="https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/4941683" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Get bonus content on Patreon</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Vietnam Animal Aid & Rescue founder Cat Besch

Cat (@CatBeschVN) founded and leads Vietnam Animal Aid &amp; Rescue. She is also a writer &amp; activist addressing many non-human animal issues.  In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?” &amp; “what matters?” Sentientism is "evidence, reason &amp; compassion for all sentient beings." The video of our conversation is here on YouTube.  We discuss: 0:00 Welcome  1:10 Cat's Intro - Founding Vietnam Animal Aid &amp; Rescue - Growing up in Virginia, USA - Studying International Relations in Washington DC - A political/military family  3:10 What's Real? - Growing up as a liberal Lutheran with very religious parents - The church as social fabric - Figuring out that "I just don't really believe in any of that crap" - High school &amp; Baptist society in Alabama - The church seeing all sex as shameful... "holding virginity in such high esteem" - Feminism &amp; Islam. "Headscarves &amp; Hymens" by Mona Eltahawy.  - "The way the institutions look at sex &amp; sexuality just makes you want to put your fist through a wall" - "A whole bunch of girls that think they're going to hell" - That was the turning point. Everything started to crumble - Not picking at the church too hard as it was the social fabric. "Life is hard enough at 16." I left it silently on my own - The hypocrisy of religious compassion &amp; judgementalism - Atheists &amp; agnostics are not immoral people - "I attended church... I took communion... my sins are flushed... now I can go back to being a dickhead" - Religious compassion is often conditional &amp; constrained - The immorality of even "moderate" religious worldviews (e.g. hell, sexism, homophobia) - "Women are not emotionally stable enough to be leaders in the Catholic church"! - "I found it oppressive." Leaving the church was a moment of liberation - Travelling &amp; living in many religious cultures - Starting the "Let's not be an asshole" religion - Being wrong. "I used to hate vegans", now I'm "on the side of all sentient beings" - Everybody has a chance to change - "I just don't know" as a strong naturalistic stance  25:09 What (&amp; Who) Matters? - An early empathy for animals "they were my best friends", but living in an environment where killing sentient beings was normal - I never met a vegan in the horse riding world - "I love what you do for me" isn't love - Being angry at our previous selves for not seeing - Thinking all vegans must be "dirty hippies" - Meeting first vegans hosting couch-surfers in Mongolia - Being challenged "You love animals but who are you eating?"  ...and much more. Full show notes at Sentientism.info and on YouTube.  Sentientism is “Evidence, reason &amp; compassion for all sentient beings.” More at Sentientism.info. Join our "I'm a Sentientist" wall via this simple form. Everyone, Sentientist or not, is welcome in our groups. The biggest so far is here on FaceBook. Thanks for the post-prod Graham.

Cat (<a href="https://twitter.com/CatBeschVN" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@CatBeschVN</a>) founded and leads <a href="https://www.vnanimalaid.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vietnam Animal Aid &amp; Rescue</a>. She is also a <a href="https://cat-besch.medium.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">writer</a> &amp; activist addressing many non-human animal issues. In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?” &amp; “what matters?” Sentientism is "evidence, reason &amp; compassion for all sentient beings." The video of our conversation is <a href="https://youtu.be/2YAMCr98uo4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here on YouTube</a>. We discuss: 0:00 Welcome 1:10 Cat's Intro - Founding Vietnam Animal Aid &amp; Rescue - Growing up in Virginia, USA - Studying International Relations in Washington DC - A political/military family 3:10 What's Real? - Growing up as a liberal Lutheran with very religious parents - The church as social fabric - Figuring out that "I just don't really believe in any of that crap" - High school &amp; Baptist society in Alabama - The church seeing all sex as shameful... "holding virginity in such high esteem" - Feminism &amp; Islam. "Headscarves &amp; Hymens" by Mona Eltahawy.  - "The way the institutions look at sex &amp; sexuality just makes you want to put your fist through a wall" - "A whole bunch of girls that think they're going to hell" - That was the turning point. Everything started to crumble - Not picking at the church too hard as it was the social fabric. "Life is hard enough at 16." I left it silently on my own - The hypocrisy of religious compassion &amp; judgementalism - Atheists &amp; agnostics are not immoral people - "I attended church... I took communion... my sins are flushed... now I can go back to being a dickhead" - Religious compassion is often conditional &amp; constrained - The immorality of even "moderate" religious worldviews (e.g. hell, sexism, homophobia) - "Women are not emotionally stable enough to be leaders in the Catholic church"! - "I found it oppressive." Leaving the church was a moment of liberation - Travelling &amp; living in many religious cultures - Starting the "Let's not be an asshole" religion - Being wrong. "I used to hate vegans", now I'm "on the side of all sentient beings" - Everybody has a chance to change - "I just don't know" as a strong naturalistic stance 25:09 What (&amp; Who) Matters? - An early empathy for animals "they were my best friends", but living in an environment where killing sentient beings was normal - I never met a vegan in the horse riding world - "I love what you do for me" isn't love - Being angry at our previous selves for not seeing - Thinking all vegans must be "dirty hippies" - Meeting first vegans hosting couch-surfers in Mongolia - Being challenged "You love animals but who are you eating?" ...and much more. Full show notes at <a href="http://Sentientism.info" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sentientism.info</a> and on <a href="https://youtu.be/HEVPufVRLGM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a>. Sentientism is “Evidence, reason &amp; compassion for all sentient beings.” More at <a href="https://sentientism.info/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sentientism.info</a>. Join our <a href="https://sentientism.info/wall/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"I'm a Sentientist" wall</a> via <a href="https://sentientism.info/im-a-sentientist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this simple form</a>. Everyone, Sentientist or not, is welcome in our groups. The biggest so far is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/sentientism" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here on FaceBook</a>. Thanks for the post-prod <a href="https://twitter.com/cgbessellieu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Graham</a>.

79: "'I love what you do for me' - isn't love!" - Cat Besch - Vietnam Animal Aid & Rescue Founder - Sentientist Conversation

Meowww! We are back with another VERY exciting guest. And she gets REAL. That's right, everything we love about doing good - bad words, funny jokes, passion and angst! She's just a real human trying to make real change.Cat Besch is the Founder and CEO of Vietnam Animal Aid and Rescue (VAAR), a 501c3 nonprofit operating in Hoi An, Vietnam since 2013. She opened the first nonprofit veterinary clinic and the only farm sanctuary in the country. VAAR runs a sanctuary for dogs, cats, pigs, chickens, and hedgehogs as well as projects for community outreach, sterilization and vet training programs, and vegan education programs for children and animal rescue groups. Cat has experienced a variety of political, cultural, and economic barriers in her work in Vietnam and continues to fight for animal rights globally and against speciesism and xenophobia within the animal advocacy movement.On this episode we chat about the process of starting a nonprofit in animal rights field and some of the major barriers which make it different from organizations doing the same work in other countries, especially the US. We also chat about activist burnout/compassion fatigue and the importance of self care in social justice movements, particularly in animal rights. And of course, the public view on compensation for those working in the nonprofit sector, assumptions about volunteer reliance and the importance of hiring skilled professionals. Fun and spunky stuff! Links from the show:  Vietnam Animal Aid and Rescue VAAR's Amazon Wishlist VAAR's FB Instagram: @VietnamAnimalAid Animal Welfare vs Animal RightsDon't forget to rate, review and subscribe!Instagram: @dogoodfeelgoodshowtwitter: @dogoodshowgmail: dogoodfeelgoodshow@gmail.comwww.dogoodfeelgoodshow.com--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/do-good-feel-good/support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meowww! We are back with another VERY exciting guest. And she gets REAL. That's right, everything we love about doing good - bad words, funny jokes, passion and angst! She's just a real human trying to make real change.Cat Besch is the Founder and CEO of Vietnam Animal Aid and Rescue (VAAR), a 501c3 nonprofit operating in Hoi An, Vietnam since 2013. She opened the first nonprofit veterinary clinic and the only farm sanctuary in the country. VAAR runs a sanctuary for dogs, cats, pigs, chickens, and hedgehogs as well as projects for community outreach, sterilization and vet training programs, and vegan education programs for children and animal rescue groups. Cat has experienced a variety of political, cultural, and economic barriers in her work in Vietnam and continues to fight for animal rights globally and against speciesism and xenophobia within the animal advocacy movement.On this episode we chat about the process of starting a nonprofit in animal rights field and some of the major barriers which make it different from organizations doing the same work in other countries, especially the US. We also chat about activist burnout/compassion fatigue and the importance of self care in social justice movements, particularly in animal rights. And of course, the public view on compensation for those working in the nonprofit sector, assumptions about volunteer reliance and the importance of hiring skilled professionals. Fun and spunky stuff! Links from the show: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.vnanimalaid.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vietnam Animal Aid and Rescue</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1THLGREER1HKO/ref=hz_ls_biz_ex" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">VAAR's Amazon Wishlist</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/vietnamanimalaidandrescue" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">VAAR's FB</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/vietnamanimalaid/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram: @VietnamAnimalAid</a></li> <li><a href="https://gentleworld.org/making-a-killing-with-animal-welfare-reform/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Animal Welfare vs Animal Rights </a></li></ul>Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe!Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dogoodfeelgoodshow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@dogoodfeelgoodshow</a>twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/DoGoodShow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@dogoodshow</a>gmail: <a href="mailto:dogoodfeelgoodshow@gmail.com">dogoodfeelgoodshow@gmail.com</a><a href="https://dogoodfeelgoodshow.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.dogoodfeelgoodshow.com</a>--- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/do-good-feel-good/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/do-good-feel-good/support</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.