"animated life." floyd normann with coming up right now. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. historyloyd norman made when he was hired by walt disney back in 1956 to work in that studio's famed animation department. he became the first african-american animator going on to contribute to such outstanding movies such as the jungle book which is out in a new diamond edition blu-ray release. as well as sleeping beauty, 101 dalmatians, and continues to provide storyboards to the continued crop of animators. he can be seen in toy story two, a monsters, inc. autobiography is out. let's take a look at a clip from "the jungle book." of those faire weather friends of yours. you can believe in me. ♪ trust in me just in me shut your eyes and trust in me ♪ hold still, please. tavis: an honor to have you on this program, sir. there is so much to talk to you about, let me jump right in. let me get this out-of-the-way first because there is so much written given his immense c

it there's killing of animals and culling of animals and eating of sacred animals all over the country't there? how do we bring uniformity or consistency when you have different cultures at play? >> i do think we're living in a fantastic moment where these questions are suddenly bubbling to the surface and are being raised more aggressively than they would have been even a year ago, whether it's the dolphin hunt in taiji which was a huge story just a week ago. whether it's these issues around all animals in captivity including seaworld with the success of "black fish" documentary. i think these questions are being raised globally. this particular story makes it seem a little bit like the rest of the world is looking at the danish zoo as though it's a cultural divide. in fact, there are plenty of protesters over there as well in copenhagen concerned and distressed at what's going on. so i think the conversation, the fact that the conversation is happening as loudly and as powerfully as it is is a sign that things are about to really change. >> jack thhanna, i went to the santa barbara z

working with an animal.ou are a team. and you build a relationship together, and you both understand the goal, and you help each other. >> i've been with this whale since i was 18 years old. i've seen her have all four babies. we've grown up together. >> that's the joy i got out of it is a relationship like i never had. >> i have to know, are you nervous? >> i'm scared. >> no. >> nice hair, jeff. [ laughter ] >> did you see anything? >> jeff ventre will go over there. >> that's dawn. >> wow. >> i'm going to be a supervisor one day. there you go. >> i knew dawn when she was new. she was a great person to work with, and she obviously blossomed into one of seaworld's best trainers. >> this is dawn brancheau, the senior trainer here. at shamu stadium. >> i guess you can say i knew dawn in a past life. >> it a tough job, isn't it? >> we do go through a lot of physical exertion. you can see in the show, you do a lot of deep water work, breath holds, high-energy behaviors with the animals. they are giving out energ

i mean, by not selling animals to anyone. we exchange animals for free.t want to sell -- we don't want to send our animal to places where we don't know what happens to it after we have delivered it. >> what's worse that could happen to an animal, though, than being killed? i mean, you say you don't want to send to it a place you don't know what's going to happen to it. you know what's going to happen to it at year place. >> yeah, well, of course. but the most important thing for us is that an animal has to have a good life as long as it lives, be be it short life or long life. it has to be a good life. if you send it to a place where you cannot take responsibility for it anymore, you risk it going to what we would call a substandard place. and then it will live there -- could live there for 15, 20 years on substandard conditions. that would be suffering for 20 years. that's not the way to work with animals. >> but doesn't the life of the animal itself have some value rather than just it being part of your breeding program? >> yes, it does. but it has a va

angry about the fact that we commodify animals to me i've always thought animals have souls and when i was younger i was called out and so many times but science is starting to prove that the consciousness of the animals is far greater than we once thought it was to the point that some scientists are even saying that most animals are the same as us with consciousness and i certainly look at my dogs and my cats and personalities. you know way beyond so this is sometimes they have sensors that are way beyond what i see and i think our perceptions are different and i think that you know for better or for worse we're all we're all here together and animals are proving to be the canaries in the coal mine of so many things that's exactly out of voiceless creatures i mean we have to start there as being with the idea of life through a dog's eyes seeing all these injustices and seeing things that it couldn't talk about and all it could do is really bark and and now and again due to my lack of vocal training when i was you are you actually came out that way at this and. i was unintelligible y

experimentation human beings have also trained animals for war yes from the first eurasian warriors who rode on horseback and three thousand b.c. to the use of dogs for counterterrorism human beings have managed to find the most disturbing ways to turn animals into weapons screw over the fear the weirdest cases of animal weaponize in and during my break in a separate is there man well i don't follow it's going on as a building what a good business. so this is really scary we're going to talk about laser beams on sharks snakes out of. those actually really insane start off here because there's a ton of animals turn out that even use this bomb yeah i mean actually when we were compiling this list earlier we found that like some of the craziest the weirdest most bizarre cases are all coming out of world war two one of which i found was just turning animals into bombs just very simply put it was one case where. the british were trying to find ways to kind of destroy german infrastructure by putting bombs plastic explosives inside of dead rats and you know putting them in their cold supp

general counsel with mercy for animals ben and that welcome. thank you thanks for joining us i want to play a clip from mercy for animals new. to our viewers take a look but a warning this may be disturbing for some. of the kids eyes. whose dearie factory farmers say they love their animals they just don't want you to know how. they are by the largest periodic. should be. punching and. that's pretty amazing is that was sexual abuse of animals in factory farms that were seen is the common factory farms. every time mercy for animals has sent undercover investigators into factory farms across the country they document practices that would shock and horrify most americans the sexual abuse that we saw here is one example of the really horrifying practices that exist in these factory farms and what the factory farming interests are so desperate to try and hide we're any workers charged for the abuse that you showed in that video or the one that you released in two thousand and twelve. absolutely as a result of mercy for animals investigation into in

and why yeah as you mentioned i mean this was this was an act there was already an animal enterprise protection act which is which was signed into law in one thousand and two why was that law replaced with such a more harsh law. honestly in my opinion because the impact that that was intended to have of silencing the movement didn't really work i think. in two thousand and two when that was passed it was obviously you know a frightening bit of legislation but it really didn't cripple the movement or cause people to sort of step back in their activism people are still willing to get out there and exercise their first amendment rights but you know with the era of terrorism and with you know the buzz word that is terrorism in this day and age having the threat of being labeled a terrorism you know being a terrorist sorry for engaging in first amendment activity is is just a much scarier notion and i think that that's in my opinion why you know the law was enhanced was just to kind of have a more effective chill on the movement right indeed and also just trumping up the charges so much m

the animal enterprise terrorism act or the t.s.a. is a little piece of legislation signed into law by president bush back in two thousand and six the backing of the biomedical and industrial farming industries the eighty eight was swept into law with bipartisan support and allows the government to charge animal rights and environmental protesters with terrorism while recently a group of five activists have filed a lawsuit against the government claiming that the law is unconstitutional and infringes on their first amendment rights the case balloon v holder was originally thrown out in march of last year but the plaintiffs have since presented the case in front of a first circuit appeals court in massachusetts and just yesterday the court heard the first round of arguments concerning the appeal of the case so to discuss what happened in the courtroom as well as the broader implications of the a.t.m. joined by one of the plaintiffs in the case jay johnson thanks so much for coming on james. thank you so much for having me appreciate it

or an animal. we should be to teaching children respects fundamentals and fostering in the nature of compassion in the. meanwhile zoo officials say the animal was killed to prevent inbreeding do you believe that's a valid reason. copenhagen knew that it was breeding into our genetic profile that didn't want they didn't want to reach from this animal they knew that when they bred him. they've had the benefit of having a baby animal who has been bringing in visitors for them and now they've used his death as in a car published stunt and it's completely unacceptable. it's not fair to say that this happens all the time in zoos around the world this is only a story because it's gone viral. yes you're absolutely right sadly this is a common practice most people don't know about it only this weekend it was reveals that you case fahri park killed a lioness and all of her cubs i think people will be absolutely shocked that the industry body physique actually supported wholeheartedly the killing of marius is

a lot of animal hoarding calls.r one call. oftentimes part of the root of the problem is they fail to spay and neuter. the other scenario is folks who sort of started out trying to rescue animals and they've just sort of lost the ability or never had the ability to sort of determine what's an appropriate number of animals for them to have. >> whatever the reason for hoarding, the effects on the animals are devastating. >> the number one thing that we see in these cases is a real failure to provide proper veterinary care. when there's so many animals and not enough people to care for them, what happens is they may be providing sort of the basics of food and water to some extent, but they don't have the ability really to go through and monitor the population. you see injuries that have not been treated properly, that have either gotten infected or healed improperly. you often see disease from overcrowding. >> people with animal hoarding tend to want to be caregivers. they want to take in the defenseless animal. they m

>> i like animals. i do.jimmy: oh, that's right. >> milking cows and feeding pigs. >> jimmy: milking cows. have you done that as an adult or just as a kid? >> just as a kid. >> jimmy: are there dangerous animals? ireland? >> just the people sometimes. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i'm trying to think. i can't think of -- none really come to mind. >> the days way before st. patrick i think in the fifth century there were snakes. >> jimmy: oh, yeah, st. patrick drove them all out. is that right, there are no dangerous snakes in ireland? >> no dangerous snakes. >> jimmy: that's kind of great. i'm surprised some jerk hasn't brought one over there as a pet and that's what happens here. >> you should go over and visit it. >> jimmy: and bring a snake. is your family still living in ireland? >> yeah. my mom and three sxifrz 13 nieces and nephews. >> jimmy: that is a lot. do you know all their names? >> yeah. don't ask me now. >> jimmy: you have neesons and nephews, really. [ laughter ] that's pretty -- do you have to keep i

he argued 2030 animals -- 20-30 animals are culled. >> do they cull animals at zoos, did they at colombus zoo? >> no, and we were founded since 1926. you and i both heard about this. i heard from great esque, insensitive to unbelievable. not one person, and you don't know the tonnes of stuff if had, not one person said they understood what was going on. >> we don't understand how a beautiful animal like that could be killed. let me be devil's advocate. the man said that the animal was killed to protect it from inbreeding and protect the diversity of giraffes. is that an argument worth making? >> he's correct. we have to protect the genetic diversity. nothing was wrong with the animal. why did they breed it, number one. why didn't he find a home for the animal. there were a lot of zoos in europe. i was told one man offered $1 million. i would have personally raised the money, me, myself, my own money. i had people call me. i would have brought the animal on a boat. we've had 10,000 acres. definitely giving the animal a home. like you said. genetic demographic management. how many visitors

it's a spectacular animal.s horrible to see if happen. >> one man said, "my children colour a giraffe", callum bia are building a platform where people can handfeet the giraffe and know that they have the same number of veterinary brat in their neck like you and me. the kids learn it. do you learn it by cutting it off. "this giraffe this seven vert bra, but we had to feed it to the lion." would you do it to a giant panda - i'm being radical - or gorilla or another animal. i wouldn't think you would. >> such a shame. good to see you. thank you for your time and to address the sad issue. >> changing topics. returning to a growing problem that both sides of the political nation agrees we are facing. why are both conservatives and liberals questioning a new initiative to help low and middle income americans? >> today most americans don't have a pension. the social security check is not enough on its own. while the stock market doubled, it doesn't help folks without 401 ks. i will direct a new way for working americ

real filth, the animal starving. if they are in a deficient enclosure that is not the right size, if they deny the animal the opportunity to socialise, they are not problems, and they don't deal with how the animals are procured and dispensed with once they don't want them. >> they are beyond zoos, we have theme parks, document ris like "the cove", and "black fish" - these are massive businesses. issues with them? >> absolutely. with sea world "blackfish" is a phenomenon, catching the imagination of the american public, especially young people wondering why issuinga, killer wales, large predators who swim tens of miles, who live in social groups, family groups why they are in these sterile little pools to do silly stunts so people can cheer and clap at that. what "blackfish" did was tell the back story of failed reproductive efforts in captivity, what happened when animals were captured, babies taken from the mothers. it raises the question of the behavioural and psychological needs of the animals not being properly

animals for profit purposes. may make one visit a year to these facilities. but the standards are almost nonexistence under the animal welfare act for captive wildlife the only thing that trigg airs violation is real filth, the animals starving, but if they are in a deficient enclosure that doesn't have the right size, if they are denying the animals an opportunity to socialize with others of their kind, those are not problems at all. and they don't deal with how the animals are procured or dispensed with once they don't want them any longer. >> beyond zoos we have theme parks lie see sea world and black fish have been controversial. these are massive businesses issues with them? >> absolutely. black fish is a phenomenon it's been broadcast multiple times and really captured the imagination of the american pick big, especially young people wondering why okay as or killer wales the largest predators on the planet who swim 10s of miles every day who live in a social groups, family groups, why they are in these ster

where animal is born, animals die too. >> the stoat chose to put down a giraffe with a pistol and ife had it to lions, poliar bears ad tigers. it was announced yesterday among animal rights activists in denmark. it prompted online petitions to serve the giraffe with 30,000 signatures. the zoo explained it couldn't keep them because of rules on animal genetics. they needed to kill the giraffe before it was capable of mating. >> we have to manage our animal population in a proper way. this means when we allow it, we must also be aware there may be a surplus now and then. this is the case here it is emotions that come into play definitely. >> emotions running high because the zoo turned down offers from other zoos to take mauruos, an individual willing to pay $680,000 to buy the jury aft giraffe. people protested and the zoo has received threats? >> they talked about that they would burn the zoo. it's also threats to me and my family. this is an area we have become far beyond what you can accept. >> an autopsy was performed also open to the public. >> it is graphic. it is controversial.

scientists also found animal hair plaster. but this wasn't just any animal hair.mal hair in the plaster found underneath wesley's body had something in common with the animal hair in the plaster from the renovated house. >> i was able to say that these were animal hairs that were from the same animal. they knew that they had the right residence. they knew that they had the right people. >> but the ultimate proof came from a piece of duct work from the basement floor. testing showed it contained a tiny speck of human blood. and dna testing left no doubt who the blood had come from. >> it ended up being the blood of wesley person. we had found our crime scene. we had the victim's blood there. >> investigators felt they knew who planned this attack. >> lawrence morrell is the smart one here. and he's the one with the brains to be able to put this thing together. >> but could they place justin glove and lawrence morrell at the scene? we needed 30 new hires for our call center. i'm spending too much time hiring and not enough time in my kitchen. [ female announcer ] ne

, a fossil of an animal that lived there. they found several specimens. they made a prediction this animal would be found and it was found. so far it cannot make predictions and show results. here is an externally one that i extraordinary one that i find remarkable. there are certain fish that have the remarkable ability to have sex with other fish, traditional fish sex and they can have sex with themselves. one of the old questions in life science, everybody, one of the chin stroker's is why does any organism whether you are and ash tree or ec jelly, a squid, apartment, why does anyone have sex? there are more bacteria in your tummy right now than there are humans on earth. bacteria do not bother with that. they can split themselves and half and getter done, let's go. think of all the trouble a rose bush goes to to make a flower and thorns, why does anybody bother with all that? the answer seems to be your enemies and your enemies are not lions and tigers and bears. oh my. no. your enemies are germs and parasites. that is wh

monkeys you know the kind of animals they can in large numbers. and somehow they are neglected. this happens all over asia. where these animals are on leaving the horrible eyes until they die usually a cosmic accident and that that is really worrying and stressing for us to see. the local straight to thailand intensifies. it seems clear that africa's needed to prevent even more endangered animals from darryl hunt i saw real insight last year. cross regional body at any scale also caught the sun in bangkok. prime minister shinzo lama says japan will not set a deadline for concluding a free trade deal under the trans pacific partnership he says placing a time limit on negotiations could for japan's bargaining position. this code when you consider that the upgrades in our interests to wrap up the deals you. but sitting in the dying chance to tie the hands of our negotiators it to the benefit of lebanon could say that i detest simon made the comments at a meeting of the lower house budget committee. trade ministers from countries involved in the t p p

when an animal dies, disappears or is injured. some would argue that the airlines aren't motivated to necessarily report it. >> we don't base our jobs on what's reported. our role is to do our inspections and to look into complaints. so if they're not reporting it, that's d.o.t.'s role. >> reporter: but during the four months the pet handlers were sending e-mails to supervisors, we could not find any unannounced usda inspections. you worked at one of the busiest airports in the u.s. for five years. how often did you see a usda investigator show up unannounced? >> i'm going to say maybe once. >> reporter: did you ever see a usda investigator show up unannounced? >> no. >> reporter: and inspectors visit airports two to three times a year, sometimes more if complaints are filed. there have been more than 400 reports of animals dying, disappearing or being injured in the care of airlines since 2005. the airlines argue thousands of pets are safely shipped every year. and the usda urges if anything happens that they should report it dir

number two, is why didn't he find a home for the animal?d me one man offered a half a million dollars, i don't know if that's true or not. i can tell through. myself the columbus into in the killeds i would have personally raised money, me myself my own money even. i had people already call me. i have come up with $700,000 brought the animal on the boat and taken him to wilds, we have 10,000 acres by the way. i would did given that animal a home. the thing is yes diversity is important. but here -- you just said it, genetic demographic management. are you kidding me? how many visitors to a into logical park understand that? >> unof them . we are here to teach people . how to love it and save it. several species of giraffes are en dangers. they announced it. they shot the giraffe. i guess they cut it up in front of the people and then fed it the lion, director also said that's natural in the wild. i am saying -- not many people get to see what i have seen around the world in africa. asia , have a seen predators on hunted? of course i have, h

the local rangers learn to track animals when they were children. some of them used to be poachers themselves, driven to it by poverty. now as gamekeepers, they earn a regular wage. >> i used to poach because i was hungry. it was about getting meet, not trading in rhino horns. but i really prefer feeding my family by protecting the animals. >> they continue on foot for several kilometers, always following the trail of the rhinoceros. often in the distance, mountain zebras. they have adapted to the harsh habitat in the nimby desert. -- the men me desert. suddenly, they spy what they have been tracking for hours. after a fleeting moment, the lack rhino trots away. -- the black rhino trots away. the rangers follow it because they need photos in order to identify it for cicely. -- precisely. but the rhino has caught wind of them and suddenly charge the team. black rhinos are more aggressive than other members of their species, but this time, the rangers get off lightly. >> we were a little too close, but we do have to register and record all of the anim

the usda said the company processed diseased and unwell animals.he center was not fully inspected. >> clearly what happened is they were not inspected and they put animals through the system that were unfit and unsound for human consumption. whether the inspectors from not there at the time. whether they were in another part of the plant, the bottom line is that animals that should not be going into the human food supply were utilised. >> when federal inspectors were here last month they recalled nearly 42,000 pounds and after that took a look at the procedures. >> usually the combination of good practices in the slauger facility and -- slaughter facility why and government oversight catch those things. clearly something was missed. they were putting animals through a system that shouldn't be utilised and the government inspectors, for whatever reason, didn't catch it at the time. so far there's no reports of anyone becoming ill from the meat. >> most of the time when you hear a recall it's because there has been a positive test for bacteria or, un

it's the -- animals.largest recall of meat in years. >> a ceasefire in syria was extended, after 600 women, children and elderly men were rescued from a dangerous area of the country. the city of homs has been under siege for a year and a half. >> after an attack on a c.i.a. compound. the taliban has obtained taliban video, which the group shows it planning the attack. >> information is raising concerns over how easy it was for edward snowden to download secrets. edward snowden used common software that indexes data to grab the documents. >> a month after the chemical spill in west virginia, residents don't know when it will be safe to drink the water. frustrated residents have taken to the streets in frustration. ♪ yes, i ♪ tell you something ♪ >> 50 years ag the beatles made a debut on the "the ed sullivan show." it was broadcast to an estimated 73 million viewers. those are the headlines. "talk to al jazeera" is up now. >> the day before something is really a break through it's a crazy idea. >> the exp

, a fossil of an animal that lived there. they found several specimens. they made a prediction this animal would be found and it was found. so far it cannot make predictions and show results. here is an externally one that i find corruptible. there are certain fish that have -- there is an extraordinary one incredible and there are certain fish that have the remarkable ability to have sex with other fish, traditional fish sex and they can have sex with themselves. one of the old questions in life science, everybody, one of the chin stroker's is why does any organism whether you are and ash tree or ec jelly, a squid, why does anyone have sex? there are more bacteria in your tummy right now than there are humans on earth. bacteria do not bother with that. they can split themselves and half and getter done, let's go. think of all the trouble arose bush goes to to make a flower and thorns, why does anybody bother with all that? the answer seems to be your enemies and your enemies are not lions and tigers and bears. oh my. no. you

a perfectly healthy animal, our duty is to take an animal from birth to death and show that animal the where he lives in our park, educate people about what they will never see. you have to remember something, a lot of people, maybe 1/10 of 1% will see these. i want people to see what giraffes are like. we work very hard at educating folks about animals in the wild. if you tell me what anybody, anybody in the world could love something like this, this is terrible. is this the hitler of the animal world in europe? you take an animal and kill it? that's garbage. i can house 15 giraffes. they should be able to do it over there. >> all right. jack hannah, thank you for being with us this evening. we very much appreciate your input. and now for tonight's insta poll results, we asked is killing a healthy giraffe in front of children and feeding them to the lions educational? jenny writes, whoever killed the giraffe should have been fed to the politicians. that's it for us tonight. join us next week for a special on the grid. a full hour investigation. ♪ ♪ so you canet out of your element. so

>> for the animals. >> tension of your animal rights work. >> 40 billion animals born in to suffering every single year, made to be born, not born, made to be born in to a short life painful, suffering , it's the worst car mick disaster in the history of the world. people say, why would you not take the holocaust or slavery or -- it's the worst car mick, worst, people say, you are going to get in trouble for saying it's it's worst disaster in the world. >> why is it the worst. >> every single year we commit this. horrific disaster. the abuse of those animals. and i don't have to eat them. do i like sick. i am 90. i don't feel sick. i am in good shame. i can put both my feet behind my head. i haven't eat even animals in 15 years, i don't them them or their products, we don't neat them. dominion over animals does not need abuse of 40 million animals every year. >> what does car mick disaster mere? >> collective mass torture and murder . i just left fashion week and everybody in the audience had a fur. many of those cubs skins are taken off animals while they are still alive. it makes th