1 00:00:00,877 --> 00:00:04,506 ♪♪♪ 2 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 3 00:00:04,797 --> 00:00:09,594 [BIRDS CHIRPING] 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 5 00:00:14,724 --> 00:00:16,351 CLINT: I'm an animal person. 6 00:00:20,605 --> 00:00:22,565 I appreciate the beauty of 'em. 7 00:00:25,735 --> 00:00:29,405 I dunno, I was just an animal lover when I was a kid. 8 00:00:29,697 --> 00:00:32,242 Dogs and cats and snakes and lizards 9 00:00:32,534 --> 00:00:34,244 and whatever I could find. 10 00:00:35,370 --> 00:00:38,122 It started when my dad went deer hunting. 11 00:00:38,414 --> 00:00:40,124 [CRICKETS CHIRPING] 12 00:00:40,416 --> 00:00:43,127 [GRASS CRUNCHING UNDERFOOT] 13 00:00:45,255 --> 00:00:46,589 [GUN COCKING] 14 00:00:46,881 --> 00:00:48,675 And shot this deer. 15 00:00:51,469 --> 00:00:54,222 And he said, "You know, when I shot the deer?" 16 00:00:54,514 --> 00:00:57,100 He says, "The deer wasn't quite dead. 17 00:00:57,392 --> 00:00:59,561 And, it looked up, with its head, and looked at me." 18 00:00:59,852 --> 00:01:03,648 And he said it was almost like saying, "Why did you shoot me?" 19 00:01:03,940 --> 00:01:07,277 He was intelligent in a very natural way. 20 00:01:07,569 --> 00:01:09,737 And he said, "I just never could do it after that." 21 00:01:10,029 --> 00:01:11,614 And then you realize we've been put 22 00:01:11,906 --> 00:01:14,742 on here for something, and the best thing we can do 23 00:01:15,034 --> 00:01:18,121 is manage what we have and the beautiful things we have. 24 00:01:18,413 --> 00:01:21,708 And animals fit right into that category. 25 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:23,000 [WESTERN MUSIC PLAYING] 26 00:01:23,251 --> 00:01:25,128 [HORSES GALLOPING AND WHINNYING] 27 00:01:25,420 --> 00:01:28,756 Mustang horses are gonna become extinct if we don't save 'em, 28 00:01:29,048 --> 00:01:32,677 and, uh, so I just sort of house them. 29 00:01:43,396 --> 00:01:49,193 And you can have a place to live out their existence. 30 00:01:50,445 --> 00:01:54,407 I just like seeing things, everything live. 31 00:01:54,699 --> 00:01:56,784 I like, uh, living things. 32 00:01:57,076 --> 00:02:01,623 ♪♪♪ 33 00:02:45,041 --> 00:02:49,504 [DRAMATIC INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC] 34 00:03:58,448 --> 00:04:00,825 They come in and bulldoze everything. 35 00:04:01,117 --> 00:04:02,452 [DRAMATIC VIOLIN MUSIC] 36 00:04:02,744 --> 00:04:04,454 The topsoil's gone, 37 00:04:04,746 --> 00:04:06,789 the ground water table changes... 38 00:04:07,081 --> 00:04:10,543 the orangutans are in dire straights right now. 39 00:04:10,835 --> 00:04:13,035 United States, when you look at the back of any product, 40 00:04:13,129 --> 00:04:15,590 about 50% of the products contain palm oil. 41 00:04:25,516 --> 00:04:27,351 And it's anywhere, you know, from shampoos, 42 00:04:28,519 --> 00:04:30,271 to lotions, to cookies. 43 00:04:39,947 --> 00:04:42,492 Do you think that that female orangutan that, uh, approached 44 00:04:42,784 --> 00:04:46,037 you, do you think that she knew that you were gonna be the one? 45 00:04:50,208 --> 00:04:52,877 ♪♪♪ 46 00:05:22,532 --> 00:05:25,618 [RAIN FALLING HEAVILY] 47 00:05:27,453 --> 00:05:29,181 Alright, so we've just arrived at the orangutan 48 00:05:29,205 --> 00:05:31,045 - information center-- - Welcome to our office. 49 00:05:31,290 --> 00:05:33,709 Thanks for having us, umm, and umm, Paul, 50 00:05:34,001 --> 00:05:36,629 of course, organizing this whole adventure. 51 00:05:36,921 --> 00:05:38,714 So tell me, what are you guys... 52 00:05:39,006 --> 00:05:40,776 you're about to go out on an orangutan rescue. 53 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:42,343 Used to be an orangutan habitat, 54 00:05:42,635 --> 00:05:46,013 but then converted to become palm oil plantations. 55 00:05:46,305 --> 00:05:48,683 And that's why some of the orangutans still live there, 56 00:05:48,975 --> 00:05:51,018 and been isolated from their own habitat. 57 00:05:51,310 --> 00:05:52,895 And that's why we need to rescue them. 58 00:05:53,187 --> 00:05:54,897 So, I was just here in 2012. 59 00:05:55,189 --> 00:05:57,441 I was invited to come and document 60 00:05:57,733 --> 00:06:00,987 the palm oil expansion and the forest destruction. 61 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:05,741 ♪♪♪ 62 00:06:06,033 --> 00:06:07,660 [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING] 63 00:06:07,952 --> 00:06:10,371 And also the wildlife trade and what was going on. 64 00:06:12,832 --> 00:06:14,959 Yeah, I remember just photographing 65 00:06:15,251 --> 00:06:17,128 the orangutan rescue. 66 00:06:19,130 --> 00:06:20,882 He just made eye-contact and that was it. 67 00:06:21,173 --> 00:06:23,092 I just, you know, the world needed to know 68 00:06:23,509 --> 00:06:24,927 about this issue, and that was it. 69 00:06:25,219 --> 00:06:26,804 I've been coming back ever since. 70 00:06:27,096 --> 00:06:28,723 KATIE: So, you're rescuing the orangutan 71 00:06:29,015 --> 00:06:30,993 and then now where are you going to trans-locate them? 72 00:06:31,017 --> 00:06:33,603 If they are in a good condition, we are going to release them at 73 00:06:33,895 --> 00:06:36,939 the same day, but if they're in, like, a condition that 74 00:06:37,231 --> 00:06:40,443 need medical services, so we work together with 75 00:06:40,735 --> 00:06:43,696 SOCP Quarantine Center, and we are going to send 76 00:06:43,988 --> 00:06:45,823 them to be rehabilitated before they going to 77 00:06:46,115 --> 00:06:47,867 be released one day when they are ready. 78 00:06:48,159 --> 00:06:50,411 Wow! Alright. Well, I know you guys have to get going. 79 00:06:50,703 --> 00:06:52,703 Thank you for your amazing work. Thank you so much. 80 00:06:52,788 --> 00:06:53,948 - You're welcome. - Thank you. 81 00:06:54,081 --> 00:06:55,541 Good luck. 82 00:06:55,833 --> 00:06:57,633 We'll hopefully see you in the next day or so. 83 00:06:57,710 --> 00:06:59,510 We'll be catching up with you soon. Thank you. 84 00:06:59,754 --> 00:07:02,632 Community and plantation workers shoot the orangutans initially, 85 00:07:02,924 --> 00:07:05,134 and if that doesn't work, then, sadly, 86 00:07:05,426 --> 00:07:09,889 then they're calling OIC or SOCP to extract these orangutans. 87 00:07:10,181 --> 00:07:12,725 So, you can imagine there's a lot of wild orangutans 88 00:07:13,017 --> 00:07:14,852 out there with bullet wounds. 89 00:07:15,144 --> 00:07:18,940 ♪♪♪ 90 00:07:23,110 --> 00:07:26,572 It's incredibly sad that this even has to take place. 91 00:07:27,740 --> 00:07:31,494 Rescuing an orangutan from where it, you know, 92 00:07:31,786 --> 00:07:34,497 should be its home, to trans-locate it to a place, 93 00:07:34,789 --> 00:07:37,109 like, a lesser eco-system where it's going to be protected. 94 00:07:52,014 --> 00:07:55,017 [ORANGUTAN HOOTING] 95 00:07:56,268 --> 00:07:57,687 MAN: How long does it usually take 96 00:07:57,979 --> 00:07:59,099 for the dart to take affect? 97 00:08:05,903 --> 00:08:11,158 ♪♪♪ 98 00:08:39,854 --> 00:08:40,855 KATIE: She's pregnant? 99 00:08:41,147 --> 00:08:42,773 Is this gonna affect the baby? 100 00:08:50,197 --> 00:08:51,907 KATIE: She was shot by people? Oh no. 101 00:08:52,199 --> 00:08:54,869 Can you take the bullet out? Are you removing it? 102 00:09:01,417 --> 00:09:06,005 KATIE: Yeah. Yeah. Aww. 103 00:09:09,884 --> 00:09:12,011 KATIE: Yeah, I see. 104 00:09:17,224 --> 00:09:18,225 KATIE: I hope not. 105 00:09:20,811 --> 00:09:23,230 For me, it's just another image, 106 00:09:23,522 --> 00:09:29,570 a tool to influence issues and influence people, and how, 107 00:09:29,862 --> 00:09:33,157 you know, we interact with the planet at times like this. 108 00:09:33,449 --> 00:09:35,576 It, uh, strong imagery can really 109 00:09:35,868 --> 00:09:38,579 influence people's choices and I think that's important 110 00:09:38,871 --> 00:09:40,748 right now to show 'em what's going on. 111 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:44,293 The reason, talk about why it's going on and hopefully, 112 00:09:44,710 --> 00:09:47,129 un, things can change in the future. 113 00:09:49,340 --> 00:09:52,009 They will go extinct. So, it's not enough. 114 00:09:52,301 --> 00:09:54,061 So, we really need to build these, corridors. 115 00:09:54,303 --> 00:09:56,055 Secure land and build corridors between them 116 00:09:56,347 --> 00:09:57,848 so the orangutans can move. 117 00:09:58,140 --> 00:10:01,102 [SOUNDS OF BIRDS AND CRICKETS CHIRPING] 118 00:10:01,393 --> 00:10:03,312 When they first arrive, 119 00:10:03,604 --> 00:10:07,358 every orangutan is given a full medical check-up. 120 00:10:13,447 --> 00:10:16,867 So, they get chest x-rays to check for TBC, 121 00:10:17,159 --> 00:10:19,787 they get blood samples taken and tested for things like 122 00:10:20,079 --> 00:10:22,289 hepatitis, herpes virus, and stuff. 123 00:10:22,581 --> 00:10:24,792 They get a full check over. 124 00:10:25,084 --> 00:10:27,169 When an orangutan has been through its quarantine, 125 00:10:27,461 --> 00:10:29,964 and done all its medical checks and pronounced fit 126 00:10:30,256 --> 00:10:32,967 and healthy, then it'll be brought here. 127 00:10:35,761 --> 00:10:38,001 So, usually we don't just open the door and throw 'em in. 128 00:10:38,055 --> 00:10:40,015 We put them in this shut off case, so they can see 129 00:10:40,224 --> 00:10:41,809 each other for a couple of days. 130 00:10:47,398 --> 00:10:49,859 And then gradually introduced to groups. 131 00:10:51,110 --> 00:10:53,821 On the left here, is Chriswan. 132 00:10:55,322 --> 00:10:57,366 He was in a cage that was barely bigger than 133 00:10:57,783 --> 00:10:59,201 his shoulder width, you know. 134 00:10:59,493 --> 00:11:01,036 I think I have a picture somewhere. 135 00:11:01,328 --> 00:11:03,122 He came out of it a couple of years ago. 136 00:11:03,414 --> 00:11:06,167 He could barely stand. He barely had the use of his legs. 137 00:11:06,458 --> 00:11:08,878 We actually trained him so that we could move him around 138 00:11:09,170 --> 00:11:10,921 to get his food. So we got him climbing. 139 00:11:11,213 --> 00:11:13,316 Can these people be prosecuted for keeping a wild orangutan? 140 00:11:13,340 --> 00:11:15,050 That particular case, in theory, yes. 141 00:11:15,342 --> 00:11:16,886 But, there's never been a case. 142 00:11:17,178 --> 00:11:20,389 By a long way, you find a lot more 143 00:11:20,806 --> 00:11:23,225 illegal pet orangutans being kept in areas where 144 00:11:23,517 --> 00:11:25,769 the palm oil concession is out actively clearing forest. 145 00:11:26,061 --> 00:11:27,688 I see, Okay. 146 00:11:27,980 --> 00:11:29,958 DR. SINGLETON: So there is a strong connection there. 147 00:11:29,982 --> 00:11:32,067 In front of you now, Allosa. 148 00:11:32,359 --> 00:11:34,159 He was shot sixty-two times with an air rifle. 149 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:35,905 He's totally blind. 150 00:11:36,197 --> 00:11:38,466 He's still got two pellets in one eye and one in the other. 151 00:11:38,490 --> 00:11:40,330 KATIE: That's the one I saw a picture of, yeah. 152 00:11:40,367 --> 00:11:42,047 DR. SINGLETON: We took the pellets out that 153 00:11:42,328 --> 00:11:43,871 we could palpate through the skin, 154 00:11:44,163 --> 00:11:45,640 but he's still got forty-eight pellets inside him. 155 00:11:45,664 --> 00:11:46,999 But, he's doing very well. 156 00:11:47,291 --> 00:11:49,919 He's fit and strong, but totally blind. 157 00:11:50,211 --> 00:11:52,087 He'll never be a wild orangutan again. 158 00:11:52,379 --> 00:11:54,256 At a place called Orangutan Haven, 159 00:11:54,548 --> 00:11:56,884 we're building these nice islands surrounded by water, 160 00:11:57,176 --> 00:12:00,804 where they'll be trees and ropes and long grass and bamboo. 161 00:12:01,096 --> 00:12:03,891 And, he's one of the candidates to go over there. 162 00:12:11,899 --> 00:12:13,275 You know, after many, many years, 163 00:12:13,567 --> 00:12:15,736 I still get a massive thrill, 164 00:12:16,028 --> 00:12:18,280 just seeing some of the orangutans we've released 165 00:12:18,572 --> 00:12:20,932 in the forest behaving like wild orangutans and looking down 166 00:12:21,116 --> 00:12:23,236 at me and they couldn't care less if I'm there or not. 167 00:12:23,327 --> 00:12:24,411 That's the goal. 168 00:12:25,996 --> 00:12:30,000 ♪♪♪ 169 00:12:38,634 --> 00:12:41,887 When did the tourism, um, really start happening here? 170 00:12:42,179 --> 00:12:43,389 Well, it started happening 171 00:12:43,681 --> 00:12:46,475 after the turn of the century. 172 00:12:46,767 --> 00:12:49,895 [ORANGUTANS HOOTING] 173 00:12:50,187 --> 00:12:53,983 I always say, "If you want to help the great apes, 174 00:12:54,275 --> 00:12:58,988 the first thing that you can do is go to the habitat countries. 175 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:02,074 Vote with your dollars, vote with your feet." 176 00:13:02,366 --> 00:13:05,494 And, because if you go there, you tell the people, 177 00:13:05,911 --> 00:13:08,311 the local people, the national governments of those countries 178 00:13:08,497 --> 00:13:11,208 that you consider the great apes important. 179 00:13:13,127 --> 00:13:16,130 Come to see orangutans. And that's my message. 180 00:13:16,422 --> 00:13:19,883 An orangutan used to be able to go from here, you know, 181 00:13:20,175 --> 00:13:23,012 a hundred miles into the mountains, into the foothills, 182 00:13:23,304 --> 00:13:25,848 and then, you know, ten years later come back. 183 00:13:26,140 --> 00:13:27,516 'Cause the males do roam. 184 00:13:27,808 --> 00:13:30,894 - Now, he can't get back. - He can't? 185 00:13:31,186 --> 00:13:33,146 And the reason he can't get back because he has to 186 00:13:33,314 --> 00:13:34,834 go through a hundred miles of palm oil. 187 00:13:34,940 --> 00:13:38,319 ♪♪♪ 188 00:13:40,362 --> 00:13:42,282 KATIE: Kind of explain to me the Oil Find Nursery 189 00:13:42,364 --> 00:13:44,033 and what you guys do here. 190 00:13:44,325 --> 00:13:46,035 So, pretty much the Oil Find Nursery 191 00:13:46,327 --> 00:13:48,829 is where we receive the orangutan orphans. 192 00:13:49,121 --> 00:13:51,957 We usually get 'em from the forestry police, 193 00:13:52,249 --> 00:13:53,959 or locals as well. 194 00:13:54,251 --> 00:13:57,504 And, most of these orangutans are orphans because they have 195 00:13:57,796 --> 00:14:02,051 killed their mothers and they've left the babies 196 00:14:02,343 --> 00:14:05,888 either to be kept as pets, or to be sold as pets. 197 00:14:06,180 --> 00:14:07,389 - As pets? - Yeah. 198 00:14:07,681 --> 00:14:09,441 We care for them, and then hopefully one day, 199 00:14:09,558 --> 00:14:11,101 they'll be back in the wild. 200 00:14:17,358 --> 00:14:19,568 I think it's really important for these NGOs 201 00:14:19,860 --> 00:14:21,528 to really work with the community 202 00:14:21,820 --> 00:14:25,240 and the plantation owners to really bring them up to speed 203 00:14:25,532 --> 00:14:28,243 on conservation and the value of these species. 204 00:14:30,079 --> 00:14:32,039 It's a huge asset for Indonesia and the planet. 205 00:14:32,331 --> 00:14:34,291 Let's hope they realize that before it's all gone. 206 00:14:34,416 --> 00:14:37,586 ♪♪♪ 207 00:14:47,554 --> 00:14:49,474 The sad truth is much of the world does not share 208 00:14:49,723 --> 00:14:52,184 my belief that all sentient beings have just as much a right 209 00:14:52,476 --> 00:14:54,019 to a part of this planet, 210 00:14:54,311 --> 00:14:55,705 and when you look at those animals, 211 00:14:55,729 --> 00:14:57,272 and you interact with them, 212 00:14:57,564 --> 00:14:59,324 you see how magnificent and special they are. 213 00:14:59,441 --> 00:15:01,641 As a child, I grew up on the wild coast of South Africa, 214 00:15:01,860 --> 00:15:04,047 where some of the most abundant sea life you could imagine 215 00:15:04,071 --> 00:15:05,989 came by my shores every year. 216 00:15:09,076 --> 00:15:11,286 My connection with sharks started when I was six. 217 00:15:11,578 --> 00:15:13,338 I went to the sharks board where they collect 218 00:15:13,455 --> 00:15:15,082 all the dead sharks out of the nets. 219 00:15:18,710 --> 00:15:21,130 And I remember walking through this freezer room 220 00:15:21,422 --> 00:15:24,133 piled with these magnificent blue sharks and Mako sharks, 221 00:15:24,425 --> 00:15:27,302 and something inside of my heart said this is very wrong. 222 00:15:27,594 --> 00:15:29,474 I don't believe there's any animal on the planet 223 00:15:29,513 --> 00:15:31,473 that has ever been wiped out in such significant 224 00:15:31,765 --> 00:15:33,308 numbers as sharks have. 225 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:37,396 ♪♪♪ 226 00:15:38,522 --> 00:15:40,357 Less than ten percent of sharks are left. 227 00:15:42,443 --> 00:15:44,528 If we don't save them while we have big numbers, 228 00:15:44,820 --> 00:15:47,531 I don't believe that they'll be on this planet much longer. 229 00:15:47,823 --> 00:15:51,326 The smell of those dead animals, and the loss of that life 230 00:15:51,618 --> 00:15:53,996 set me on a path that I would return to later in life. 231 00:15:54,288 --> 00:15:55,998 And that became a primary mission for me. 232 00:15:57,082 --> 00:16:00,335 ♪♪♪ 233 00:16:00,627 --> 00:16:02,296 I am a cinematographer, photographer, 234 00:16:02,588 --> 00:16:05,215 but more than anything, I am I'm a conservationist. 235 00:16:06,633 --> 00:16:08,385 If we don't take a stand and draw the line 236 00:16:08,677 --> 00:16:11,054 on these animals, nothing in the ocean's sacred. 237 00:16:13,807 --> 00:16:16,685 But sharks is this beautiful creature responsible 238 00:16:16,977 --> 00:16:19,646 for maintaining the balance and health of our oceans. 239 00:16:21,231 --> 00:16:23,025 Although sharks are probably safer 240 00:16:23,317 --> 00:16:25,027 than every other animal on the planet, 241 00:16:25,319 --> 00:16:27,321 that doesn't get into the news at all. 242 00:16:27,613 --> 00:16:30,032 We need to swim in that ocean and feel that water 243 00:16:30,324 --> 00:16:32,804 and see these animals grace our presence and realize that these 244 00:16:33,118 --> 00:16:35,370 are beautiful, magnificent and sentient beings 245 00:16:35,662 --> 00:16:37,706 that were put on this earth long before us, 246 00:16:37,998 --> 00:16:40,501 and that they play just as an important role in the system, 247 00:16:40,792 --> 00:16:42,592 but they have a right to be here just like us. 248 00:16:50,761 --> 00:16:53,555 JIM: I believe the best thing that I can do for conservation 249 00:16:53,847 --> 00:16:57,601 is to connect people, in a very profound way, 250 00:16:57,893 --> 00:17:01,605 with sharks so that they can see their true nature 251 00:17:01,897 --> 00:17:04,566 as a majestic sentient creature 252 00:17:04,858 --> 00:17:07,569 that you can easily fall in love with 253 00:17:10,572 --> 00:17:13,742 and therefore, be compelled to spend the rest of your life 254 00:17:14,034 --> 00:17:16,787 fighting for the conservation of the species. 255 00:17:17,204 --> 00:17:19,331 SHAWN: Eco-tourism is the fastest growing segment 256 00:17:19,623 --> 00:17:21,083 of the travel industry. 257 00:17:21,375 --> 00:17:23,544 And what once was a world where you went out 258 00:17:23,835 --> 00:17:25,420 and hunted animals for sport, 259 00:17:25,712 --> 00:17:27,172 we're not seeing a transition away 260 00:17:27,464 --> 00:17:29,304 for people to go out and they hunt with cameras 261 00:17:29,508 --> 00:17:31,778 and their eyes and they leave the animals to grow and thrive. 262 00:17:31,802 --> 00:17:35,389 ♪♪♪ 263 00:17:41,311 --> 00:17:43,146 In South Africa, unfortunately there's 264 00:17:43,438 --> 00:17:45,691 a big lack of regulations on illegal fisheries here, 265 00:17:45,983 --> 00:17:48,569 and quantification of just how many prey species 266 00:17:48,860 --> 00:17:50,445 of wild sharks have been removed, 267 00:17:50,737 --> 00:17:53,073 and we do believe that's happening at an alarming rate. 268 00:17:54,866 --> 00:17:56,702 You know, you've got a resource swimming 269 00:17:56,994 --> 00:17:59,538 along the coast line that a very poor family can feed, you know, 270 00:17:59,830 --> 00:18:02,207 themselves for over a month, let's say. 271 00:18:02,499 --> 00:18:04,626 And so, for example, in a restaurant in Cape Town, 272 00:18:04,918 --> 00:18:08,130 it would be very likely to see Shark Fin Soup on a menu. 273 00:18:08,964 --> 00:18:11,216 Ethically, it's just disgusting. 274 00:18:11,508 --> 00:18:14,636 Alison, take us through what we're about to experience here. 275 00:18:14,928 --> 00:18:17,347 Well, you're probably in one of the most remarkable locations 276 00:18:17,639 --> 00:18:19,766 in the world for marine life, as you're aware. 277 00:18:20,058 --> 00:18:21,898 And, what's really special about this part that 278 00:18:22,102 --> 00:18:24,104 we're walking down to now, in terms of a harbor, 279 00:18:24,396 --> 00:18:26,481 is it's one of the most accessible locations 280 00:18:26,773 --> 00:18:28,493 on the planet for seeing Great White Sharks. 281 00:18:28,775 --> 00:18:31,403 The eco-tourism, you know, it's keeping this animal alive, 282 00:18:31,695 --> 00:18:34,323 and that's why we, yeah, we feel so strongly about it. 283 00:18:34,615 --> 00:18:36,491 MAN: For your safety, please take your seats 284 00:18:36,783 --> 00:18:38,493 and remain seated until we remove anchor. 285 00:18:38,785 --> 00:18:41,622 Remember to keep one hand on the boat and one hand to yourself. 286 00:18:41,913 --> 00:18:44,583 If you need any assistance at all, please draw attention... 287 00:18:44,875 --> 00:18:47,377 ALISON: What we do on every trip is have a qualified biologist 288 00:18:47,669 --> 00:18:50,213 on board to identify every single shark that comes around. 289 00:18:50,505 --> 00:18:52,108 - KATIE: Which is you. - Which today is me. 290 00:18:52,132 --> 00:18:53,592 KATIE: Which is you. 291 00:18:53,884 --> 00:18:56,136 What a, yeah, what an amazing opportunity. 292 00:18:56,428 --> 00:18:57,948 So, umm yeah, each Great White we see, 293 00:18:58,305 --> 00:18:59,665 we log down characteristics on it. 294 00:18:59,806 --> 00:19:03,852 ♪♪♪ 295 00:19:04,144 --> 00:19:06,355 We take photographs of the dorsal fin, and-- 296 00:19:06,647 --> 00:19:08,690 in order to see if we can identify the animal. 297 00:19:08,982 --> 00:19:11,568 We have an extensive backlog back on land, umm, 298 00:19:11,860 --> 00:19:14,363 with thousands and thousands of fin photos, so we can actually 299 00:19:14,655 --> 00:19:17,282 get a good gauge who's visiting at what time of the year. 300 00:19:17,574 --> 00:19:19,368 I think a lot of people don't realize how 301 00:19:19,660 --> 00:19:21,540 highly transient and migratory Great Whites are. 302 00:19:59,950 --> 00:20:01,670 ALISON: White sharks having their protective 303 00:20:01,868 --> 00:20:03,888 legislation around them, you know, there are sightings 304 00:20:03,912 --> 00:20:06,373 appendix, two species that are listed on CMS. 305 00:20:06,665 --> 00:20:08,417 So, throughout their distribution they are, 306 00:20:08,709 --> 00:20:10,794 you know, they're pretty much, um, protected, 307 00:20:11,086 --> 00:20:13,672 but they problem is, we get a lot of lack of enforcement. 308 00:20:15,132 --> 00:20:18,593 Cage diving eco-tourism was initiated in order to, 309 00:20:18,885 --> 00:20:21,972 you know, non-consumptively utilize the animal. 310 00:20:22,389 --> 00:20:25,976 Umm, and it obviously provided its, uh, it's cause. 311 00:20:26,393 --> 00:20:29,980 It's showed that it's a very viable outlet for tourism, 312 00:20:30,397 --> 00:20:32,858 for education, and for monitoring. 313 00:20:33,150 --> 00:20:36,486 ♪♪♪ 314 00:20:39,740 --> 00:20:41,616 Eco-tourism is critically important 315 00:20:41,908 --> 00:20:43,994 because that is where people see, wow, 316 00:20:44,411 --> 00:20:46,013 this animal is actually a beautiful animal, 317 00:20:46,037 --> 00:20:47,372 see how it moves. 318 00:20:47,664 --> 00:20:49,058 It's not trying to jump on the boat. 319 00:20:49,082 --> 00:20:50,333 It's not trying to do this. 320 00:20:50,625 --> 00:20:52,025 It's never going to try and eat me. 321 00:20:52,252 --> 00:20:56,506 ♪♪♪ 322 00:20:56,798 --> 00:21:00,469 A live animal is worth a lot more than a dead animal. 323 00:21:00,761 --> 00:21:03,722 Why not, uh, just enjoy looking at it? 324 00:21:04,014 --> 00:21:07,434 And enjoy future generations to look at it? 325 00:21:08,185 --> 00:21:11,605 And, umm, we can all enjoy what's on the planet 326 00:21:11,897 --> 00:21:14,733 and leave something for somebody else coming along the way. 327 00:21:16,151 --> 00:21:18,320 When you're taking the life of an animal, 328 00:21:18,612 --> 00:21:21,698 you are directly affecting the world around you 329 00:21:21,990 --> 00:21:23,617 in a negative way. 330 00:21:23,909 --> 00:21:25,994 And the perpetuation of that negative affect 331 00:21:26,286 --> 00:21:30,582 is a ripple effect that you might not know how large 332 00:21:30,874 --> 00:21:33,543 and vast that ripple affect really is. 333 00:21:33,835 --> 00:21:35,962 We need to understand that our future, and the future 334 00:21:36,254 --> 00:21:39,007 of the natural world are inextricably tied. 335 00:21:39,424 --> 00:21:41,551 And that everything we are doing to hurt the oceans, 336 00:21:41,843 --> 00:21:44,387 hurting the nature, hurting the forest is going to hurt us. 337 00:21:44,679 --> 00:21:46,681 So, that fundamentally comes from a connection 338 00:21:46,973 --> 00:21:48,892 that all species play a critical role 339 00:21:49,184 --> 00:21:51,978 in a thriving marine and terrestrial eco-system. 340 00:21:52,270 --> 00:21:56,817 ♪♪♪ 341 00:22:04,699 --> 00:22:07,828 [ELEPHANT TRUMPETING] 342 00:22:15,502 --> 00:22:17,546 [ELEPHANT TRUMPETING] 343 00:22:17,838 --> 00:22:19,038 These elephants are juveniles, 344 00:22:19,172 --> 00:22:20,590 and so that means that, you know, 345 00:22:20,882 --> 00:22:22,551 they've been through the trauma 346 00:22:22,843 --> 00:22:25,003 of seeing their whole families, their mothers, poached. 347 00:22:31,852 --> 00:22:34,563 Oh my gosh. Hi. 348 00:22:44,489 --> 00:22:46,783 DAN: Every single one of these animals is here 349 00:22:47,075 --> 00:22:49,619 as a result of either human wildlife culprits or poaching. 350 00:22:49,911 --> 00:22:51,791 - KATIE: Greed. Money. - DAN: Or trophy hunting. 351 00:22:51,913 --> 00:22:54,350 Whatever it may be that's left these poor orphans on their own. 352 00:22:54,374 --> 00:22:56,042 And it's you know, it's wonderful 353 00:22:56,334 --> 00:22:57,961 and it's essential this is happening. 354 00:22:58,253 --> 00:23:00,147 But, what's just as important, is that we prevent it 355 00:23:00,171 --> 00:23:01,590 from happening in the first place. 356 00:23:01,882 --> 00:23:03,466 I'm Dan Richardson. 357 00:23:03,758 --> 00:23:05,598 I'm an actor and I'm an animal conservationist. 358 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:07,160 And, for as long as I can remember, 359 00:23:07,387 --> 00:23:09,806 throughout my entire life, 360 00:23:10,098 --> 00:23:11,858 love for animals, compassion towards animals, 361 00:23:12,058 --> 00:23:15,687 has been an inherent part of who I am and what matters to me. 362 00:23:16,730 --> 00:23:18,982 - Hi. - DAN: Dan. 363 00:23:19,274 --> 00:23:20,817 KATIE: Pleased to meet you. 364 00:23:21,109 --> 00:23:23,695 What, what drives you? What is your... why this? 365 00:23:28,825 --> 00:23:30,076 DAN AND KATIE: Wonderful. 366 00:23:33,163 --> 00:23:34,581 KATIE: You're right. 367 00:23:35,832 --> 00:23:40,795 ♪♪♪ 368 00:23:52,057 --> 00:23:53,892 DAN: People who are here in Kenya, 369 00:23:54,184 --> 00:23:56,853 who dedicate their lives to this, for very little reward... 370 00:23:57,145 --> 00:23:58,865 they're there to protect an animal that will 371 00:23:58,939 --> 00:24:00,539 never know they're there being protected. 372 00:24:00,565 --> 00:24:02,168 They'll never know that that person was fighting 373 00:24:02,192 --> 00:24:03,526 the fight for them. 374 00:24:03,818 --> 00:24:05,254 If it was a war-veteran coming home, 375 00:24:05,278 --> 00:24:07,155 they'd be awarded a medal for their bravery. 376 00:24:07,572 --> 00:24:09,491 These are front-line heroes doing this. 377 00:25:02,794 --> 00:25:05,630 They can sense, it's energy, so they can sense 378 00:25:05,922 --> 00:25:07,716 bad intention and good intention. 379 00:25:37,746 --> 00:25:39,181 KATIE: Well, I want to shake your hand. 380 00:25:39,205 --> 00:25:40,605 God bless you for all of your work. 381 00:25:40,832 --> 00:25:42,112 It's so important. We're with you 382 00:25:42,375 --> 00:25:43,752 and we, uh, we wanna save 383 00:25:44,044 --> 00:25:45,764 - these animals as much as you. - Thank you. 384 00:25:46,046 --> 00:25:48,046 I think, you know, elephants are an iconic species. 385 00:25:48,089 --> 00:25:50,759 They represent Africa in so many ways. 386 00:25:54,304 --> 00:25:56,222 The orphans, especially, are such great 387 00:25:56,514 --> 00:25:58,058 ambassadors for the cause. 388 00:25:59,684 --> 00:26:02,812 I'm a pilot with David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. 389 00:26:49,442 --> 00:26:51,361 So, we've sort of been able to identify, 390 00:26:51,778 --> 00:26:53,822 to create a safe habitat for those elephants 391 00:26:54,114 --> 00:26:56,324 to be re-released into the wild. 392 00:26:56,741 --> 00:26:58,660 We started sending out [INDISTINCT] teams, 393 00:26:58,952 --> 00:27:01,329 which were protecting the area so that there was 394 00:27:01,621 --> 00:27:04,082 a safe habitat for the elephants to go back to. 395 00:27:04,916 --> 00:27:05,959 [ELEPHANT TRUMPETING] 396 00:27:29,399 --> 00:27:33,153 ♪♪♪ 397 00:28:05,518 --> 00:28:07,061 DAN: Of course. 398 00:30:00,091 --> 00:30:02,427 There's a real importance to protect what we do have left, 399 00:30:02,719 --> 00:30:06,848 and I think raising awareness of that is paramount. 400 00:30:07,473 --> 00:30:10,852 ♪♪♪ 401 00:30:12,437 --> 00:30:15,565 [WATERFALL THUNDERING] 402 00:30:22,071 --> 00:30:23,364 KATIE: So we are headed to 403 00:30:23,656 --> 00:30:25,450 the care for wilds, uh, rhino orphanage. 404 00:30:25,742 --> 00:30:28,036 The largest rhino orphanage in the world. 405 00:30:28,328 --> 00:30:31,539 And Petronel's the founder, the owner. 406 00:30:31,956 --> 00:30:34,459 She's got an incredible team that helps her, uh, 407 00:30:34,751 --> 00:30:38,212 rescue, rehab and take in these baby rhinos that, 408 00:30:38,504 --> 00:30:40,173 uh, that we're about to see. 409 00:30:40,465 --> 00:30:42,467 These baby rhinos are sadly, very valuable. 410 00:30:42,759 --> 00:30:46,179 Somebody cut the fence and they got into 411 00:30:46,471 --> 00:30:48,222 the Solia Reserve... they were gonna kill 412 00:30:48,514 --> 00:30:50,183 some of the rhinos for their horns. 413 00:30:50,475 --> 00:30:53,853 And, uh, the anti-poaching units found the guy, and thank God 414 00:30:54,145 --> 00:30:57,023 they shot the poacher before he could shoot one of these rhinos. 415 00:30:57,315 --> 00:30:59,442 As we know, there's not many left. 416 00:30:59,734 --> 00:31:03,029 Poaching rhino horn is the third biggest revenue generator 417 00:31:03,321 --> 00:31:05,323 of any criminal enterprise in the world. 418 00:31:05,615 --> 00:31:08,326 Goes all the way to the demand. 419 00:31:08,618 --> 00:31:11,287 This ridiculous myth in the far east, 420 00:31:12,705 --> 00:31:15,166 that a material the same as hair and fingernails 421 00:31:15,458 --> 00:31:17,293 can have magical healing properties. 422 00:31:19,045 --> 00:31:20,925 So, wildlife crime isn't a group of specialists, 423 00:31:21,172 --> 00:31:23,925 it's the same people who are trafficking in narcotics. 424 00:31:24,217 --> 00:31:27,345 ♪♪♪ 425 00:31:27,637 --> 00:31:29,097 They're using the same routes. 426 00:31:29,389 --> 00:31:30,709 They're using the same middle-men 427 00:31:31,015 --> 00:31:33,101 and the same corrupt customs officials. 428 00:31:33,393 --> 00:31:35,433 It's now a move recently, in the case of rhino horn, 429 00:31:35,561 --> 00:31:37,230 from health to wealth. 430 00:31:37,522 --> 00:31:39,941 So, where the medicinal properties of rhino horn 431 00:31:40,233 --> 00:31:42,068 were shown to be nonsense, 432 00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:44,404 it's moved from that to a status symbol. 433 00:31:44,695 --> 00:31:46,799 And, that's a really, really difficult idea to eradicate. 434 00:31:46,823 --> 00:31:49,223 KATIE: Rhinos. They're going to be on the brink of extinction 435 00:31:49,409 --> 00:31:52,120 if we don't have more facilities like this. 436 00:31:52,412 --> 00:31:54,956 More Petronals to, uh, literally dedicate 437 00:31:55,248 --> 00:31:56,688 their lives to saving these animals. 438 00:31:58,626 --> 00:32:00,086 There's Petronal, I think. 439 00:32:00,378 --> 00:32:02,178 - DAN: I think so. - KATIE: I hope that's her. 440 00:32:03,297 --> 00:32:05,425 - Oh my God. - Hi. 441 00:32:05,716 --> 00:32:07,343 KATIE: Hi, how are you? 442 00:32:12,765 --> 00:32:15,143 You are, obviously their voice, 443 00:32:15,435 --> 00:32:18,229 but you are reversing all of the damage that has been done 444 00:32:18,521 --> 00:32:22,275 to these animals as a result of greed and money and evil. 445 00:32:26,195 --> 00:32:30,450 KATIE: That's it? There's only four-thousand black rhinos? 446 00:32:45,631 --> 00:32:48,426 So, this is baby Summer. I've heard a lot about her. 447 00:32:48,718 --> 00:32:51,345 I've seen a lot of videos, and, uh... tell me. 448 00:32:51,637 --> 00:32:53,055 How did you find her? 449 00:33:35,223 --> 00:33:38,017 [GUN SHOTS RINGING OUT] 450 00:34:01,457 --> 00:34:04,794 KATIE: Look at the babies! Hello. 451 00:34:08,965 --> 00:34:12,552 KATIE: These are the... oh I'm holding this one? Okay. 452 00:34:13,469 --> 00:34:15,721 Oh my gosh. These are the black rhinos. 453 00:34:37,493 --> 00:34:38,703 KATIE: Yep. You have to. 454 00:34:41,747 --> 00:34:44,834 KATIE: These are ones that are going to be released? 455 00:34:45,251 --> 00:34:47,086 Okay. How many? 456 00:34:49,297 --> 00:34:51,090 KATIE: Are these the white rhinos? 457 00:34:58,931 --> 00:35:00,224 I see. 458 00:35:18,451 --> 00:35:19,619 KATIE: This is very serious. 459 00:35:21,329 --> 00:35:25,708 This isn't just, like you said, running a farm with some rhinos. 460 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:29,462 This is saving the last of a species 461 00:35:29,754 --> 00:35:31,297 that the rest of the world may not see. 462 00:37:15,735 --> 00:37:16,736 [GUN FIRING] 463 00:37:17,903 --> 00:37:19,864 The jungle land teaches observation and awareness. 464 00:37:36,964 --> 00:37:39,800 [GUN FIRING] 465 00:37:53,856 --> 00:37:56,484 DAN: Policing is as much a fundamental part 466 00:37:56,776 --> 00:37:57,985 of the-- 467 00:37:58,277 --> 00:37:59,612 a holistic conservation approach 468 00:37:59,904 --> 00:38:01,405 as education in an African school. 469 00:38:01,697 --> 00:38:03,137 And as long as we all fight together 470 00:38:03,449 --> 00:38:05,089 and we are shining a light on these issues 471 00:38:05,201 --> 00:38:07,495 and changing them, we can win. 472 00:38:07,787 --> 00:38:10,790 And it's absolutely crucial we do so. 473 00:38:11,081 --> 00:38:14,960 [SUSPENSEFUL INSTRUMENTAL] 474 00:38:29,016 --> 00:38:30,476 It's incredibly tragic. 475 00:38:31,644 --> 00:38:32,978 I can't explain the feeling. 476 00:38:35,731 --> 00:38:37,131 How meaningful is this place to you 477 00:38:37,483 --> 00:38:39,693 and your colleagues, the team that work here? 478 00:38:40,486 --> 00:38:41,695 RICHARD: On one hand, 479 00:38:41,987 --> 00:38:43,531 it's a testament to all the work we do. 480 00:38:43,823 --> 00:38:45,663 Sure, these are animals that have been poached. 481 00:38:45,783 --> 00:38:47,803 You know, populations are growing and it's quite a-- 482 00:38:47,827 --> 00:38:50,746 it's a great place for us to come and just remember. 483 00:38:51,038 --> 00:38:52,706 You know, that this is what it's taken 484 00:38:52,998 --> 00:38:54,667 because sometimes you forget 485 00:38:54,959 --> 00:38:57,545 and it's particularly sad now because of Sudan, you know. 486 00:38:57,837 --> 00:38:59,147 He's the last male northern white rhino 487 00:38:59,171 --> 00:39:00,506 on the planet and there he is. 488 00:39:01,924 --> 00:39:03,164 DAN: What he did more powerfully 489 00:39:03,342 --> 00:39:04,662 than anything else I've ever seen 490 00:39:04,927 --> 00:39:07,054 was underlined the damage we've done. 491 00:39:07,471 --> 00:39:09,390 He emphasized the damage we've done as a species 492 00:39:09,682 --> 00:39:11,392 to his species and others. 493 00:39:12,893 --> 00:39:14,353 KATIE: It's the sixth extinction. 494 00:39:14,645 --> 00:39:15,872 The whole thing, extinction means extinction 495 00:39:15,896 --> 00:39:17,064 based on human impact. 496 00:39:17,481 --> 00:39:18,816 And it's happening now. 497 00:39:19,108 --> 00:39:20,708 Some people don't believe it's happening, 498 00:39:20,860 --> 00:39:22,660 but we can clearly see it happening with Sudan 499 00:39:22,695 --> 00:39:24,446 and all the negative human impact 500 00:39:24,738 --> 00:39:27,575 based on greed, money, 501 00:39:27,867 --> 00:39:30,369 the illegal black-market trade of this species 502 00:39:30,661 --> 00:39:32,872 for something that has no real medicinal purpose. 503 00:39:33,914 --> 00:39:35,684 DAN: Animal conservation is my purpose in life. 504 00:39:35,708 --> 00:39:37,148 And without it, animals like these-- 505 00:39:38,127 --> 00:39:39,628 And incredibly, we're talking 506 00:39:39,920 --> 00:39:41,640 about the last two of a species in this case 507 00:39:41,881 --> 00:39:43,757 that I wanna stand up and fight for. 508 00:39:45,593 --> 00:39:47,593 So, it's almost impossible to comprehend, isn't it? 509 00:39:47,845 --> 00:39:49,471 We're literally looking 510 00:39:49,763 --> 00:39:51,932 at the two last existing individuals 511 00:39:52,224 --> 00:39:54,064 - of an entire species. - KATIE: It's shocking. 512 00:39:58,898 --> 00:40:00,458 Do you think that in-vitro fertilization 513 00:40:00,566 --> 00:40:01,984 will work with possibly 514 00:40:02,276 --> 00:40:03,861 the southern female white rhino? 515 00:40:04,153 --> 00:40:05,446 Right here, the surrogate? 516 00:40:20,002 --> 00:40:21,170 In getting the eggs out, 517 00:40:21,587 --> 00:40:24,048 fertilizing the eggs, creating embryos 518 00:40:24,340 --> 00:40:27,509 is one part of the problem that has to be solved. 519 00:40:27,801 --> 00:40:29,511 The next part is gonna be re-implanting 520 00:40:29,803 --> 00:40:31,972 those northern white rhino embryos 521 00:40:32,264 --> 00:40:34,892 back into surrogate southern white rhino females 522 00:40:35,184 --> 00:40:37,019 because the two living northern whites 523 00:40:37,311 --> 00:40:39,104 can't carry the calf, can't get pregnant. 524 00:40:39,396 --> 00:40:41,941 I think for the most part, people need to fight 525 00:40:42,232 --> 00:40:43,232 battles close to home. 526 00:40:43,567 --> 00:40:45,694 So, whether it's legislation 527 00:40:45,986 --> 00:40:47,863 or pressuring politicians 528 00:40:48,155 --> 00:40:50,032 in their local areas to protect, you know, 529 00:40:50,324 --> 00:40:52,493 maintain the integrity of protected areas. 530 00:40:52,785 --> 00:40:56,664 [SUSPENSEFUL INSTRUMENTAL] 531 00:41:06,632 --> 00:41:08,550 HENRY: I actually consider this capital, 532 00:41:08,842 --> 00:41:10,761 the state capital of California, 533 00:41:11,053 --> 00:41:14,515 the epicenter of progress in this country. 534 00:41:14,807 --> 00:41:17,685 And frankly, I think it's a fulcrum 535 00:41:17,977 --> 00:41:20,854 where we can put a lever and actually start 536 00:41:21,146 --> 00:41:23,482 to change global economics around... 537 00:41:24,733 --> 00:41:27,820 this brutal trade 538 00:41:28,112 --> 00:41:29,655 that is on the verge of extincting 539 00:41:29,947 --> 00:41:32,241 some of our most iconic species on the planet. 540 00:41:32,658 --> 00:41:34,159 Trophy hunting for these iconic 541 00:41:34,451 --> 00:41:36,704 endangered African species 542 00:41:36,996 --> 00:41:38,789 is not only brutal, 543 00:41:39,081 --> 00:41:40,833 but it is anachronistic, 544 00:41:41,125 --> 00:41:42,960 some false show of masculinity 545 00:41:43,252 --> 00:41:44,503 that people wanna go out there 546 00:41:44,795 --> 00:41:46,275 - and act tough... - [CAMERA CLICKING] 547 00:41:47,798 --> 00:41:49,174 ...by slaughtering lions, 548 00:41:49,466 --> 00:41:51,885 rhinos, giraffes. 549 00:41:52,636 --> 00:41:54,072 - This has to end. - [ELEPHANT TRUMPETING] 550 00:41:54,096 --> 00:41:56,223 This bill, the SB 1487 551 00:41:56,640 --> 00:41:58,280 could actually preserve the last remaining 552 00:41:58,392 --> 00:42:01,061 iconic endangered species on this planet. 553 00:42:01,353 --> 00:42:02,813 The fight for our own humanity 554 00:42:03,105 --> 00:42:05,274 is wrapped up in the future of these species. 555 00:42:05,691 --> 00:42:07,127 Even though they say, "Well, what does this 556 00:42:07,151 --> 00:42:08,151 have to do with people? 557 00:42:08,402 --> 00:42:09,862 You're not helping people here." 558 00:42:10,154 --> 00:42:12,072 I say that "This is the most powerful thing 559 00:42:12,364 --> 00:42:14,908 we can do to restore the dignity and humanity 560 00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:17,536 of the human race and not just make ourselves 561 00:42:17,828 --> 00:42:20,748 exploiters and consumers, but stewards." 562 00:42:21,040 --> 00:42:23,667 We're putting our flag down here in California today 563 00:42:23,959 --> 00:42:25,711 saying "We know where we stand." 564 00:42:26,003 --> 00:42:28,255 We stand with the species of this planet, 565 00:42:28,547 --> 00:42:30,257 and that the ultimate test 566 00:42:30,549 --> 00:42:32,843 of a civilization's morality 567 00:42:33,135 --> 00:42:36,805 is how they treat those who can't protect themselves. 568 00:42:37,097 --> 00:42:39,975 Do you like to fight and do you like to fight 569 00:42:40,267 --> 00:42:43,062 with ethics and the law on your side? 570 00:42:43,353 --> 00:42:45,064 And that's why I'm here, I'm a nice guy, 571 00:42:45,355 --> 00:42:46,835 but I don't like to be pushed around. 572 00:42:46,982 --> 00:42:47,982 I don't like bullies. 573 00:42:48,150 --> 00:42:49,318 We have firsthand experience 574 00:42:49,735 --> 00:42:51,987 on witnessing the two last female 575 00:42:52,279 --> 00:42:54,114 northern white rhinos left on the planet. 576 00:42:54,406 --> 00:42:57,951 Lions, cheetahs, elephants. 577 00:42:58,243 --> 00:42:59,923 All of these species are facing extinction. 578 00:43:00,162 --> 00:43:01,705 And we support this bill 100%. 579 00:43:01,997 --> 00:43:03,248 And we ask for your support 580 00:43:03,540 --> 00:43:05,260 to save these animals before they go extinct 581 00:43:05,542 --> 00:43:07,086 in our lifetime, thank you so much. 582 00:43:07,377 --> 00:43:10,214 They've been on this planet for millions of years. 583 00:43:10,506 --> 00:43:13,675 And in the last 120 years, 584 00:43:13,967 --> 00:43:15,719 we've been wiping them out. 585 00:43:16,011 --> 00:43:18,806 ♪♪♪ 586 00:43:19,098 --> 00:43:22,726 A dead elephant is one hunting fee 587 00:43:23,018 --> 00:43:24,812 to usually a dictator. 588 00:43:25,104 --> 00:43:26,688 It never gets to the people. 589 00:43:26,980 --> 00:43:28,315 Trophy hunting is the worst. 590 00:43:28,607 --> 00:43:30,984 It's strictly done to see 591 00:43:31,276 --> 00:43:34,154 who's got the biggest elephant head 592 00:43:34,446 --> 00:43:36,824 or whatever they're looking for. 593 00:43:38,200 --> 00:43:40,327 I feel humans should know better. 594 00:43:40,619 --> 00:43:42,121 If you ever get down to a point 595 00:43:42,412 --> 00:43:44,873 where you've lost all of your wild populations, 596 00:43:45,165 --> 00:43:46,792 you only have animals left 597 00:43:47,084 --> 00:43:48,604 which have been kept in zoo conditions 598 00:43:48,752 --> 00:43:50,563 for long periods, then your chances of recovering 599 00:43:50,587 --> 00:43:52,756 that species are going to be extremely small. 600 00:43:54,133 --> 00:43:55,384 We have the power to reverse it 601 00:43:55,801 --> 00:43:57,678 and it used to be led by governments 602 00:43:57,970 --> 00:44:00,055 and I think we're beginning to see that happen. 603 00:44:00,347 --> 00:44:02,099 If we can change rules, 604 00:44:02,391 --> 00:44:05,144 regulations, government laws, 605 00:44:05,435 --> 00:44:07,938 the way that the fishing quotas 606 00:44:08,230 --> 00:44:10,065 do this to that, then we should do it. 607 00:44:10,357 --> 00:44:14,236 ♪♪♪ 608 00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:16,697 HENRY: The SB 1487 609 00:44:16,989 --> 00:44:19,241 could actually be what turns the tide 610 00:44:19,533 --> 00:44:21,869 in the fight to preserve the last remaining 611 00:44:22,161 --> 00:44:23,829 iconic endangered African species. 612 00:44:24,121 --> 00:44:26,123 The SB 1487 does that by prohibiting 613 00:44:26,415 --> 00:44:28,375 the possession of body parts 614 00:44:28,667 --> 00:44:31,211 of 11 iconic African endangered species. 615 00:44:31,503 --> 00:44:33,297 Conservation strategy 616 00:44:33,589 --> 00:44:36,049 need not adopt a policy 617 00:44:36,341 --> 00:44:40,053 of poaching and of killing to actually achieve its ends. 618 00:44:40,345 --> 00:44:43,015 How do we wanna be remembered on this planet as people? 619 00:44:43,599 --> 00:44:46,351 Those who left nothing else behind 620 00:44:46,643 --> 00:44:49,271 and just were extracting this planet 621 00:44:49,563 --> 00:44:52,900 and vanquishing species and torturing animals? 622 00:44:53,192 --> 00:44:56,153 The motion is to pass to the Committee on Judiciary. 623 00:44:56,612 --> 00:44:57,852 - Eduardo Garcia? - GARCIA: Aye. 624 00:44:58,030 --> 00:44:59,031 Garcia, aye. 625 00:44:59,323 --> 00:45:00,425 - Gallagher? - GALLAGHER: No. 626 00:45:00,449 --> 00:45:01,449 - Curiel? - CURIEL: Aye. 627 00:45:01,617 --> 00:45:02,993 Curiel, aye. 628 00:45:03,285 --> 00:45:04,995 The order that actually heal this planet. 629 00:45:05,287 --> 00:45:07,456 And I think right now is that moment. 630 00:45:08,415 --> 00:45:10,042 MAN: The bill is out eight to four. 631 00:45:11,126 --> 00:45:15,005 [MEMBERS CHEERING] 632 00:45:15,297 --> 00:45:19,176 [SUSPENSEFUL INSTRUMENTAL] 633 00:45:37,110 --> 00:45:39,172 KRISTIN: I think, you know, in the entertainment business, 634 00:45:39,196 --> 00:45:40,948 I'm always getting makeup on my face 635 00:45:41,240 --> 00:45:43,283 and I wanna make sure 636 00:45:43,575 --> 00:45:46,787 that the animals didn't suffer unnecessarily. 637 00:45:47,079 --> 00:45:49,498 That, to me, is the most cruel. 638 00:45:49,915 --> 00:45:52,167 Science has evolved past bunnies in a box. 639 00:45:52,960 --> 00:45:55,295 So now that we have these human-relevant models 640 00:45:55,587 --> 00:45:57,756 that are actually closer to keeping humans safe, 641 00:45:58,048 --> 00:46:00,050 more efficient, and cheaper, we can use them. 642 00:46:00,550 --> 00:46:03,929 I just wanna say how proud I am to be a principal co-author 643 00:46:04,221 --> 00:46:07,349 of SB 1249 to protect animals from cosmetic testing. 644 00:46:07,641 --> 00:46:09,351 [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING] 645 00:46:09,643 --> 00:46:11,895 And look, we know that for more than 50 years, 646 00:46:12,187 --> 00:46:14,398 unfortunately, animals have been used 647 00:46:14,690 --> 00:46:15,983 in painful tests 648 00:46:16,275 --> 00:46:18,151 to assess the safety of chemicals 649 00:46:18,443 --> 00:46:19,486 used in cosmetic products. 650 00:46:19,903 --> 00:46:22,489 Not only is this practice inhumane, 651 00:46:22,781 --> 00:46:25,993 but unnecessary where lab alternatives exist. 652 00:46:26,285 --> 00:46:28,495 Please join me in supporting SB 1249. 653 00:46:28,912 --> 00:46:31,206 Such an important legislation for those 654 00:46:31,498 --> 00:46:33,959 that do not have a voice to speak up for themselves. 655 00:46:34,543 --> 00:46:35,961 Thank you so much for being here. 656 00:46:36,253 --> 00:46:37,504 Today is critically important 657 00:46:37,921 --> 00:46:39,561 to save the lives of hundreds of thousands 658 00:46:39,673 --> 00:46:41,008 of animals every year 659 00:46:41,300 --> 00:46:43,260 that get tortured for vanity and fashion. 660 00:46:43,552 --> 00:46:46,013 And I always strive to ask everybody 661 00:46:46,305 --> 00:46:48,545 to go cruelty-free and always look for the leaping bunny. 662 00:46:48,807 --> 00:46:50,851 And if it does not say cruelty-free, 663 00:46:51,143 --> 00:46:52,311 they usually test on animals. 664 00:46:52,602 --> 00:46:53,854 As an actress, 665 00:46:54,146 --> 00:46:55,814 every makeup chair that I sit in, 666 00:46:56,106 --> 00:46:58,567 I try to make sure that the cosmetics being used on me 667 00:46:58,984 --> 00:47:00,902 were not tested on animals. 668 00:47:01,194 --> 00:47:02,571 But the burden is on us. 669 00:47:02,988 --> 00:47:04,364 It is on the consumer. 670 00:47:04,656 --> 00:47:05,866 And it shouldn't be that way. 671 00:47:06,158 --> 00:47:08,327 And it isn't that way in the EU 672 00:47:08,618 --> 00:47:10,495 and many other countries. 673 00:47:10,787 --> 00:47:13,206 After getting resounding bipartisan support 674 00:47:13,498 --> 00:47:17,127 in the Senate with Democrats and Republicans coming together 675 00:47:17,419 --> 00:47:18,587 to vote in favor of it, 676 00:47:19,004 --> 00:47:21,381 SB 1249 now faces 677 00:47:21,673 --> 00:47:24,384 an important vote on the assembly floor. 678 00:47:24,676 --> 00:47:27,596 You know, what are we doing? It's completely archaic. 679 00:47:28,013 --> 00:47:30,223 It's fiscally irresponsible. 680 00:47:30,515 --> 00:47:32,309 We have the numbers on that as well. 681 00:47:32,601 --> 00:47:34,895 So, it would be great if California, 682 00:47:35,187 --> 00:47:37,397 as progressive as it is, would be the first to do this. 683 00:47:37,689 --> 00:47:39,729 In very privileged countries like the United States, 684 00:47:40,025 --> 00:47:41,943 we tend to be very centered on self. 685 00:47:42,235 --> 00:47:46,031 [SUSPENSEFUL INSTRUMENTAL] 686 00:47:46,323 --> 00:47:49,868 All of the things that involve cruelty and chemicals 687 00:47:50,160 --> 00:47:51,971 and everything else they're putting in your cosmetics 688 00:47:51,995 --> 00:47:53,080 is bad for you. 689 00:47:53,372 --> 00:47:54,873 So, if you're centered on self, 690 00:47:55,165 --> 00:47:56,809 you wanna make better decisions for your body, 691 00:47:56,833 --> 00:47:58,393 your health, the environment, the planet 692 00:47:58,460 --> 00:47:59,980 that you're leaving for your children. 693 00:48:00,045 --> 00:48:01,046 These are the decisions. 694 00:48:02,672 --> 00:48:04,966 NICHOLAS: They still allow testing to occur in China. 695 00:48:05,258 --> 00:48:07,427 So, SB 1249 would get rid of that exemption. 696 00:48:07,719 --> 00:48:09,930 So even if you were to test it in China, 697 00:48:10,222 --> 00:48:11,741 you wouldn't be able to sell it in California. 698 00:48:11,765 --> 00:48:13,433 Which is a huge step forward. 699 00:48:13,725 --> 00:48:15,894 Once they introduce the bill, then I have to, 700 00:48:16,186 --> 00:48:19,106 and my team, we have to knock on every office, 701 00:48:19,398 --> 00:48:21,108 every legislator's office, 702 00:48:21,400 --> 00:48:22,520 talk to them about the bill, 703 00:48:22,734 --> 00:48:24,194 tell them why it's important, 704 00:48:24,486 --> 00:48:25,612 and get them to vote for it. 705 00:48:27,406 --> 00:48:30,534 One of the reasons why we asked John to come today 706 00:48:30,826 --> 00:48:32,494 is because he is an entrepreneur. 707 00:48:32,786 --> 00:48:35,122 And since his stardom 708 00:48:35,414 --> 00:48:36,915 as a basketball player, 709 00:48:37,207 --> 00:48:39,251 he's embraced a vegan lifestyle, 710 00:48:39,543 --> 00:48:41,461 compassion, entrepreneur. 711 00:48:41,753 --> 00:48:45,465 So, he's really a star to us 712 00:48:45,757 --> 00:48:47,300 in this realm. 713 00:48:47,592 --> 00:48:49,636 And we're so honored to have him with us today. 714 00:48:49,928 --> 00:48:53,181 [AUDIENCE LAUGHING] 715 00:48:53,473 --> 00:48:55,934 So let me ask you, have you heard anything 716 00:48:56,226 --> 00:48:58,103 about SB 1249 yet? 717 00:48:58,395 --> 00:49:01,064 The California Cruelty Free Cosmetics Act? 718 00:49:01,356 --> 00:49:04,151 Because the existing testing 719 00:49:04,443 --> 00:49:06,445 is still killing and torturing 720 00:49:06,736 --> 00:49:08,572 over 400,000 animals a year. 721 00:49:08,864 --> 00:49:10,384 We've done a lot of things in the past 722 00:49:10,615 --> 00:49:12,951 because we didn't know better, but now we do. 723 00:49:13,702 --> 00:49:15,454 When they ask, they say, "Don't you wanna 724 00:49:15,745 --> 00:49:18,331 go up on the hill, man, and shake some fences 725 00:49:18,623 --> 00:49:20,103 and get some people to pay attention?" 726 00:49:20,250 --> 00:49:22,002 I just think it's a cool thing. It is. 727 00:49:22,294 --> 00:49:24,379 And if I could go 728 00:49:24,671 --> 00:49:26,381 and see things in sports, 729 00:49:26,673 --> 00:49:29,217 it's not gonna change anybody's life, right? 730 00:49:29,509 --> 00:49:31,178 And guys will sit around and they argue 731 00:49:31,470 --> 00:49:33,096 on ESPN all day about it. 732 00:49:33,388 --> 00:49:35,474 This changes not just our lives. 733 00:49:36,141 --> 00:49:37,642 That means we save, like, 54,000,000 734 00:49:37,934 --> 00:49:39,394 land animals a year, everybody. 735 00:49:39,686 --> 00:49:41,271 [VIRTUOSIC INSTRUMENTAL PLAYING] 736 00:49:41,563 --> 00:49:42,606 And another thing, 737 00:49:42,898 --> 00:49:45,984 you make sure you get that vote. 738 00:49:46,610 --> 00:49:47,611 MAN 1: [INDISTINCT] 739 00:49:48,278 --> 00:49:49,589 MAN 2: We're rolling on that, right? 740 00:49:49,613 --> 00:49:51,281 [JOHN LAUGHING] 741 00:49:51,573 --> 00:49:53,426 With advocates like this, I'm very pleased to sign on 742 00:49:53,450 --> 00:49:54,850 as a co-sponsor of this legislation 743 00:49:55,118 --> 00:49:56,554 and looking forward to working with the group. 744 00:49:56,578 --> 00:49:57,898 - [AUDIENCE CHEERING] - Thank you. 745 00:49:58,121 --> 00:49:59,521 I understand you're a vegan, right? 746 00:49:59,748 --> 00:50:01,500 My brother does-- 747 00:50:01,791 --> 00:50:03,151 He's, like-- he had-- for a while, 748 00:50:03,335 --> 00:50:04,604 he was doing, like, MMA fighting 749 00:50:04,628 --> 00:50:05,788 that he was big and all that. 750 00:50:05,879 --> 00:50:07,214 And he's a vegan too. 751 00:50:07,506 --> 00:50:08,786 He was the one who told me that. 752 00:50:09,132 --> 00:50:10,693 When I first came in elite, my first year, 753 00:50:10,717 --> 00:50:12,594 I was eating a cheeseburger and fries 754 00:50:12,886 --> 00:50:15,722 and a shake before playing against the Milwaukee Bucks, 755 00:50:16,139 --> 00:50:17,265 and I'm still knocked out 756 00:50:17,557 --> 00:50:19,518 and I was the slowest I ever was. 757 00:50:19,809 --> 00:50:21,849 And he said, "How's that cheeseburger treating you?" 758 00:50:22,020 --> 00:50:24,105 And then from that point on, from 1986, 759 00:50:24,397 --> 00:50:26,316 I started paying attention to what food he does. 760 00:50:26,942 --> 00:50:30,612 Oprah put out a thing with Deepak Chopra in 1993, 761 00:50:30,904 --> 00:50:33,281 you should not eat with people you don't like, 762 00:50:33,573 --> 00:50:35,158 because your body, your psyche 763 00:50:35,450 --> 00:50:36,770 does certain things on that food. 764 00:50:36,868 --> 00:50:38,348 So, if you eat something that's dead, 765 00:50:38,537 --> 00:50:40,038 something that has been murdered, 766 00:50:40,330 --> 00:50:41,933 something that has been afraid to be murdered, 767 00:50:41,957 --> 00:50:44,417 and you get that in your spirit, you now have that. 768 00:50:44,709 --> 00:50:47,128 You ever see these biggest guys are always jumpy? 769 00:50:47,420 --> 00:50:48,463 That's that cow. 770 00:50:49,297 --> 00:50:50,674 WOMAN: Are you an aye vote? 771 00:50:50,966 --> 00:50:52,526 I'm totally against animal testing, too. 772 00:50:52,717 --> 00:50:54,320 So-- and I have been throughout my career. 773 00:50:54,344 --> 00:50:55,804 - Here we go. - MAN: Wait a second. 774 00:50:56,471 --> 00:50:59,266 And my friend started a thing called Mixed Chicks for hair. 775 00:50:59,808 --> 00:51:01,744 She's half white, half black, and her hair was mixed. 776 00:51:01,768 --> 00:51:03,436 So, she had it for hair 777 00:51:03,728 --> 00:51:07,107 and she literally made it cruelty-free 778 00:51:07,399 --> 00:51:08,650 before she put it out. 779 00:51:08,942 --> 00:51:10,742 And if she can do that in the thought process, 780 00:51:10,819 --> 00:51:12,339 and they asked me to come be involved, 781 00:51:12,404 --> 00:51:13,484 I said, "Yeah, no problem." 782 00:51:13,697 --> 00:51:14,781 I'm an animal lover. 783 00:51:15,198 --> 00:51:16,616 [AUDIENCE CHEERING] 784 00:51:16,908 --> 00:51:19,077 So I am an-- I can commit to that 785 00:51:19,369 --> 00:51:20,495 and I'm an animal lover. 786 00:51:21,621 --> 00:51:25,125 So I'm all about... 787 00:51:25,417 --> 00:51:27,460 being humane and humanity 788 00:51:27,752 --> 00:51:29,337 and making sure that we do things right. 789 00:51:29,629 --> 00:51:31,298 And so, I find that interesting 790 00:51:31,590 --> 00:51:33,466 and would be a great way to be able to go back 791 00:51:33,758 --> 00:51:36,803 and find some data and some pathway so that we can help 792 00:51:37,095 --> 00:51:38,906 guide the committee in making the right decision. 793 00:51:38,930 --> 00:51:40,640 Can I have a picture? 794 00:51:40,932 --> 00:51:42,642 So just in case you do it wrong I can say-- 795 00:51:42,934 --> 00:51:44,477 - [ALL LAUGHING] - I have a picture. 796 00:51:45,562 --> 00:51:49,524 [SOFT INSTRUMENTAL PLAYING] 797 00:52:04,247 --> 00:52:05,527 I'd like to start by telling you 798 00:52:05,790 --> 00:52:07,375 what your yes vote means today. 799 00:52:07,667 --> 00:52:11,171 Over half a million animals will no longer be tortured 800 00:52:11,463 --> 00:52:13,882 for tests that have been scientifically proven 801 00:52:14,299 --> 00:52:16,551 to be unnecessary to show safety. 802 00:52:17,052 --> 00:52:19,596 You will save these animals from being tortured 803 00:52:19,888 --> 00:52:22,849 while they are alive and then thrown into the trash 804 00:52:23,266 --> 00:52:26,186 left to suffocate while writhing in pain. 805 00:52:26,478 --> 00:52:29,356 Because corporations decided that the cost and time 806 00:52:29,648 --> 00:52:30,857 to euthanize them 807 00:52:31,274 --> 00:52:33,276 would negatively affect their bottom line. 808 00:52:33,568 --> 00:52:37,197 It's quite clear to me that this will not only save 809 00:52:37,489 --> 00:52:39,783 the lives of tens of thousands of animals, 810 00:52:40,075 --> 00:52:42,869 but it will also save 811 00:52:43,161 --> 00:52:45,372 torture of so many more. 812 00:52:45,664 --> 00:52:47,415 I think it's time that we added ourselves 813 00:52:47,707 --> 00:52:49,876 to the list of nations that have gone cruelty-free. 814 00:52:50,168 --> 00:52:51,503 So, I'm pleased 815 00:52:51,795 --> 00:52:53,272 to be supporting this legislation today 816 00:52:53,296 --> 00:52:54,482 and would just respectfully ask 817 00:52:54,506 --> 00:52:55,546 to be added as a coauthor. 818 00:52:55,674 --> 00:52:56,883 WOMAN: Thank you very much. 819 00:52:57,634 --> 00:52:58,754 - WOMAN: Stone? - STONE: Aye. 820 00:52:58,968 --> 00:53:00,261 WOMAN: Stone, aye. Cunningham? 821 00:53:00,553 --> 00:53:01,697 - CUNNINGHAM: Aye. - WOMAN: Cunningham, aye. 822 00:53:01,721 --> 00:53:04,265 Chau? Chu? Holden? 823 00:53:04,557 --> 00:53:05,684 - Chara? - CHARA: Aye. 824 00:53:05,975 --> 00:53:07,535 - WOMAN: Chara aye. Reyes? - REYES: Aye. 825 00:53:07,686 --> 00:53:09,038 - WOMAN: Reyes, aye. Gabriel. - GABRIEL: Aye. 826 00:53:09,062 --> 00:53:10,188 Thank you. 827 00:53:10,480 --> 00:53:11,600 That bill is out. Thank you. 828 00:53:11,690 --> 00:53:15,568 [ENERGETIC INSTRUMENTAL PAYING] 829 00:53:22,659 --> 00:53:24,699 DAMIEN: Yeah, the good thing about doing good things 830 00:53:24,786 --> 00:53:26,287 is that it becomes infectious. 831 00:53:27,330 --> 00:53:29,332 And I think our future as a civilization 832 00:53:29,624 --> 00:53:31,793 and as a species is directly intertwined 833 00:53:32,085 --> 00:53:33,920 with our willingness to preserve biodiversity. 834 00:53:34,337 --> 00:53:36,715 ♪♪♪ 835 00:53:37,006 --> 00:53:39,259 I started the International Anti-poaching Foundation 836 00:53:39,551 --> 00:53:41,845 in 2009 after traveling around southern Africa, 837 00:53:42,137 --> 00:53:44,305 seeing what was happening with indicator species 838 00:53:44,597 --> 00:53:46,677 like elephant and rhino and what we're doing to them. 839 00:53:46,850 --> 00:53:49,978 And the thing that makes me feel the best 840 00:53:50,395 --> 00:53:53,523 is being able to help rangers to protect the animals, 841 00:53:53,815 --> 00:53:55,575 being able to speak out on behalf of animals. 842 00:53:55,650 --> 00:53:57,652 Being able to be a voice for the voiceless. 843 00:53:58,778 --> 00:54:02,240 - [RHYTHMIC SHOUTING] - [SUSPENSEFUL INSTRUMENTAL] 844 00:54:03,366 --> 00:54:05,094 DAMIEN: One of the programs that we run in Zimbabwe 845 00:54:05,118 --> 00:54:06,411 is called Akashinga, 846 00:54:06,703 --> 00:54:08,055 which translates into "the brave ones." 847 00:54:08,079 --> 00:54:09,372 And it's an all-female 848 00:54:09,664 --> 00:54:11,875 anti-poaching or conservation model. 849 00:54:12,751 --> 00:54:14,351 It's the only nature reserve in the world 850 00:54:14,627 --> 00:54:16,507 to be completely managed and protected by women. 851 00:54:17,505 --> 00:54:18,905 I saw other industries progressing. 852 00:54:19,090 --> 00:54:20,810 I thought, "Well, if conservation can't have 853 00:54:21,009 --> 00:54:22,969 that opportunity, maybe we can't progress either." 854 00:54:24,637 --> 00:54:25,637 Clear. 855 00:54:56,711 --> 00:54:58,511 We're involved with protecting the environment 856 00:54:58,713 --> 00:55:00,353 and protecting animals, that's what we do. 857 00:55:00,632 --> 00:55:03,510 Okay, the meat industry is the greatest negative impact 858 00:55:03,802 --> 00:55:04,962 against both of those things. 859 00:55:14,896 --> 00:55:17,690 One less step to being able to fight. 860 00:55:18,233 --> 00:55:19,818 There's two types of conservationists. 861 00:55:20,109 --> 00:55:21,569 There's vegans, and there's those 862 00:55:21,861 --> 00:55:23,421 that don't like to take their work home. 863 00:55:23,613 --> 00:55:25,090 And I'm happy to say that that's cost them 864 00:55:25,114 --> 00:55:26,754 a lot of funding, the truth isn't for sale 865 00:55:26,825 --> 00:55:28,368 and it never will be. 866 00:55:28,660 --> 00:55:31,996 [SENTIMENTAL INSTRUMENTAL PLAYING] 867 00:55:42,549 --> 00:55:46,511 [COWS MOOING] 868 00:55:48,972 --> 00:55:50,807 Living at a plant-based lifestyle, 869 00:55:51,099 --> 00:55:52,976 the first thing that I cut out was dairy. 870 00:55:56,062 --> 00:55:57,939 The leading cause of environmental pollution. 871 00:55:58,231 --> 00:56:00,775 And I also knew that these cows were enslaved. 872 00:56:01,651 --> 00:56:03,945 Listen, the cow has to give birth to give milk. 873 00:56:04,612 --> 00:56:07,532 So, there are some dairies that are pumping out 874 00:56:07,824 --> 00:56:09,534 hundreds of calves per day. 875 00:56:10,785 --> 00:56:12,025 A lot of those calves are male. 876 00:56:12,245 --> 00:56:13,565 And where do those calves go now? 877 00:56:13,746 --> 00:56:14,747 Because there isn't 878 00:56:15,039 --> 00:56:16,416 a monster veal industry anymore. 879 00:56:16,708 --> 00:56:18,148 Those calves are going for dog food. 880 00:56:18,543 --> 00:56:19,919 My name is Cuoto. 881 00:56:20,211 --> 00:56:22,505 I'm the founder and lead investigator of ARM, 882 00:56:22,797 --> 00:56:23,882 Animal Recovery Mission. 883 00:56:24,173 --> 00:56:25,613 We're based in Miami Beach, Florida. 884 00:56:27,093 --> 00:56:29,470 What we're doing in the field, 885 00:56:29,762 --> 00:56:30,930 rescuing animals, 886 00:56:31,222 --> 00:56:33,725 delivering undercover footage, 887 00:56:34,017 --> 00:56:36,603 exposing really the truth of the worst cases 888 00:56:36,895 --> 00:56:37,895 of animal cruelty. 889 00:56:38,062 --> 00:56:42,108 ♪♪♪ 890 00:56:50,617 --> 00:56:53,453 It is an extremely sad, 891 00:56:53,745 --> 00:56:57,457 heartbreaking job to look at animals 892 00:56:57,749 --> 00:56:59,709 while you're in the field undercover 893 00:57:00,001 --> 00:57:01,961 and see them boiled alive, butchered alive, 894 00:57:02,253 --> 00:57:04,756 disassembled alive, beaten to death. 895 00:57:05,757 --> 00:57:07,550 And remember, as an undercover investigator, 896 00:57:07,842 --> 00:57:09,135 you're the bad guy. 897 00:57:09,552 --> 00:57:12,013 So, you have to laugh 898 00:57:12,305 --> 00:57:14,891 and be one of the crowd 899 00:57:15,183 --> 00:57:16,684 as this is taking place. 900 00:57:17,185 --> 00:57:18,937 This is a small percentage of our gear. 901 00:57:19,228 --> 00:57:20,772 You know, the drone. 902 00:57:21,731 --> 00:57:23,983 Extremely important to the investigator. 903 00:57:24,275 --> 00:57:25,526 Undercover camera. 904 00:57:25,818 --> 00:57:27,018 Without the undercover camera, 905 00:57:27,278 --> 00:57:29,489 we would get absolutely nothing done 906 00:57:29,781 --> 00:57:31,699 and absolutely no footage whatsoever. 907 00:57:33,743 --> 00:57:36,204 People who are working in slaughterhouses 908 00:57:36,621 --> 00:57:37,747 and factory farm, 909 00:57:38,039 --> 00:57:39,958 they have violent, violent pasts. 910 00:57:40,750 --> 00:57:43,670 They have been convicted of serious crimes in the past. 911 00:57:44,170 --> 00:57:46,047 But also, we're undercover right now 912 00:57:46,339 --> 00:57:48,216 in farms that 913 00:57:48,633 --> 00:57:51,052 hard narcotics are being used and dealt. 914 00:57:51,886 --> 00:57:53,680 RODRIGO: You know, it's important for people 915 00:57:53,972 --> 00:57:56,099 to understand the true reality 916 00:57:56,391 --> 00:57:57,850 of what takes place 917 00:57:58,142 --> 00:57:59,727 in factory farms 918 00:58:00,019 --> 00:58:01,246 where you think you're getting your meat 919 00:58:01,270 --> 00:58:03,064 from a good, wholesome place. 920 00:58:03,356 --> 00:58:07,151 And it's actually coming from a place that's dirty, 921 00:58:07,443 --> 00:58:10,905 inhumane, and just uncared for. 922 00:58:11,197 --> 00:58:14,993 [SUSPENSEFUL INSTRUMENTAL PLAYING] 923 00:58:19,706 --> 00:58:22,625 KATIE: We just arrived at this hunting preserve in Florida. 924 00:58:22,917 --> 00:58:25,503 And, so, tell me about this-- this place. 925 00:58:26,254 --> 00:58:29,549 There are several locations here in central Florida 926 00:58:29,841 --> 00:58:33,052 that provide people the opportunity 927 00:58:33,344 --> 00:58:35,847 to come out here and pay to hunt several different types 928 00:58:36,139 --> 00:58:39,600 of species of animals and endangered species 929 00:58:39,892 --> 00:58:41,370 that are raised here on these properties. 930 00:58:41,394 --> 00:58:43,062 And then people pay large amounts of money 931 00:58:43,354 --> 00:58:45,857 up to 20, 30 thousand dollars to come out here and hunt. 932 00:58:47,275 --> 00:58:50,153 People don't really even know that this is even available. 933 00:58:50,445 --> 00:58:52,245 And to be honest, I didn't even know that this 934 00:58:52,321 --> 00:58:54,282 - was available until recently. - Wow! 935 00:58:55,033 --> 00:58:57,160 You can feel there's, like, some kind of-- 936 00:58:57,452 --> 00:58:58,452 There's a fear. 937 00:58:59,078 --> 00:59:03,041 [SENTIMENTAL VIOLIN INSTRUMENTAL PLAYING] 938 00:59:09,464 --> 00:59:11,841 Anybody who says that they care for their animals 939 00:59:12,133 --> 00:59:14,886 and that their animals are happy, 940 00:59:15,178 --> 00:59:16,179 they're not happy. 941 00:59:16,471 --> 00:59:17,889 Animals that are free are happy. 942 00:59:18,181 --> 00:59:19,533 Animals that are contained and enslaved, 943 00:59:19,557 --> 00:59:21,142 they're not happy. 944 00:59:21,434 --> 00:59:23,162 These people, I think that they feel like they're 945 00:59:23,186 --> 00:59:24,906 not doing anything wrong and they feel like, 946 00:59:24,937 --> 00:59:26,856 this is a way for them to profit and make money 947 00:59:27,148 --> 00:59:28,733 off of killing animals. 948 00:59:29,233 --> 00:59:31,778 There is something wrong with people that can feel okay 949 00:59:32,070 --> 00:59:34,197 with killing an animal and then putting a trophy 950 00:59:34,489 --> 00:59:37,116 on their wall or a rug on the floor. 951 00:59:37,408 --> 00:59:38,826 Yeah, pretty much. 952 00:59:39,118 --> 00:59:41,162 I mean, it just doesn't really make sense. 953 00:59:41,454 --> 00:59:43,790 So, the only saving of the animal 954 00:59:44,082 --> 00:59:46,250 that takes place is by us. 955 00:59:47,752 --> 00:59:50,004 The outside world is the one who needs to come in 956 00:59:50,296 --> 00:59:51,798 and save those animals. 957 00:59:52,090 --> 00:59:54,217 And, you know, you say, "Oh, I can't go in there 958 00:59:54,509 --> 00:59:56,052 and do those investigations," 959 00:59:56,344 --> 00:59:58,280 which I've met plenty of people who have said that 960 00:59:58,304 --> 01:00:00,407 that they can't go in there. "I can't believe you do that" 961 01:00:00,431 --> 01:00:02,151 or, "I can't, I could never do what you do." 962 01:00:02,350 --> 01:00:05,186 But the reality is that those individuals, 963 01:00:05,478 --> 01:00:08,272 they can help and they can help in a drastic way 964 01:00:08,564 --> 01:00:10,691 just by not consuming that product. 965 01:00:10,983 --> 01:00:12,777 KATIE: Who's this? 966 01:00:14,237 --> 01:00:16,697 - This is the one. - Mm-hmm, the one and only. 967 01:00:16,989 --> 01:00:18,199 So, this is Secretariat's-- 968 01:00:18,491 --> 01:00:20,034 Great great-grandson, basically. 969 01:00:20,326 --> 01:00:21,828 - Oh, my gosh! Wow! - Yeah. 970 01:00:22,120 --> 01:00:23,388 - He's so beautiful. - So here is 971 01:00:23,412 --> 01:00:24,812 a really interesting story, though. 972 01:00:24,956 --> 01:00:26,476 He's the whole reason why I'm started. 973 01:00:26,624 --> 01:00:28,126 Basically, as a three-year-old, 974 01:00:28,417 --> 01:00:29,836 he was in one of his few races. 975 01:00:30,128 --> 01:00:31,170 He hadn't started much. 976 01:00:31,462 --> 01:00:33,214 And as you can see on his leg, 977 01:00:33,506 --> 01:00:35,258 he's got five-pin marks. 978 01:00:35,550 --> 01:00:36,990 So, he got clipped by another horse, 979 01:00:37,176 --> 01:00:38,886 which pretty much shattered his, like, leg. 980 01:00:39,178 --> 01:00:40,388 Like, almost broke it all. 981 01:00:40,805 --> 01:00:43,641 And then they decided he had no use. 982 01:00:43,933 --> 01:00:45,413 So, they took him to a slaughter farm 983 01:00:45,810 --> 01:00:47,250 and that's where he was gonna become 984 01:00:47,436 --> 01:00:49,156 a part of the black-market horse meat trade. 985 01:00:49,313 --> 01:00:51,315 And that's when Cuoto first found out about 986 01:00:51,607 --> 01:00:53,276 the black-market horse meat trade. 987 01:00:53,568 --> 01:00:55,862 And as a redemption to freedoms, 988 01:00:56,154 --> 01:00:57,738 was like, "I'm gonna expose it 989 01:00:58,030 --> 01:00:59,670 and bust it and then get back to my life." 990 01:00:59,824 --> 01:01:01,367 Well, he soon found out 991 01:01:01,784 --> 01:01:03,870 that illegal animal slaughter farms 992 01:01:04,162 --> 01:01:06,247 is, like, the underground belly 993 01:01:06,539 --> 01:01:07,979 where everything, all of the illegal 994 01:01:08,124 --> 01:01:09,644 and horrible animal cruelty operations 995 01:01:09,792 --> 01:01:11,210 just, you know, network out of. 996 01:01:11,502 --> 01:01:13,671 So, everything from animal fighting and-- 997 01:01:13,963 --> 01:01:16,174 CUOTO: Started with rescuing a horse 998 01:01:16,465 --> 01:01:18,718 from an illegal slaughterhouse in Miami, Florida. 999 01:01:19,010 --> 01:01:21,762 But that is really what made me break out of my bubble. 1000 01:01:22,054 --> 01:01:24,348 It's what made me give up 1001 01:01:24,640 --> 01:01:27,810 my profitable life 1002 01:01:28,102 --> 01:01:32,690 monetarily to switch and make the leap. 1003 01:01:33,441 --> 01:01:35,109 And I can tell you from a person 1004 01:01:35,401 --> 01:01:37,111 who was so profit-driven 1005 01:01:37,403 --> 01:01:40,072 that I'm much more happy and accomplished 1006 01:01:40,364 --> 01:01:42,909 in my life now than I was then. 1007 01:01:43,201 --> 01:01:44,410 And that's little Cuoto. 1008 01:01:44,702 --> 01:01:46,302 That's one of the first pigs at the back. 1009 01:01:46,454 --> 01:01:48,206 He, Cuoto, actually rescued him off 1010 01:01:48,497 --> 01:01:51,459 in the middle of the night of a slaughter farm in Miami. 1011 01:01:51,876 --> 01:01:53,711 And he actually had an axe hole 1012 01:01:54,003 --> 01:01:55,046 in his-- top of his head. 1013 01:01:55,546 --> 01:01:56,923 Still has it. He has a scar. 1014 01:01:57,215 --> 01:01:58,615 - KATIE: No! - So Cuoto took him in, 1015 01:01:58,716 --> 01:02:00,426 he's very cool, very quiet and calm. 1016 01:02:01,135 --> 01:02:03,429 When you meet farm animals in the sanctuary setting, 1017 01:02:03,721 --> 01:02:05,932 you start to see how they are all very different. 1018 01:02:06,224 --> 01:02:07,784 You know, like, each pig is so different 1019 01:02:08,059 --> 01:02:10,037 and their likes and dislikes and the way they behave 1020 01:02:10,061 --> 01:02:11,437 and interact with people. 1021 01:02:11,854 --> 01:02:14,273 And so, I think, you know, it's just a misconception 1022 01:02:14,565 --> 01:02:16,275 that is put out there for a reason 1023 01:02:16,567 --> 01:02:18,945 because we couldn't possibly eat them if we knew them. 1024 01:02:19,237 --> 01:02:21,030 LOGAN: Whoo! Come on, cows! 1025 01:02:21,489 --> 01:02:24,242 Calvin! Come on! Come here! 1026 01:02:25,076 --> 01:02:26,410 And Calvin with the white stripe, 1027 01:02:26,702 --> 01:02:28,996 his mother died giving birth to him. 1028 01:02:29,288 --> 01:02:30,373 So, he's been here with us. 1029 01:02:30,998 --> 01:02:32,434 Brownie, the big one with the horns, 1030 01:02:32,458 --> 01:02:33,793 he's one of the few 1031 01:02:34,085 --> 01:02:35,485 owner relinquishments that we took. 1032 01:02:35,753 --> 01:02:37,273 And then we'll see who else comes over. 1033 01:02:37,421 --> 01:02:39,066 - WOMAN: [INDISTINCT] - We still like cats. 1034 01:02:39,090 --> 01:02:40,567 Here in the States, we don't need dogs, 1035 01:02:40,591 --> 01:02:41,591 we don't need cats. 1036 01:02:42,551 --> 01:02:45,388 And we've put up this wall in between them 1037 01:02:45,680 --> 01:02:46,889 and all of the other animals. 1038 01:02:47,181 --> 01:02:48,808 If you come out to a sanctuary 1039 01:02:49,100 --> 01:02:51,203 and you meet these guys and you look them in the eyes, 1040 01:02:51,227 --> 01:02:53,267 you'll see that they're not different than your dog. 1041 01:02:53,437 --> 01:02:54,539 They're not different than your cat. 1042 01:02:54,563 --> 01:02:58,442 [SENTIMENTAL INSTRUMENTAL] 1043 01:03:04,156 --> 01:03:05,866 Just like you wouldn't eat a dog, 1044 01:03:06,158 --> 01:03:08,398 you're not gonna eat a pig once you make that connection. 1045 01:03:08,494 --> 01:03:10,830 LOGAN: They've come to say it. [LAUGHS] 1046 01:03:11,122 --> 01:03:12,362 A lot of different farm animals 1047 01:03:12,623 --> 01:03:15,376 have the awareness, the intelligence, 1048 01:03:15,668 --> 01:03:18,504 the emotional intelligence of a three-year-old child. 1049 01:03:18,796 --> 01:03:22,174 It's a critical thing to understand this dichotomy 1050 01:03:22,466 --> 01:03:25,136 of ingesting the very thing 1051 01:03:25,428 --> 01:03:27,805 that we would care for in any other situation. 1052 01:03:28,097 --> 01:03:29,097 [LAUGHING] 1053 01:03:29,307 --> 01:03:30,349 My name is David Verburg. 1054 01:03:30,641 --> 01:03:32,351 I'm a 2016 Olympic gold medalist, 1055 01:03:32,643 --> 01:03:34,243 plant-based athlete, and animal advocate. 1056 01:03:34,437 --> 01:03:35,813 ♪♪♪ 1057 01:03:36,105 --> 01:03:37,189 Basically, the whole reason 1058 01:03:37,481 --> 01:03:40,443 why I became vegan was because I grew 1059 01:03:40,735 --> 01:03:43,237 up on a farm with probably 25 1060 01:03:43,529 --> 01:03:44,947 different types of animals, 1061 01:03:45,239 --> 01:03:47,992 from chickens to goats, sheep, peacocks. 1062 01:03:48,409 --> 01:03:50,953 Somebody came up to me and we were talking 1063 01:03:51,245 --> 01:03:53,325 and I had the-- I had, you know, bottle-fed the calf. 1064 01:03:53,497 --> 01:03:55,166 And, like, was, "So you must be vegan?" 1065 01:03:55,458 --> 01:03:56,876 And I was like "No, no." 1066 01:03:57,168 --> 01:03:58,836 "Well, like, why not?" 1067 01:03:59,128 --> 01:04:00,848 And I didn't have a good answer at the time. 1068 01:04:01,005 --> 01:04:02,733 Like, I really couldn't tell them why I wasn't vegan. 1069 01:04:02,757 --> 01:04:04,467 ♪♪♪ 1070 01:04:04,759 --> 01:04:06,886 And that's when I slowly started my transition 1071 01:04:07,178 --> 01:04:08,888 to a full plant-based lifestyle. 1072 01:04:09,180 --> 01:04:11,599 It went with steak first and chicken and then fish. 1073 01:04:12,016 --> 01:04:13,736 And then kind of just slowly, slowly, slowly 1074 01:04:13,768 --> 01:04:16,020 started cutting out dairy from my diet, 1075 01:04:16,312 --> 01:04:17,438 and people looking at me 1076 01:04:17,730 --> 01:04:19,250 like "He's running a little bit better. 1077 01:04:19,357 --> 01:04:20,608 He's smiling, he's happy. 1078 01:04:21,025 --> 01:04:22,485 His energy, like, what is he doing?" 1079 01:04:22,777 --> 01:04:24,629 And then, that's when I'm like "Oh, well, you know, 1080 01:04:24,653 --> 01:04:26,405 I switched to a plant-based diet." 1081 01:04:26,697 --> 01:04:28,137 And that's when the questions start. 1082 01:04:28,324 --> 01:04:29,950 Like "Okay, well, how? What did you do?" 1083 01:04:30,242 --> 01:04:32,122 And then I was like "Oh, well, let me show you." 1084 01:04:32,328 --> 01:04:34,389 And that's how you kinda, like, take them by the hand 1085 01:04:34,413 --> 01:04:36,082 and you kinda help in that direction. 1086 01:04:37,625 --> 01:04:39,305 TONY: When you want people to make changes, 1087 01:04:39,585 --> 01:04:41,420 significant changes in their diet, 1088 01:04:41,712 --> 01:04:43,712 that's a huge thing for them, you know what I mean? 1089 01:04:43,881 --> 01:04:46,008 And it's terrifying. We do monthly vegan potlucks. 1090 01:04:46,300 --> 01:04:47,551 - Yeah. - You know? 1091 01:04:47,843 --> 01:04:49,637 Got all kinds of things going on, so... 1092 01:04:50,054 --> 01:04:53,099 [SUSPENSEFUL INSTRUMENTAL] 1093 01:04:53,391 --> 01:04:55,434 When you have great alternatives 1094 01:04:55,726 --> 01:04:57,103 like [INDISTINCT] hamburger, 1095 01:04:57,395 --> 01:04:59,522 I think it helps, like, lessen that fear. 1096 01:05:00,272 --> 01:05:02,483 I am a junk food vegan. 1097 01:05:02,775 --> 01:05:05,111 I eat vegan macaroni and cheese, 1098 01:05:05,403 --> 01:05:06,946 and vegan cheeseburgers, 1099 01:05:07,238 --> 01:05:09,365 and vegan burritos, and vegan pizza. 1100 01:05:09,657 --> 01:05:11,909 And all of those things that other people eat. 1101 01:05:12,201 --> 01:05:14,036 I'm just eating vegan versions of it. 1102 01:05:14,328 --> 01:05:16,473 And so, I don't care if you're doing it for your health 1103 01:05:16,497 --> 01:05:18,624 or the environment or the animals. 1104 01:05:19,041 --> 01:05:20,459 At the end of the day, 1105 01:05:20,751 --> 01:05:22,671 the animals benefit from us making that decision. 1106 01:05:23,337 --> 01:05:26,132 [DRAMATIC INSTRUMENTAL] 1107 01:05:26,424 --> 01:05:28,509 LEILANI: I've got a 200-mile-an-hour billboard 1108 01:05:28,801 --> 01:05:30,386 promoting the vegan diet. 1109 01:05:33,180 --> 01:05:35,266 When you've got 7.6 billion people 1110 01:05:35,558 --> 01:05:38,060 on the planet making day-to-day decisions, 1111 01:05:38,352 --> 01:05:40,563 you know, we need to be making conscious ones 1112 01:05:40,855 --> 01:05:43,315 or we're gonna not only destroy the planet 1113 01:05:43,607 --> 01:05:46,402 and our environment, we're gonna take out humanity, 1114 01:05:46,694 --> 01:05:47,695 but we're gonna take out 1115 01:05:48,112 --> 01:05:49,989 so many amazing species with us. 1116 01:05:50,281 --> 01:05:53,284 And three times a day, we all sit down for a meal 1117 01:05:53,576 --> 01:05:55,661 and it doesn't cost extra money to leave meat 1118 01:05:55,953 --> 01:05:57,433 and dairy products off of your plate. 1119 01:05:57,705 --> 01:06:00,291 In fact, it will save you money and health care 1120 01:06:00,583 --> 01:06:02,334 because you're gonna be healthier. 1121 01:06:02,626 --> 01:06:05,171 ♪♪♪ 1122 01:06:05,463 --> 01:06:07,183 I can go to the store right now and pick up, 1123 01:06:07,465 --> 01:06:10,009 a variety of different kinds of vegan ice creams, 1124 01:06:10,301 --> 01:06:13,012 and vegan macaroni and cheeses, and vegan pizzas. 1125 01:06:13,304 --> 01:06:16,056 So, this excuse that it's a hard thing to do, 1126 01:06:16,348 --> 01:06:17,349 I just-- I don't buy it. 1127 01:06:17,641 --> 01:06:18,642 [LAUGHS] 1128 01:06:22,855 --> 01:06:24,315 My motto is, 1129 01:06:24,607 --> 01:06:26,233 never underestimate a vegan hippie chick 1130 01:06:26,525 --> 01:06:28,986 with a race car. [LAUGHS] 1131 01:06:30,488 --> 01:06:33,365 There's not a lot of hippies in racing. 1132 01:06:33,657 --> 01:06:35,177 There's not a lot of vegans in racing. 1133 01:06:35,409 --> 01:06:37,203 There's not a lot of girls in racing. 1134 01:06:37,870 --> 01:06:40,039 So that, kind of, summarized all of the things 1135 01:06:40,331 --> 01:06:42,416 that made me the oddball out 1136 01:06:42,708 --> 01:06:44,585 in the garage in one sentence. 1137 01:06:45,294 --> 01:06:47,379 [APPLAUSE] 1138 01:06:47,671 --> 01:06:49,507 Every time the track announcer talks 1139 01:06:49,798 --> 01:06:51,717 about the vegan food on TV during 1140 01:06:52,134 --> 01:06:55,137 the NASCAR broadcast, to me is a win, 1141 01:06:55,429 --> 01:06:57,473 because I know that's echoing on to, 1142 01:06:57,765 --> 01:07:00,017 you know, millions of ears. 1143 01:07:00,309 --> 01:07:03,395 And that is what my primary goal was. 1144 01:07:03,687 --> 01:07:08,025 [SENTIMENTAL INSTRUMENTAL PLAYING] 1145 01:07:21,789 --> 01:07:23,749 Thank you very much for joining us again. 1146 01:07:24,041 --> 01:07:26,544 I'm Nancy Skinner, senator from the East Bay, 1147 01:07:26,835 --> 01:07:30,047 and I am carrying the bill SB 1138. 1148 01:07:30,339 --> 01:07:32,216 It requires hospitals, prisons... 1149 01:07:32,508 --> 01:07:34,301 ♪♪♪ 1150 01:07:34,593 --> 01:07:37,471 ...to provide a plant-based meal option. 1151 01:07:37,763 --> 01:07:39,598 KATIE: I think that we should expand this 1152 01:07:39,890 --> 01:07:41,725 to every other state, not just California. 1153 01:07:42,017 --> 01:07:43,727 And I think this is just the beginning 1154 01:07:44,019 --> 01:07:47,356 of much to come with leading in this plant-based movement. 1155 01:07:47,648 --> 01:07:49,233 So, thank you so much for being here. 1156 01:07:50,943 --> 01:07:54,405 ♪♪♪ 1157 01:07:54,697 --> 01:07:56,337 WOMAN: This bill would empower individuals 1158 01:07:56,365 --> 01:07:57,491 to make healthier choices, 1159 01:07:57,783 --> 01:07:59,343 both in and out of the hospital setting. 1160 01:07:59,618 --> 01:08:01,453 It would have a far-reaching effect 1161 01:08:01,745 --> 01:08:03,122 in terms of health care costs. 1162 01:08:03,414 --> 01:08:04,933 It will also pave the way for other states 1163 01:08:04,957 --> 01:08:07,543 to adopt similar measures and to potentially change 1164 01:08:07,835 --> 01:08:09,628 the face of health care in the United States. 1165 01:08:09,920 --> 01:08:11,130 Thank you. 1166 01:08:11,422 --> 01:08:12,742 Going plant-based is our passion, 1167 01:08:12,798 --> 01:08:16,135 our love for the people or the animals, 1168 01:08:16,427 --> 01:08:18,429 the beings, the lives we're fighting for. 1169 01:08:18,721 --> 01:08:19,841 When you consider the impact 1170 01:08:20,222 --> 01:08:21,658 of a plant-based diet on the oceans, 1171 01:08:21,682 --> 01:08:23,309 it's almost unimaginable. 1172 01:08:23,601 --> 01:08:25,769 You would eliminate all of the destructive fisheries, 1173 01:08:26,061 --> 01:08:27,229 the gillnets, the long lines, 1174 01:08:27,521 --> 01:08:28,921 the [INDISTINCT], the bomb fishing, 1175 01:08:29,023 --> 01:08:30,482 all of those industries right now 1176 01:08:30,774 --> 01:08:33,527 that are literally wholesale destroying 1177 01:08:33,819 --> 01:08:36,363 an entire ecosystem for our palates. 1178 01:08:36,655 --> 01:08:38,550 It would be probably the single most important thing 1179 01:08:38,574 --> 01:08:40,117 we could do today to save the oceans. 1180 01:08:40,409 --> 01:08:44,163 We're wasting so much land and water 1181 01:08:44,455 --> 01:08:47,333 just in livestock production 1182 01:08:47,625 --> 01:08:48,834 that could be going to crops 1183 01:08:49,126 --> 01:08:51,128 that people could actually eat themselves. 1184 01:08:53,631 --> 01:08:54,951 Just from a practical standpoint, 1185 01:08:55,132 --> 01:08:56,634 eating meat doesn't-- 1186 01:08:56,925 --> 01:08:58,805 On a grand scale like this, does not make sense. 1187 01:08:59,345 --> 01:09:00,638 Consume less and be conscious 1188 01:09:00,929 --> 01:09:03,515 of how that food ended up on your plate 1189 01:09:03,807 --> 01:09:06,352 and think about that and really try 1190 01:09:06,644 --> 01:09:09,438 to work with the planet. 1191 01:09:10,814 --> 01:09:12,858 When I was very young, 1192 01:09:13,150 --> 01:09:14,735 physician friend of my dad's 1193 01:09:15,027 --> 01:09:16,862 came over and we were eating a big pot roast, 1194 01:09:17,279 --> 01:09:20,199 you know, with all kinds of carrots and things around it. 1195 01:09:20,491 --> 01:09:22,826 And this physician just said, 1196 01:09:23,118 --> 01:09:25,287 "We shouldn't be eating all this." 1197 01:09:25,579 --> 01:09:26,899 My name is Janell Palacio Butler, 1198 01:09:27,289 --> 01:09:29,208 and these are my two children, Zion and Genesis. 1199 01:09:29,500 --> 01:09:32,878 In July 2016, I was admitted to Long Beach Memorial Hospital 1200 01:09:33,295 --> 01:09:34,880 to give birth to my fourth child. 1201 01:09:35,172 --> 01:09:36,757 Before labor, I informed the hospital 1202 01:09:37,049 --> 01:09:39,176 that I was vegan for ethical reasons. 1203 01:09:39,593 --> 01:09:40,886 [BABY CRYING] 1204 01:09:41,178 --> 01:09:42,763 My first meal after giving birth 1205 01:09:43,055 --> 01:09:44,575 is a white bread with iceberg lettuce, 1206 01:09:44,682 --> 01:09:46,892 a slice of tomato with cheese on it. 1207 01:09:47,184 --> 01:09:49,186 Not only did the sandwich have cheese, 1208 01:09:49,478 --> 01:09:50,562 but I can tell it had meat 1209 01:09:50,854 --> 01:09:52,334 and they had just taken the meat off. 1210 01:09:52,523 --> 01:09:54,525 I told them "I'm sorry." And I was very polite. 1211 01:09:54,817 --> 01:09:55,817 Gave it back to them. 1212 01:09:57,069 --> 01:09:58,821 They sent me chicken broth next. 1213 01:09:59,113 --> 01:10:00,781 Told them chicken broth is not vegan. 1214 01:10:01,073 --> 01:10:03,033 They said, "Well, there's no chicken in the soup." 1215 01:10:04,451 --> 01:10:06,370 [LAUGHS] And at the end of this ordeal, 1216 01:10:06,662 --> 01:10:08,262 I was told by the hospital administrator, 1217 01:10:08,497 --> 01:10:10,499 and I quote, "We don't give vegan meals. 1218 01:10:10,791 --> 01:10:12,711 People who aren't vegan just cave in and they eat 1219 01:10:12,960 --> 01:10:14,420 what we give them." 1220 01:10:14,712 --> 01:10:16,592 TONY: We're not a fringe thing. We're not crazy. 1221 01:10:16,714 --> 01:10:18,674 It's-- this is just a compassionate lifestyle. 1222 01:10:18,966 --> 01:10:20,509 Is all it is. 1223 01:10:20,968 --> 01:10:24,638 And I think when you put it towards people that way, 1224 01:10:24,930 --> 01:10:28,434 you can't really argue with doing less harm. 1225 01:10:28,726 --> 01:10:30,936 Item number nine SB 1138 do passes 1226 01:10:31,228 --> 01:10:33,039 Amended Appropriations Call of members, please. 1227 01:10:33,063 --> 01:10:34,063 - Hernandez? - Aye. 1228 01:10:34,231 --> 01:10:35,524 Hernandez, aye. [INDISTINCT]? 1229 01:10:35,816 --> 01:10:37,043 - WOMAN: Mitchell? - MITCHELL: Aye. 1230 01:10:37,067 --> 01:10:38,336 - WOMAN: Morning? - MORNING: Aye. 1231 01:10:38,360 --> 01:10:39,820 [INDISTINCT] 1232 01:10:40,112 --> 01:10:41,840 MAN: Currently, we have six, enough to get out 1233 01:10:41,864 --> 01:10:43,216 and we're gonna place that bill on call, 1234 01:10:43,240 --> 01:10:44,560 we do have some half-sum members. 1235 01:10:44,783 --> 01:10:46,744 [APPLAUSE] 1236 01:10:47,035 --> 01:10:48,715 Yeah, I suppose the most enlightening thing 1237 01:10:48,746 --> 01:10:50,664 or apparent thing for me is the realization 1238 01:10:50,956 --> 01:10:52,642 of the important things in life are not things, 1239 01:10:52,666 --> 01:10:54,877 they're actions and deciding that 1240 01:10:55,169 --> 01:10:56,962 my life is not gonna be about me anymore 1241 01:10:57,254 --> 01:11:00,841 and what I can make and take but what about what I can do. 1242 01:11:02,551 --> 01:11:04,344 Being able to speak out on behalf of animals, 1243 01:11:04,636 --> 01:11:06,597 being able to be a voice for the voiceless. 1244 01:11:09,183 --> 01:11:12,644 And knowing that we maybe can't change 1245 01:11:12,936 --> 01:11:14,480 the entire world as an individual, 1246 01:11:14,772 --> 01:11:16,666 but we can change the world for many individuals. 1247 01:11:16,690 --> 01:11:19,318 [UPBEAT INSTRUMENTAL PLAYING] 1248 01:11:19,610 --> 01:11:21,250 SHAWN: Mother nature, that feminine energy 1249 01:11:21,445 --> 01:11:22,613 needs to rise again. 1250 01:11:23,781 --> 01:11:25,949 Because it is only that energy, I believe, 1251 01:11:26,241 --> 01:11:28,619 that will give us space to let other beings 1252 01:11:28,911 --> 01:11:29,912 share this world with us. 1253 01:11:31,079 --> 01:11:33,457 And that's where we need to turn the tide and support 1254 01:11:33,749 --> 01:11:36,293 an ecosystem that not only strives for nature, 1255 01:11:36,585 --> 01:11:39,338 but helps protect our livelihoods and our future. 1256 01:11:39,880 --> 01:11:41,840 The more people that just spend time in nature, 1257 01:11:42,132 --> 01:11:45,636 I think it's a win for themselves, spiritually, 1258 01:11:45,928 --> 01:11:48,472 personally, and on a global level. 1259 01:11:48,764 --> 01:11:50,766 It's people really need to slow down 1260 01:11:51,058 --> 01:11:52,726 and think about what we're doing 1261 01:11:53,018 --> 01:11:55,354 and how we're co-existing with this amazing planet. 1262 01:11:56,230 --> 01:11:58,440 KATIE: We have to place more value on life. 1263 01:11:58,732 --> 01:12:00,252 And I think that goes with all animals. 1264 01:12:00,484 --> 01:12:01,693 I think there's more people 1265 01:12:01,985 --> 01:12:04,363 that are getting interested 1266 01:12:04,655 --> 01:12:06,865 in the well-being of animals. 1267 01:12:07,157 --> 01:12:09,493 I think it's just general intelligence. 1268 01:12:10,452 --> 01:12:12,037 Mankind is tough on the planet. 1269 01:12:12,454 --> 01:12:14,623 ♪♪♪ 1270 01:12:14,915 --> 01:12:17,793 Changing your way of looking at animals 1271 01:12:18,085 --> 01:12:19,545 as saving the planet. 1272 01:12:19,837 --> 01:12:20,879 [EAGLE SCREECHING] 1273 01:12:21,547 --> 01:12:25,509 [SENTIMENTAL INSTRUMENTAL PLAYING] 1274 01:13:25,819 --> 01:13:29,781 ♪♪♪ 1275 01:13:51,261 --> 01:13:53,430 [MUSIC FADES]