Saaving The Streets - A Global TNR Podcast - Pet Life Radio Original

Saaving The Streets - A Global TNR Podcast - Pet Life Radio Original

"Saaving the Streets" is a groundbreaking weekly podcast that brings together two of the most dynamic and accomplished young voices in international TNR. Hosted by Adelle, Director of Operations for multiple animal rescues and founder of Travel Animal Rescue, and Alexane Ricard, founder of Saaving Lives and international TNR consultant, this show represents the future of global animal welfare. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/saaving-the-streets-a-global-tnr-podcast-pet-life-radio-original--6669413/support.

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Saaving The Streets - Episode 18 Infusing Inclusion into Animal Rescue with Sterling, the Trap King

January 18, 2026 • 32 mins
This week, we spoke with the legend himself, Sterling Davis, from TrapKing Humane, a TNR-focused organization based in the US. As three dedicated vegans and animal rescuers, we discussed the connections between animal rescue and animal rights, and veganism’s lack of prevalence amongst animal rescuers. As a champion of inclusion and diversity across the animal rescue sector, Sterling shared his experiences around bringing men, peopl...
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Saaving The Streets - Episode 17 Surveying, Spaying, and Neutering in Mumbai, India

January 6, 2026 • 43 mins
This week, we spoke with Pallavi Kamath from the Feline Foundation, operating a large-scale spay/neuter program for community cats in Mumbai, India. To date, they've sterilized over 14,000 cats and treated over 45,000 cats and dogs, where they’ve achieved up to 80% sterilization in some of the areas they work in. They’ve achieved this by using strategic approaches to their TNVR work, including surveying areas, mapping colonies, cou...
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Saaving The Streets - Episode 16 Difficult Decision-Making in a TNVR Program

December 18, 2025 • 36 mins
This week, we are back with Anupriya! In this episode, we deep dive into the nuances of decision-making when running a sterilization program. In the field, on the ground, there are so many difficult decisions that must be made - whether to treat an infectious disease, whether to rescue, whether to euthanize. It’s hard to know what the right choice is when we’re up against limits to resources and capacity in the Global South, but An...
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Saaving The Streets - Episode 15 Trapping Tricky Dogs and Cats in Delhi, India

November 18, 2025 • 36 mins
This week, we speak with Anupriya Dalmia, the founder of Dogs of Delhi Spay and Neuter, and the co-founder of Paws for a Cause. These organizations have facilitated the sterilization, vaccination, rescue, foster, and adoption of dogs and cats in Delhi NCR in India, where 34,000 dogs and cats have been spayed/neutered over 8 years. Anupriya shares with us the building blocks of how their program runs, with the help of community memb...
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Saaving The Streets - Episode 14 Creating a Coalition of Cat Trappers in Arizona, USA

October 29, 2025 • 41 mins
This week, we speak with Angeline Fahey from the Humane Society of Southern Arizona. Angeline pioneered their first Community Cat Program, bringing trained and specialized cat trappers into the field to provide TNR services to the community. She shares with us both the challenges and opportunities of having TNR staff working in the field. Together we explore strategies, such as Cat Trapping Thursdays, and TNR bingo, for engaging ne...
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Saaving The Streets - Episode 13 Creating Systemic Change for Community Cats

October 16, 2025 • 40 mins
This week, we speak with Harry Eckman from International Cat Care. Based in Portugal, Harry conducts research across the Cat Population Management sector, figuring out solutions to the problems cats and people face globally. In this episode, Harry shares methods of strategic approaches to helping cats through TNVR, acting strategically instead of reactively, and building capacity amongst small organizations sterilizing community ca...
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Saaving The Streets - Episode 12 Rescued Rabbits and Commodifying Animals Under Capitalism

September 30, 2025 • 51 mins
This week, we speak with Elliot Gold, the co-founder of The Hoppy Acre, a rabbit rescue and non-speciesist sanctuary in Essex, UK. Elliot dives deep into the world of rabbit health and well-being, laying out the reasons why these not-quite-wild/not-quite-domesticated creatures need rescue. From bunny “speed dating” to find their perfect bonded rabbit partner, to high-quality spay/neuter and veterinary care, today’s rabbits are sens...
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Saaving The Streets - Episode 11 From New York Streets to Montenegro: The Kotor Kitties Story

September 4, 2025 • 39 mins
In this episode of Saaving the Streets, host Adelle welcomes April King, founder of Kotor Kitties, a groundbreaking TNVR program in Montenegro—the famed “City of Cats.” What began with a goal of sterilizing just 10 cats has grown into one of the region’s most impactful initiatives, transforming the lives of thousands of free-roaming cats. April shares her journey from community organizing in New York to spearheading spay/neuter and...
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Saaving The Streets - Episode 10 Flying Forward: Building a Future for Pigeons

August 19, 2025 • 51 mins
On this episode of Saaving The Streets, hosts Alex and Adele welcome Susan Joyce, the founder of Little Greek and Pigeon in Wales. Sue shares her inspiring journey from running a pigeon sanctuary to building a support network for pigeon rescuers across the UK. She opens up about the challenges of transitioning sanctuary birds to new homes, her campaigns to end pigeon racing, and the exciting launch of the world’s first pigeon advoc...
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Saaving The Streets - Episode 9 Street Wings: Rehabilitating the City’s Most Misunderstood Birds

August 7, 2025 • 41 mins
In this feather-filled episode of Saaving The Streets, hosts Alex and Adelle take flight into new territory—beyond cats and into the world of… pigeons! Meet Billie Savage, a powerhouse activist who has dedicated the last decade to animal and environmental welfare. From founding a pigeon advocacy foundation in the Netherlands to relocating 200 rescued, disabled, and non-returnable pigeons to her new sanctuary in Portugal, Billy sha...
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Saaving The Streets - Episode 8 An Ethical Analysis of TN(v)R vs. Mass Culling of Community Cats

July 23, 2025 • 45 mins
This week, Samantha Suppiah joins the show once again, this time for an analytical discussion around the reality of why populations of cats, dogs, pigeons, and other animals remain neglected in mass amounts, stuck in a cycle of unrelenting reproduction and lack of access to healthcare. Their growing populations often result in governments deciding to conduct mass culling rather than support spay and neuter, from the Philippines to ...
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Saaving The Streets - Episode 7 How To Organize Mass Spay/Neuter in The Philippines

June 23, 2025 • 40 mins
This week, we’re joined by the amazing Samantha Suppiah, a vegan stray cat carer and animal welfare organizer in Metro Manila in the Philippines. Today, Samantha talks us through each pillar of organizing mass biosecure spay and neuter events (called kapon in the Philippines), focusing on ensuring the safety of their patients via standardizing protocols and using methods such as social distancing. Samantha’s scientific approach to ...
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Saaving The Streets - Episode 6 A Desi Dog Population Management Program in India

June 3, 2025 • 41 mins
This week, we introduce Mini Vasudevan of the Humane Animal Society in Coimbatore, India. Mini tells us what it’s like running a spay and neuter program for Indian Desi Dogs who live on the streets and in communities throughout the country. Listen to how HAS was given the rare opportunity to take over a local municipal rescue center, and how they balance the need for rescue v. preventing the need for rescue - in the form of sterili...
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Saaving The Streets - Episode 5 Spay and Neuter for Underserved Communities from Minnesota to Mexico

May 15, 2025 • 44 mins
This week, we are back in Mexico with Maia Rumpho, the founder of Pet Project Rescue. Since 2008, Maia has been focusing on the root of animal overpopulation by offering spay and neuter programs, especially for underserved communities, from Minnesota to Mexico! With a background as a social worker, Maia shares with us her experience in approaching deprived communities in a considerate way, offering support and access to resources, ...
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Saaving The Streets - Episode 4 Running a High-Volume, High-Quality, Full-Time Spay/Neuter Clinic in Mexico

May 5, 2025 • 41 mins
This week’s episode is packed with insight into running a high-quality, high-volume spay/neuter clinic in Mexico, so strap in and meet Laura, Founder of Coco’s Animal Welfare in Playa del Carmen! Today, we cover essential veterinary protocols for sterilization clinics, how to integrate pediatric spay/neuter and quick spay techniques, vaccination and disinfection protocols, and training volunteers and vets to prepare for large inter...
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Saaving The Streets - Episode 3 From France to Greece: International Rescuing, Rehoming, and TNR

April 15, 2025 • 37 mins
This week, we welcome Lila Gentilhomme to the show to discuss her specialist work with international rescuing and rehoming, and strategic TNR and community building! Having rehomed 70+ cats over the years after establishing her nonprofit, The 5th Cat, Lila has direct experience with the huge effort and resource it takes to rescue and provide this lifelong solution for only a minority of animals. This was one of the factors leading ...
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Saaving The Streets - Episode 2 Trapping Cats in Greece: Urban v. Countryside TNR

March 29, 2025 • 46 mins
This week Adelle and Alex are joined by Alex's partner in rescue, Amber Rose Beck. Amber and Alex started Saaving Lives in a small town in Greece where they've sterilized thousands of cats. In this episode, they compare the differences and challenges between trapping in a big city versus trapping in a small Greek town.

EPISODE NOTES: Trapping Cats in Greece: Urban v. Countryside TNR

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Saaving The Streets - Episode 1 Welcome to Saaving the Streets, Let's Chat About TNR vs TNVR

February 17, 2025 • 34 mins
Welcome to the first episode of Saaving the Streets, your go to source for global Trap-Neuter-Return. Adelle and Alexane talk about their background and what this podcast means to them. They want to be the allies they would have needed when they first started in the rescue world. This week they chat about TNR vs TNVR on an international level and how important managing resources is when trapping and sterilizing animals.

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