Kristina Mering: Animal Advocacy in Estonia, Good Political Relations ++ | Martin Skadal Podcast #22

Thank you Kristina and to everyone listening and watching! - Timestamps - 00:00 - Start and Intro of Kristina 03:49 - From Past to Present: Kristina's Journey 06:54 - How Effective Altruism Shaped Kristina and Her Journey 09:03 - How Nähtamatud Loomad Started 12:19 - Animal Rights in Estonia 15:30 - Ending Tail Docking in Piglets 17:09 - How Animal Advocacy Thrives in a Small Country 19:14 - The Process of Putting an End to Fur Farming in Estonia 21:09 - On Ending the Practice of Keeping Animals in Cages 25:19 - On Keeping a Pragmatic Approach While Maintaining Good Relations With Politicians 32:58 - Kristina’s Future Plans: Bringing the Most Effective Change in the Industry 34:50 - Effective Altruism’s Impact on Farmed Animal Welfare 39:31 - Book Recommendations by Kristina 43:31 - Outro Relevant Links

- https://nahtamatudloomad.ee/ - ‘Obstacle is the Way’ by Ryan Holiday - https://a.co/6ZGrieM - ‘Change of Heart’ by Nick Cooney - https://bit.ly/2DxG4zX Who is Kristina Mering? Kristina Mering is the founder and president of the Estonian branch of Anima International, Nähtamatud Loomad. She is also a sociologist focusing on human-animal relations. She has been advocating for animal rights for 15 years, starting her involvement in the movement as a teenager and playing a key role in its development in Estonia. Her organization was awarded the title of the best NGO in the country in 2019, and she herself received the best volunteer coordinator award from the president of Estonia the year before. In addition to her animal welfare work, Kristina has conducted sociological research on slaughterhouse workers and fur industry representatives, and is currently working on a project investigating social norms surrounding meat eating. As I want to run this podcast ad-free, the best way to support me is through Patreon: https://www. patreon.com/martinskadal If you live in Norway, you can consider becoming a support member in the two organizations I run. It costs NOK 50 a year. The more members we have, the more influence we have and the more funding we get as well. Right now we have around 500 members of World Saving Hustle (WSH) and 300 members of Altruism for Youth (AY). • Become a support member of WSH:https://forms.gle/ogwYPF1c62a59TsRA • Become a support member of AY: https://forms.gle/LSa4P1gyyyUmDsuP7 If you want to become a volunteer for World Saving Hustle or Altruism for Youth, send me an email and I'll forward it to our team. It might take some time before you'll get an answer as we're currently run by volunteers, but you'll get an answer eventually! Do you have any feedback, questions, suggestions for either topics/guests, let me know in the comment section. If you want to get in touch, the best way is through email: martin@worldsavinghustle.com Thanks to everyone in World Saving Hustle backing up this project and thanks to my creative partner Candace for editing this podcast! Thanks everyone and have an amazing day as always!! • instagram https://www.instagram.com/skadal/ • linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinska . . . • facebook https://www.facebook.com/martinsskadal/ • twitter https://twitter.com/martinskadal • Norwegian YT https://www.youtube.com/@martinskadal353 • Patreon https://www.patreon . com/martinskadal