
Welcome to Keep it Humane: The Podcast! Hosts Daniel Ettinger, Ashley Bishop, and Ashlee Bishop (yes, there are two Bishops) explore the full spectrum of animal welfare—from animal control and shelters to rescue, advocacy, policy, and community care. Through real stories, expert insights, and honest conversations, we challenge misconceptions and reshape how we think about helping animals. Whether ... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 294 | Founded | 7 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | Society & Culture | |||

In Part Two of our interview with Kim Alboum, Director of Field Operations at BISSELL Pet Foundation, we pick up where we left off by answering the question Kim posed to us at the end of Part One. From there, we dive even deeper into bullying in anim... more
Bullying. Toxic workplace culture. Silence.
These aren’t topics we often discuss in animal welfare—but they should be.
In Part One of this two-part interview, we’re joined by Kim Alboum, Director of Field Operations at BISSELL Pet Foundation, to di... more
Actor, producer, and lifelong animal advocate Billy McNamara joins Keep it Humane for a candid conversation about his remarkable journey from Hollywood to hands-on animal rescue. Billy shares how his passion for animals evolved into a lifelong missio... more
The Fourth of July may be a day of celebration, but for animal control officers and animal shelters, it’s often one of the busiest—and most challenging—times of the year.
Join Ashlee and Daniel as they discuss the impact fireworks and holiday festiv... more
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This podcast is amazing! The hosts are entertaining and seem like great people. They are a wealth of knowledge. By far my favorite animal welfare podcast. I’m not in the animal welfare profession but I am an advocate and this podcast has been so helpful in my advocacy work. Great job Ashley, Ashley, and Dan!
I love listening to this pod cast!!! It’s great information for all of us!! Thank you Daniel for doing this!!
I thoroughly enjoy listening to this podcast in my free time, between calls, on the way into work, and sometimes even on the way home. It is very interesting, and I honestly wish everybody would listen to a few of them.
Love hearing this podcast during my free time! They have amazing topics and always interesting to hear. So glad I was able to hear about this podcast during a conference that Daniel presented in! Highly recommend!
As a volunteer equine humane investigator, this podcast offers so much valuable information for EHIs who do not receive training on how to conduct an investigation. As someone who wants to be as efficient and effective for the horses as possible, it is a relief to have this resource to learn from and for guidance in being thorough, detailed, and as professional as possible.
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The show explores animal welfare across the field—from animal control and shelters to rescue, advocacy, policy, and community care—through candid conversations, expert insights, and practical stories. Episodes frequently center on humane policing, shelter operations, community outreach, and humane education, often highlighting collaborations between nonprofits, shelters, and local governments. Notable strengths include a hands-on, field-informed perspective, a focus on ethics and trauma-informed approaches for caregivers, and a willingness to tackle controversial topics in animal welfare with data-backed context and guest expertise. The format tends toward real-world applicability for practitioners while offering accessible storytelling for... more
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1. The Animal Welfare Junction
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Keep it Humane launched 7 years ago and published 294 episodes to date. You can find more information about this podcast including rankings, audience demographics and engagement in our podcast database.
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Recent guests on Keep it Humane include:
1. William McNamara
2. Melissa McCue-McGrath
3. Melissa Miller
4. Dr. Sara Pizano
5. Nicole Navarro
6. Darlene Duggan
7. Lydia Kripinski
8. Deborah Felin McGaldi
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