This episode contains explicit languageVietnam Animal Aid’s founder and director, Catherine Besch, has been interviewed in many different forums and formats. With a decade of experience running a rescue animal sanctuary and animal rights organization in Vietnam, Cat has a lot to share about the unique challenges the animals and the organization face in Southeast Asia.Cat has a B.S. in International Relations, and an M.A in Emergency and Disaster Management, regarding how weather systems are changing entire regions, increasing droughts/floods, reducing snow runoff/permafrost, and totally altering our food system as a result. She also has first-hand experience with and a background in veterinery education, international veterinary clinics, animal rescue, animal sheltering, sterilization/vaccination projects, charity management, human resources in the animal rights sector, abolitionist veganism, non-speciesism, and animal rights.She is obsessed with food security, vegan fashion, and making all of her travels about the search for the best vegan cheese on the planet, as well as being an avid runner, swimmer, and mountain biker.You can support Vietnam Animals Aid & Rescue by donating over on their website at this link Cat mentioned the opportunity to support the work at VAAR through longer term investment, you can get in touch with Cat about this at this address info@vnanimalaid.orgYou can find out more about The Bloody Vegans Podcast & support the show at https://linktr.ee/bloodyveganspodcast You can support The Bloody Vegans Podcast to continue making content through our Patreon which can be found at this link Finally a huge THANK YOU to Patreon supporter Little Pigeon Bird Sanctuary . You can support the sanctuary at https://www.littlegreenpigeon.co.uk Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.