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Gail Eisnitz
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US NEWS & WORLD REPORT

Raising 'boxcars' out in the barn

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Book Review

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY

'Out of Sight': A Deep Dive Into Farm Animals' Well-Being

By Marc Bekoff

NEW YORK TIMES

Leghold Traps Should Be Banned

By Gail Eisnitz

NEW YORK TIMES

Project Wild Teaches Inhumanity

By Gail Eisnitz

Featured in

THE DYING TRADE (2026)

A documentary by Jack Hancock-Fairs

NEW YORK TIMES

The Eagle and the Exterminator

By Gail Eisnitz

NEW YORK TIMES 

Is the Veal Calf Being Mistreated? 

By Gail Eisnitz

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Chapter (forthcoming: Springer Nature, December 2025)

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIVESTOCK MEDICINE FOR LARGE ANIMAL AND POULTRY PRODUCTION

Humane Slaughter: Regulatory Enforcement of the U.S. Humane Methods of Slaughter Act

By Gail Eisnitz

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Interviewed in

THE WASHINGTON POST

They Die Piece by Piece

By Joby Warrick

Interviewed in

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

At Some Farms, it's 'Hog Hell'

By Andrew Martin

Interviewed in

NEW YORK TIMES

Indians Now Disdain a Farm Once Hailed for Giving Tribe Jobs

By Melody Petersen

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SELECTED WORK 

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Investigative Journalism

As chief investigator for the Humane Farming Association (HFA), Gail has documented violations against animals by visiting animal operations, befriending workers, drafting extensive affidavits, photographing and videotaping crimes, and then fighting tooth and nail to get these crimes exposed and prosecuted. 

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Gail has worked tirelessly throughout her career to expose violations in slaughterhouses and factory farms. When mainstream television networks refused to air her findings, deeming the footage "too disgusting," she turned to written media. Gail has written scores of articles for publications (such as the New York Times), been interviewed by various mainstream radio and television outlets, and been profiled in U.S. News & World Report.

 

Gail's investigative work has had tangible impacts on legislation governing the treatment of animals. A front-page Washington Post story covering violations documented by Gail outraged Congress, resulting in a multi-million-dollar appropriation for enforcement of the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act--a zero-budgeted law that had been on the books for more than forty years. 

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Gail is the author of two in-depth, comprehensively reported books (Slaughterhouse and Out of Sight), which have been (and continue to be) extensively reviewed in the media. 

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Out of Sight

An Undercover Investigator's Fight for Animal Rights and Her Own Survival

INTERVIEWS AND REVIEWS

  • WABC – New York City, The Frank Morano Show (March 14, 2025)

  • Coast to Coast AM – nationally syndicated on 620 radio stations, host George Noory (April 3, 2025)

  • The Tenpenny Podcasts, This Week with Dr. T, host Dr. Sherri Tenpenny (April 14, 2025)

  • WLIW-FM 88.3, NPR, Dog Talk Podcast, host Tracie Hotchner (April 30, 2025)

  • Psychology Today – 'Out of Sight': A Deep Dive Into Farm Animals' Well-Being (May 5, 2025)

  • Let’s Talk Memoir Podcast, host Ronit Plank (May 22, 2025)

  • WCPT – Chicago, If Cage Walls Could Talk, host Jodie Wiederkehr (May 31, 2025)

  • Kim Iversen Show (June 3, 2025)

  • KVCU 1190 AM, Boulder, Colorado (June 4, 2025)

  • The Mike Schwartz Show Podcast (June 4, 2025)

  • The Tom Renz Show Podcast (June 11, 2025)

  • The Robert Scott Bell Show Podcast (June 18, 2025)

  • Headmaster Homeroom Podcast, host Lady Hamilton (June 23, 2025)

  • Food Sleuth Radio, host Melinda Hemmelgarn (June 25, 2025)

  • Friends of Animals – A conversation with Gail Eisnitz, one of America’s most dedicated animal rights investigators (June 25, 2025)

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Skyhorse Publishing, 2025

Hardcover (also available in e-book) 

ISBN: 9781510782334 

Media Coverage of Slaughterhouse

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Prometheus Books, 2nd ed. 2007

Paperback (also available in e-book)

ISBN: 9781591024507 

  • NBC Mutual Radio – The Jim Bohannon Show, 250 affiliates, aired twice

  • WCBS AM – Newsradio 88, New York

  • WOR AM ABC – Food Talk, New York

  • KJSL – St. Louis, MO

  • KHOW-AM – KHOW Evening News, Denver

  • WTMA 1250 – Nancy Wolf, Charleston, SC

  • WGVU Morning Show NPR – Grand Rapids, MI 

  • WMJT – Jerry Hughes, MI, nationally syndicated

  • KSFO Hot Talk 560– Barbara Simpson, San Francisco, CA

  • WBAI – Gary Null Show, New York, syndicated

  • WBAI – Walden’s Pond, New York, NY

  • KPCC NPR News Air Talk – Los Angeles, CA

  • WDRC – Brad Davis, Hartford, CT

  • WBT – Charlotte, NC

  • KCJH-FM – Healthline, Sacramento, CA

  • WFIR AM 960 – Craig Wright Show, Roanoke, Virginia

  • WSPD – Toledo, OH

  • WRCX – Chicago, IL

  • KLIF – Dallas, TX

  • KKSF – San Francisco, CA

  • KCBS – San Francisco, CA

  • KFTY – Los Angeles, CA

  • WNYC – New York, NY

  • Business News Network – the Jeffrey Orman Show – 185 affiliates

  • WFFG – Florida Keys

  • WEVD – Bill Mazer Show, New York

  • KOST – Suzanne Whately Show, Los Angeles, CA

  • KFI 640 – John and Ken Show, Los Angeles, CA, nationally syndicated

  • WHAS 840 – Jane Norris Show, Louisville, KY

  • WNTA 1330 – Chris Bowman, Rockford, IL

  • WASN - the Louie B. Free Show, Youngstown, OH

  • WFHR – Madison, WI

  • NPR, ABC radio networks – The Environment Show, over 200 affiliates

  • Dudley Broadcasting – Atlanta, GA, numerous affiliates

  • KRLA 870 – Go Vegan with Bob Linden, Glendale, CA

  • Animal House, Orange County, CA

  • National Public Radio Marketplace – Morning Report – Univ. of Southern California, Public Radio International (PRI), Cynthia Ingle reporting, nationally syndicated

  • KNX 1070 – Reporter Linda Nunez, Los Angeles, CA

  • KRKS – Denver, CO, Focus on Health, Dr. Frank Martin

  • WBRZ -- Ed Buggs, New Orleans, LA

  • WHAT – The Lifeline, Dr. Thurman Evans, Philadelphia, PA

  • KFYI - Steve Godfrey, The Other Side, Phoenix, AZ

  • CIUT 89.5 FM –Animal Voices, Toronto, Canada

  • WERE 1300 – Dr. Neil Ross, Good Planets Are Hard to Find, Cleveland, OH

  • CRN Cable Radio Network Talk Radio -- Animal Forum, Craig Hensberg, Los Angeles, CA

  • WCCD 1000 – Pastor Ernie Sanders and Eddy Corsi, OH, KY, NY, WV, PA

  • WHUR Insight, Herman Washington – Washington, DC

  • CJOB - Humane Society Weekly Show, Winnipeg, Canada

  • Wisconsin Public Radio – Milwaukee, WI

  • Talk America Radio Network – Mike Seagal, nationally syndicated

  • Kevin McCarthy Show 570 – Dallas, TX

  • Barry Lynn – Culture Shocks

  • The Danielle Lin Show – A Word on Health, Salt Lake City, UT, 60 affiliates

  • Jim Hightower Show – Austin, TX, nationally syndicated

  • Unified Solutions- Atlanta, GA, nationally syndicated

  • KVON – Napa Valley

  • Gary Trexler – TRUTH Radio

  • Eco-News Radio - Sacramento

  • Jeff Rense Radio Show – Sightings

  • Danny Vierra Show

  • Voice of America, Rob Sivak, Agriculture Editor

  • Conscious Lifestyles – Ginger Leilani Jacob

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