voiceless: the animal protection institute

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Voiceless Patron J. M. Coetzee
(winner of Nobel Prize for Literature)

"Voiceless acts in the most practical of ways to fund projects across the country whose goal is to ameliorate the lives of animals..." J. M. Coetzee, November 2004, read more

"We can make a long list of the ways in which our relations to animals are wrong, but the food industry ...dwarfs all others in the number of individual animal lives it affects..." J.M Coetzee February 2007, read more

"Voiceless, through its legal component, has been at the forefront in the struggle to advance animal rights in Australia. ..." J. M. Coetzee, December 2007, read more

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Voiceless Co-founder and Director Ondine Sherman talking about Voiceless

About Us

The Voiceless Team from left: Suzanne, Dana, Brian, Ondine, Ruth, Annemarie and Elaine. Photo: Nadine Saacks

Vision

Voiceless envisions a world in which animals are treated with respect and compassion.

Mission

Voiceless will bring the institutionalised suffering of animals to the forefront of Australia’s agenda; ensuring that animal protection is the next great social justice movement.

About Voiceless

Voiceless is an independent non-profit think tank dedicated to alleviating the suffering of animals in Australia. Established in 2004 by father and daughter team, Brian Sherman AM and Ondine Sherman, Voiceless:

Creates and fosters networks of leading lawyers, politicians and academics to influence law and public policy;
Conducts high quality research and analysis of animal industries, exposing legalised cruelty and promoting informed debate;
Creates a groundswell for social change by building and fortifying the Australian animal protection movement with select Grants and Prizes; and
Informs consumers and empowers them to make animal-friendly choices.

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