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
Voiceless believes in the provision of quality information, analysis and resources to inspire debate and discussion and to empower individuals and organisations to generate positive social change.
Voiceless strives to produce Reports to the highest standards. Our Australian and International panel of esteemed scientists assist with achieving this aim.
Marc Bekoff is Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and co-founder with Jane Goodall of Ethologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Malcolm Caulfield PhD, who serves as Secretary and science writer for the SEAC, is the founder and Principal Lawyer of the Animal Welfare Community Legal Centre. He has a PhD in Pharmacology from the University of London and was a scientific researcher in that area in industry and academia.
Clive Phillips PhD is Australia’s Chair in Animal Welfare, at the University of Queensland and also established the Centre for Animal Welfare and Ethics.
Lesley Rogers is Emeritus Professor at the University of New England, where she co-ordinates the Centre for Neuroscience and Animal Behaviour.
Bernard E. Rollin (B.A. CCNY, Ph.D. Columbia) is University Distinguished Professor, Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Professor of Animal Sciences, and University Bioethicist at Colorado State University.
A.J.F. (John) Webster, M.A.,Vet MB, PhD, MRCVS is Professor Emeritus at the University of Bristol and Former Head of the Bristol Vet School.