voiceless: the animal protection institute

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Hugo Weaving, Voiceless Ambassador

"Really, animals are almost entirely at our mercy and they have no legal rights...We essentially harvest them." Sydney Morning Herald, 23 November 2008, read more

"I've always had a deep respect and empathy for animals...When animals are exploited, I feel compelled to speak out.” Holly Throsby, Voiceless Councillor, 22 March 2011, read more

“At what point do we fall out of love with animals and stop seeing them as nice, cute things?” Naomi Simson, Voiceless Councillor, read more

Grants & Prizes

$15,000 GRANTS

Griffith University, with The University of Auckland, received a $15,000 grant for a project which will bring together the growing number of academics and practitioners currently working on animal law scholarship across Australia and New Zealand for a forum of discussion and debate over the legal issues facing animals in this part of the world. Participants will then each contribute to the production of the first major academic work on animal law to be published in the Southern Hemisphere.

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