The Voiceless grant will be directed towards the illustration and editing of a short story about a wise hen who started a revolution that ended battery farming. The goal of the project is to educate readers about the inherent cruelty of the battery cage system and to encourage them to make humane choices as consumers. The book will be made available as a PDF to be freely downloaded.

Grant amount: $1,500 

Animal Liberation NSW has received a $5,000 grant to research and write a report on the Australian commercial kangaroo industry and the environmental risks and animal welfare concerns associated with it. The report will be presented to the European Parliament’s Inter-group on Animal Welfare in 2008 and it is hoped that it will educate the EU and local animal welfare groups about the cruelty of the commercial kangaroo industry. 

Grant amount: $5,000

Website: www.animal-lib.org.au/ 

Animal Liberation Queensland received a $1,000 donation for ‘Hatching, not dispatching chickens’, a project involving the production of a DVD showing the complete life-cycle of chickens, including hatching and the early stages of a chick’s life. The DVD is intended to provide a humane educational alternative to the current practice of using live chicken hatching projects in Queensland’s primary school classrooms.

Donation amount: $1,000

Website: www.animalliberationqld.org.au

Animals Australia has been awarded a $3,500 grant to go towards the publication and distribution of a reference book setting out the sources of Australian animal welfare law and providing critical commentary on that law. The ‘Animal law reference book’ will serve as a single source to be used by researchers, students, prosecutors, administrators, judicial officers and others interested in animal welfare law.  

Grant amount: $3,500

Website: www.animalsaustralia.org/

‘Cruelty Free Beauty’ is the title of a booklet that will be created with the intention of providing a comprehensive guide to the history, current status and possible future directions of product testing on animals. The goal is to provide members of the public (and, in particular, secondary school students) with detailed information about animal testing issues.  

Grant amount: $5,000

Website: www.choosecrueltyfree.org.au/

The Coalition Against Duck Shooting has received a $10,000 grant towards a public awareness campaign highlighting the community’s widespread support for a ban on recreational shooting of native water birds. The objective is to place pressure on the Victorian government to follow the lead of three other states and permanently ban the recreational shooting of these birds.

Grant amount: $10,000

Website: www.duck.org.au/

Edgar’s Mission received a $1,000 donation for their program entitled: ‘On the Road, Community Awareness and Outreach’ which involves the coordination of state-wide visits and presentations by the Edgar’s Mission team at community markets and events as well as schools and festivals. The goal of Edgar’s Mission is to increase the community’s awareness of the plight of farm animals – particularly factory farmed animals, and to encourage people to make compassionate food choices.

Donation amount: $1,000 

Website:  www.edgarsmission.org.au/

Grant amount: $2,500

Website: www.friendsofthehound.org.au/

Dr. Gail Tulloch of Griffith University has been awarded $10,000 for a research project addressing the importance of affective education in changing attitudes to animal ethics and welfare. ‘Animal Ethics and Affective Education’ will present a strong case establishing the link between animal ethics and the promotion of affective education. It is hoped that the materials will reach teachers and animal activists alike.

Grant amount: $10,000

Website: www.griffith.edu.au/ 

John Mancy has been awarded a grant of $15,000 for the ‘Australian Animal Protection Law Journal’ which will be a scholarly, peer-reviewed bi-annual legal journal, the first of its kind in Australia. The Voiceless grant will go towards the publication and distribution of the journal which is intended to serve as a source of information about current developments in animal protection law, to be used by members of the Australian legal profession.  

Grant Amount: $15,000 

Lawyers for Animals were awarded $5,000 for their project entitled: "A report on animal testing in cosmetics".  The report is aimed at educating members of the community about the use of animal testing by the cosmetics industry and the need for mandatory and responsible labelling of cosmetics that test on animals and/or contain animal-derived ingredients. The report will be distributed online via the Lawyers for Animals website and in hard copy to all relevant media agencies, animal welfare groups and relevant government departments.   

Lush Fresh Handmade Cosmetics is kindly contributing the $5,000 for this grant. 

Grant amount: $5,000

Website: www.lush.com.au

Website: Lawyers for Animals 

NSW Circus Ban and RSPCA Queensland have been awarded a grant of $10,000 for a project intended to achieve state-wide bans in New South Wales and Queensland, on circuses which use performing animals, both exotic and domestic. NSW Circus Ban and RSPCA Qld will work together to create a comprehensive website with up-to-date information about the animal cruelty issues relating to circuses. The website will also provide on-line petitions and model letters to politicians. 

Grant Amount: $10,000

Websites:  www.animalcircuses.com/ 
                www.rspcaqld.org.au/

People Against Cruelty in Animal Transport have received $10,000 for their 'Live Export Myths' Billboard Campaign which aims to increase knowledge about the live export industry operating from Australia. The billboards are intended to drive people to the PACAT website where further information about the campaign will be presented.  

People’s Choice! award 2007 

Grant amount: $10,000

Website: http://www.pacat.org/ 

PetRescue has been awarded a $10,000 grant for the project ‘Where do puppies come from?’.  This is a two-month long public-awareness campaign that will be run on ninemsn’s free email service, Hotmail. The campaign is aimed at raising awareness about the animal welfare issues associated with the Australian puppy farming industry. The campaign is also intended to prompt members of the community to call for changes in current laws relating to puppy farming in addition to making educated choices when adopting a pet.  

Grant amount: $10,000

Website: www.petrescue.com.au/ 

Dr Shan Lloyd (University of Queensland) has been awarded a $8,000 grant to go towards a feasibility study into whether an Educational Memorial Program (the supply of ‘ethically’ sourced cadavers to replace the use of healthy shelter animals in teaching practice) could be successfully introduced at the School of Veterinary Sciences, UQ. The study will include an assessment of the views and requirements of local veterinarians as well as university staff and students, to determine their willingness and suitability for participation in such a program. 

Grant amount: $8,000

Website:  www.uq.edu.au/