Announcing the 2010 Voiceless Animal Law Lecture Series
In San Francisco 30 years ago, a handful of attorneys set in train a revolution that has touched the lives of billions of animals worldwide. This August, one of those pioneers of the animal law movement, leading US animal lawyer Joyce Tischler, will speak at events across the country as part of Voiceless’s fourth annual Animal Law Lecture Series.
Tasmanian government puts compassion ahead of politics
In a historic move for animals in Australia, the Tasmanian Minister for Primary Industries and Water, Bryan Green, today announced his government’s plan to place restrictions on the time pregnant sows are allowed to be kept in stalls from 2014, with a full ban coming into effect in 2017. This puts Tasmania ahead of the rest of the country, where pregnant pigs will lawfully be permitted to be confined for the duration of their 16 week pregnancy until at least 2017.
Government should stop telling porkies about animal welfare
16 March 2010
Animals in Switzerland may have suffered a setback recently when a national vote to provide them with legal representation was rejected; however, according to Voiceless, Australia’s leading animal protection think‐tank, Switzerland and many other countries are still streets ahead of Australia when it comes to the treatment of farm animals.
ABC’s Airlie Ward announced as inaugural Voiceless Media Prize winner at the “Oscars of Animal Protection”
ABC Stateline Tasmania’s Airlie Ward scooped the inaugural Voiceless Media Prize at Monday night’s red-carpet Voiceless Awards Event, where the glitterati gathered to celebrate the achievements of the animal protection movement.
Last night the Honourable Justice Ruth McColl AO, Judge of Appeal of the Supreme Court of NSW, launched the Voiceless Animal Law Toolkit. The launch was part of the Voiceless 2009 Awards Event, where this year’s Voiceless Grant recipients and inaugural Voiceless Media Prize winner were announced.
Brian Sherman AM, Director of Voiceless, the animal protection institute, today called upon the NSW Government to reject a deal with the Shooters’ Party which would open up 13 national parks to recreational hunters in return for ongoing support in the upper house.
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