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 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 |
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 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/ |
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Animal Liberation Queensland |
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 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 |
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 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/ |
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 ‘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/ |
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Coalition Against Duck Shooting |
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 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/ |
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 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/ |
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Friends of the Hound, Greyhound Adoption Group |
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The funds from this grant will go towards the printing and distribution of eye-catching posters and flyers that are aimed at educating members of the public about the plight of greyhounds in
Australia as well as promoting them as being great pets. The posters and flyers will be displayed at veterinary clinics, pet shops, animal shelters and various other participating venues.
Grant amount: $2,500
Website: www.friendsofthehound.org.au/
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Griffith University & Dr Gail Tulloch |
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 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/
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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 |
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 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 |
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 Lighthouse Laboratores has been awarded a $10,000 grant to go towards the costs of bringing a speaker out to present at Lighthouse Laboratories’ national conference on systems biology and the reduction and replacement of animals in research. The purpose of the conference is to provide a forum for interactive discussion on the issue of animal testing and to demonstrate to the research community new research technologies that have the potential to reduce or eliminate the use of animals.
Update: Unfortunately this grant has been cancelled as the project is not able to proceed.
Grant amount: $10,000
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NSW Circus Ban and RSPCA Queensland |
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 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/ |
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People Against Cruelty in Animal Transport |
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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.
Grant amount: $10,000
Website: http://www.pacat.org/ |
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 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/ |
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Against Animal Cruelty Tasmania received a $15,000 grant for their ‘Wildlife Education Project’ involving the creation and distribution of a comprehensive educational kit to raise awareness about wildlife issues particular to Tasmania. The kit will be distributed to schools throughout Tasmania to be used as a resource. The key aim of the project is to change attitudes towards native wildlife and to encourage people to call for change in the way native animals are currently treated.