- Ethics & Philosophy
- Factory Farming
- Farm Animal Welfare
- Sentience
Rabbit farming is one of the least-known forms of factory farming in Australia. We spoke to Dr Reem Lascelles, Co-Founder & Researcher at Ethical Vegan Earth Research Inc. about her research examining the welfare issues in Australia’s intensive rabbit farming industry.
- Animal Law
- Education
- Ethics & Philosophy
- Law & Policy
- Sentience
Legal recognition of animal sentience in the ACT was one of many important topics discussed at the NSW Young Lawyers Animal Law Committee’s recent Animal Law Conference in Sydney. Co-sponsored by Voiceless, the conference brought together animal lawyers from across Australia to examine how to improve legal protections for animals.
- Animal Law
- Education
- Ethics & Philosophy
- Law & Policy
Tess Vickery is a former commercial litigation and class action lawyer from Sydney who moved to the United States to complete a Masters of Animal Law at Lewis & Clark Law School, and is now working as Policy Advisor to the Hon. Emma Hurst MLC, Member of NSW Parliament for the Animal Justice Party.
- Animal Law
- Ethics & Philosophy
- Law & Policy
This article is based on Nicholas Coady's major essay for the Animal Law and Policy in Australia law elective at UTS, for which he was awarded the 2019 Winner of The Hon Michael Kirby - Voiceless Prize for Animal Law.
- Animal Activism
- Animal Law
- Hunting
- Law & Policy
Established in 1986, the Coalition Against Duck Shooting (CADS) has been campaigning for over thirty years to achieve a permanent ban on recreational shooting of native waterbirds in Australia. Earlier this year, we spoke to CADS founder Laurie Levy in Melbourne about his long running campaign.
- Animal Activism
- Animal Law
- Factory Farming
- Farm Animal Welfare
- Law & Policy
With jurisdictions across Australia currently seeking to introduce laws addressing the actions of animal activists, Voiceless invited ADO Co-Founder Tara Ward to discuss the growing trend of ‘ag-gag laws’ and their impacts on free speech and animal protection.
- Animal Law
- Education
- Ethics & Philosophy
- Law & Policy
- Legal Personhood
- Sentience
We caught up with some of Australia’s animal law postgraduate researchers at the University of Melbourne, to discuss their exciting research and to find out what attracted them to animal law and what advice they have for budding animal law students.
- Animal Law
- Education
- Hunting
- Law & Policy
Amy P. Wilson is an attorney from South Africa with a Master’s Degree in Animal Law and co-founder and director of the first Animal Law organisation in her country – Animal Law Reform South Africa (ALRSA).
- Animal Activism
- Education
- Ethics & Philosophy
- Factory Farming
- Sentience
Peter Singer is a philosopher and professor at Princeton University. He is renowned for his book, Animal Liberation, which is celebrated as a foundational text of the animal protection movement. He is also well known for his theory of utilitarianism, which simply put, takes the suffering of all beings into account.
Voiceless recently spoke to Peter Singer about his views on modern society’s relationship with fishes.
- Education
- Ethics & Philosophy
- Factory Farming
- Farm Animal Welfare
- Sentience
There seems to be an almost uncanny silence when it comes to thinking about fishes – they are, as Peter Singer has described, the “forgotten victims on our plate.”