OUR VISION
Voiceless envisions a just, equitable world where animals can flourish.
OVER 20 YEARS OF ANIMAL PROTECTION
For over twenty years, Voiceless has been at the forefront of creating a new social justice movement – animal protection. We have advanced legal protections for animals, capacity-built organisations and advocates, created impactful public campaigns, animal law resources and youth education programmes, and exposed cruel industries through in-depth reports. There’s still so much more to do. Read more about our history here. Our Donor Impact Reports are also a wealth of information on Vocieless’s 20+ years of work. Please read our latest 2025 Donor Impact Report to learn more about our work.
Hot Topics
Animals are sentient beings with their own rich, complex emotional and social lives. Through science-based research, law and education, Voiceless explores the key issues in animal protection.
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Live Export
Every year, around three million live animals are exported from Australia for slaughter overseas.
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Kangaroos
The commercial killing of kangaroos is a multi-million dollar meat and skin industry and the largest slaughter of land-based animals in the world.
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Broiler Chickens
Each year 600 million chickens are produced for meat in Australia and most are factory farmed, with up to 60,000 broiler chickens living in a single shed.
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Dairy Cows
Each year around 450,000 calves, considered ‘wastage’, are taken from their mothers and either killed on-farm or sent for commercial slaughter within just five days of being born.
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Battery Hens
Over 10 million battery hens are confined to small cages in Australia, unable to perform even their most natural behaviours.
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More Hot Topics
See here for more in-depth information and factsheets on other topics.
Voiceless grants program
The Voiceless Grant’s Program supports impactful initiatives in line with our vision to create a just, equitable world where animals can flourish.
The Life of the Dairy Cow Republished
Voiceless is proud to announce the update and republication of our groundbreaking 2015 report and damning exposé of the Australian dairy industry, 'The Life of the Dairy Cow'. This special edition, published by the Animal Studies Journal, honours our late friend and colleague Dr Deidre Wicks, whose passion for dairy cow welfare inspired the original work.
2025 Donor Impact Report
Our 2025 Donor Impact Report reflects the remarkable progress being made by the changemakers we support — from pioneering alternatives to animal exploitation to advancing legal and policy reform that protect the rights of animals. Please read this year’s Impact Report and see the powerful results of our shared purpose – the protection of animals.
Saving lambs with Magic Valley
We awarded our first impact, investment grant to Magic Valley, an Australian cultivated meat start-up aiming to launch the world’s first cultivated lamb mince by 2026. Magic Valley’s ethical cell-based, non-GMO, serum free process aims to replace intensively farmed lamb and save millions of lives.
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VOICELESS ANIMAL CRUELTY INDEX
An interactive and innovative tool that compares the animal welfare performance of some of the largest livestock producers in the world. Find out how your country compares on the newly updated Voiceless Animal Cruelty Index (VACI).
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Animal Law Services List
There are a range of animal law organisations and law firms offering animal law services across Australia. In order to assist the Voiceless community and beyond, we’ve compiled this list to make your search for an animal law organisation or law firm as quick, easy and accessible as possible.
These services can include:
- Providing legal advice on issues of animal law;
- submitting law reform submissions;
- running animal law events;
- educating the community on animal law, and;
- providing space for burgeoning animal lawyers to grow through internships and PLT placements.
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🐄 The Life of the Dairy Cow: Report Republished 🐄
We’re proud to share that our landmark report, The Life of the Dairy Cow, has been updated and republished in a special edition of the Animal Studies Journal. Originally released by Voiceless in 2015, this damning exposé of the Australian dairy industry continues to be a vital tool for advocates and policymakers.
This edition is dedicated to the memory of our dear friend and colleague Dr Deidre Wicks, whose unwavering passion for dairy cow welfare inspired the original report. 💛
A huge thank you to:
🔹 Dr Melissa Boyde, Editor of the Animal Studies Journal
🔹 Voiceless Director & Advisor Sarah Margo
🔹 Voiceless Advisor Prof. Clive Phillips
…for their incredible work updating the content and ensuring its relevance for today’s movement.
With its republication, this report will continue to inform strategies for meaningful reform and support a just transition away from Australia’s incumbent dairy system. 🐄
📖 Click on our bio link to read the report.
#AnimalJustice #Voiceless #DairyIndustry #AnimalAdvocacy #DairyCows #JustTransition #DairyReform #AnimalProtection
📣 Big news for animal rights education!
Voiceless is proud to support the International Centre for Animal Rights and Ethics (ICARE) with funding for their groundbreaking online course: Contemporary Issues in Animal Rights Law (CIARL).
This one-of-a-kind course blends academic theory with practical advocacy to empower animal changemakers around the world 🌍💡
We’re especially excited that our support will fund scholarships for Global South participants and help deliver the next course later in 2025 🙌
📚 Click on our bio link to learn more about our Voiceless Grant recipients and to join the waitlist for the 2nd CIARL course for later this year (date TBC and with limited enrollments).
@icare_animalrights
#AnimalRights #Voiceless #ICARE #AnimalLaw
✨ You believe in a kinder future for animals. Will you take the next step?
This EOFY, a donation to Voiceless could spark lasting change for animals in Australia and in underrepresented parts of the world.
From strategic legal reforms to compassionate education, plant-based food innovation, and grassroots advocacy, our grant projects are reshaping industries, policies, and hearts and minds.
🌱 100% of your donation goes directly to grant projects — not a cent to overheads.
📣 Be part of a community that’s strategic, effective, and entirely donor-powered.
🧡 Donate today and help animals flourish.
🔗 Click the link in our bio to read our 2025 Donor Impact Report and visit our Donate page to donate before June 30.
💛 Growing the Next Generation of Changemakers 💛
With the support of Voiceless, Freedom Farm’s School of Compassion will expand in 2025, reaching over 2,000 students with powerful lessons in kindness and empathy.
Through face-to-face encounters with rescued farmed animals and social-emotional learning activities, students hear real stories of survival and develop critical thinking skills that inspire compassion for all beings.
And the impact is real — over 60% of students report feeling a deeper sense of empathy for animals, with at least 1 in 10 making changes to reduce their consumption of animal products. 🌱
@freedom_farm_sanctuary is an inspiring example of how we can change hearts, minds, and futures for animals. 💛
👉 Learn more about how we support changemakers like Freedom Farm by clicking the link in our bio.
@weanimals has delivered a groundbreaking mentoring program in Delhi, Mumbai and Eluru. With Voiceless`s support, over 80 participants from Indian animal advocacy organisations received hands-on training in ethical photography, visual storytelling, and campaign communication.
Many attendees walked away with more than just technical skills – they found renewed purpose and connection in their work for animals. Workshops were kept small to allow for individual attention.
Jo-Anne McArthur, Founder of We Animals, said, “Watching these students gain confidence and vision – that was incredibly moving. I left with a deep sense of hope for the future of animal advocacy in India.”
With additional workshops planned in more cities across India, we are inspired to see the impact of animal storytelling continue to grow.
To learn more about this project and the students` experiences participating in these mentoring events, click our bio link 📷.
Voiceless is excited to support a unique initiative that provides chefs and culinary professionals with plant-based cooking training and education.
Reimagining menus with delicious plant-based foods is one of the most impactful ways to create a kinder world for animals.
Developed and run by the Modern Agriculture Foundation, these workshops help chefs understand the benefits of offering plant-based menu options and teach them how to enhance the taste, presentation, and appearance of these dishes. For many people open to trying alternative proteins, their first tasting experience must be positive, encouraging them to return for more.
In the first of many workshops, 15 emerging chefs explored how to incorporate local alternative protein products into their menus. Through hands-on learning and expert insights, participants discovered new ways to create delicious, sustainable dishes using cutting-edge food technologies.
To learn more about our inspiring and innovative grant recipients and the Voiceless Grants Program, click on our bio link 🌱🍽.
📣 Voiceless is thrilled to announce its first “investment grant” with @magicvalleyfoods, a Melbourne-based cultivated meat company.
Magic Valley plans to launch the world`s first “cultivated lamb” mince in 2026, amongst other products. This will help save millions of lambs killed in Australia each year. Magic Valley utilises ethical, cell-based technology to replace intensively farmed animal-derived meats. They are foetal bovine serum-free and non-GMO. Our support will go towards their regulatory submission for the approval of commercialising these products.
Cell-based animal products are a win-win solution that provides a sustainable, secure food system and CAN POTENTIALLY save the lives of trillions of animals killed for consumption each year. It can end factory farming and animal agriculture while meeting the increasing global demand for animal products.
This grant is in line with our criteria, which state that we are “open to opportunities for ‘impact investing’ with small grassroots companies or start-ups with bright, innovative ideas in the vegan space.”
Any profits generated from this investment grant will be reinvested into Voiceless’s work to protect animals.
To learn more about the bright, innovative people and organisations we support through the Voiceless Grants Program, click our bio link 🐑💙.
Cyclone Alfred was a frightening and challenging time in Northern New South Wales and South-East Queensland, and many farmed animals were particularly vulnerable.
Voiceless would like to express heartfelt thanks to the 100% volunteer, non-profit farmed animal rescue and sanctuary, @owlandpuscatfarmsanctuary, for their dedication and resilience.
We wish them the best in their substantial recovery and cleanup efforts, and we hope this donation contributes in some small way 👏🦉🐈.
⭐NEW EDUCATION PARTNER⭐
We are excited to announce our new partnership with @clickvieweducation. Voiceless`s library of Animal Protection Education (APE) videos is now accessible to educators and students on their main channel.
ClickView offers curated, curriculum-aligned videos for various subjects and learning levels, allowing teachers to quickly find the ideal video for any lesson. Our Voiceless APE videos encourage students to think critically about animal protection issues, including the live export of animals, dolphins in captivity, the welfare of ‘meat’ chickens and much more. Voiceless’s unique resources enhance student engagement with animal protection and provide teachers with the tools to deliver lessons on these complex issues in the classroom.
Educators can access these resources on ClickView by clicking the link in our bio. Scroll down to `Animal Welfare` in their Ethical Debates topics.
Voiceless also still freely provides our APE resources for high-school educators on our website. Click on this bio link to explore! 💡💻⭐
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Suggested Reading
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