Voiceless | the animal protection institute

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Voiceless envisions a world in which animals are treated with respect and compassion. We believe in the power of education to ensure a better future for animals.

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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.

Live Export
Every year, around three million live animals are exported from Australia for slaughter overseas.

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.

Broiler Chickens
Each year 600 million chickens are produced for meat in Australia and most are factory farmed, with up to 60,000 chickens living in a single shed.

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.

Battery Hens
Between 11 – 12 million ‘battery’ hens are confined to small cages in Australia, unable to perform even their most natural behaviours.

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VOICELESS ANIMAL PROTECTION HEROES

To celebrate Voiceless turning 15 in 2019, we gave $8,000 in gifts to the unsung heroes of Australia’s animal protection community – the animal carers. In 2020, we did it all again! Click through to meet your heroes.

Voiceless’s report assesses the key animal protection issues with the use of battery cages, barn-laid and free range systems from an animal welfare and scientific perspective.

Unscrambled is an important tool to create much-needed change for the treatment of egg-laying hens and their chicks in Australia.

Australia has fallen behind other nations when it comes to layer hen welfare and the time has come for us to evolve to a better standard. Download the report, and find out how you can take action.