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Lawyers for Animals (Reg. No. A0047100G) (ABN 74 557 651 569) is a not-for-profit association incorporated in Victoria under the Associations Incorporation Act 1981 (Vic).

ADDRESS

Lawyers for Animals
Kindness House
288 Brunswick Street
FITZROY VIC 3065

CONTACT OUR MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

President, Nichola Donovan is a human and animal rights lawyer working part-time for LFA on its Cosmetic Labelling Project. In 2007 she was employed by LFA as its first Legal Project Officer. Nichola is currently undertaking a full-time Master of Laws (Human Rights) whilst maintaining voluntary involvement in refugee law. She is a committed anti-speciesist with a strong affinity with animals and a thirst for justice.

Vice-President, Cybele Stockley completed an Arts/Law degree at Monash University and currently works at the Victorian Government Solicitor’s Office . She was previously Grants Administrator & Media Liaison with Voiceless, the Fund for Animals. Cybele is kept in line by three little dogs with big personalities.

Secretary, David Glasgow is currently working at a large commercial law firm, after graduating from the University of Melbourne with an Arts/Law degree. He passionately supports legal measures that alleviate animal suffering.

Treasurer, Agata Wierzbowski currently works as an associate to a Supreme Court judge, and previously worked in the areas of international and human rights law. She strongly opposes any form of violence or cruelty toward animals, from the industrial to the individual.

Caitlin Evans co-founded Lawyers for Animals in 2005. She is a life-long vegetarian and new mum, with a background in human rights campaigning, law and international development. She currently works in social policy, and abhors cruelty of any form.

Leana Papaelia has been a vegetarian since her pre-teens.  She currently works as a litigation lawyer and is studying a masters in human rights law .  Leana believes that all animals (including humans) should be treated with respect and should be protected from cruel treatment.

Moira Rayner is an advocate of rights for the powerless, whether human or other animals, and a former Law Reform Commissioner.

Emma Finn has a degree in Zoology and a post-graduate diploma in Biodiversity Conservation and Management.  She practised as a lawyer in England and Hong Kong for 8 years.  She believes that all animals (human and non-human) are entitled to live free from the cruelty and mistreatment to which they are all too often subjected.

Pigs

Of the many animals exposed to the horrors of factory farming, pigs have perhaps suffered the most.

Despite having personalities and intellects similar to dogs, sows are kept almost continually pregnant, and confined to stalls where they are unable to turn around or express their natural behaviours.

The chronic stress means they spend much of their time engaged in purposeless behaviour, such as head waving or bar biting.

Prior to giving birth, sows are moved to farrowing crates; barren, concrete enclosures where mother pigs spend weeks at a time on their bellies as they wean their young. They have no chance to form any lasting bond with their offspring.


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