Take Action

Law reform for all animals in Australia is desperately needed. You don’t need to be a lawyer to tell politicians and others responsible for administering animal laws how important animal welfare is to you. There are a range of ways you can take action, from writing a letter or making a phone call, to making a submission on an Act, Regulation, Code or Policy which is under review.

You can also support organisations like ours, so that we may undertake more work for animals. To find out how to become a member of Lawyers for Animals, please click here.

For practical suggestions on how to lobby for animals, please see Animals Australia.

For information and guidance on writing submissions to government on animal issues, Voiceless has a guide to help which you can find by clicking on this link –  Voiceless Submissions Guide.

Please contact us if you have any questions, or know of a legal issue you think we should campaign about, or if you would like to use Lawyers for Animals’ name and resources for your own lobbying campaign.

Previous letters and submissions by Lawyers for Animals may be found in Projects.

ANIMAL LAW IN AUSTRALIA

LEGAL CHALLENGES IN ANIMAL WELFARE

 

JOURNAL ARTICLES

List of animal law journal articles

CASES

List of animal law cases

BOOKS

List of animal law books

ANIMAL LAW SUBJECT PROPOSAL

Animal Law in Universities (2006) [PDF: 91KB]

Fishing

The use of commercial trawling nets is an extremely cruel means of fishing and an environmental disaster due to the impact on the ocean floor.

Though rarely acknowledged, fish suffer. Their writhing bodies and flapping gills are a desperate plea for the oxygen they breathe from water (rather than air).

Governments now understand the massive damage done to marine ecology, but there must be equal consideration for fish suffering.


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