We're thrilled to announce our fourth Public Meeting Webinar on Thursday August 1 and our three wonderful speakers, and we would love to see you there!

Our Public Meeting Webinars are a fantastic way to learn about animal rights issues and current campaigns that the Animal Liberation team are working on, as well as other like-minded organisations and advocates whom we are honoured to host on our webinars. It is also a wonderful way for anyone to become involved in animal rights work and hear from other compassionate people!

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧: Thursday 1 August, 2024

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: Online Via Zoom- https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86991542370

𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫: Jake Davis- Attorney- Nonhuman Rights Project
Jake Davis is a Colorado-licensed, Montanna - based staff attorney for the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) and lead attorney for the NhRP's Hawaii and Colorado litigation. Previously, Jake worked in Federal Court Under the Honorable S. James Otero of the United States District Court for the Central District of California), for the U.S. Government (at the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California), and in private practice (Squire Patton Boggs)

Jake will be presenting on the NhRP's work, the only civil rights organisation in the United States, dedicated solely to securing rights for nonhuman animals. Their groundbreaking work challenges an archaic, unjust legal status quo that views and treats all nonhuman animals as legal "things" with no rights. As with human rights, nonhuman rights are based on fundamental values and principles of justice, such as liberty, autonomy, equality and fairness.

Along with his work at the NHP, Jake clerks part- time for Montanna's 11th Judicial District Court. He is a proud human to a rescued pitbull dog named Archie.

𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫: Abigail Boyd- Greens MP- NSW Parliament
Abigail is a Greens MP in the NSW Legislative Council. Abigail's areas of policy interest include economic inequality, animal welfare, workers’ rights, the prevention of gendered violence and disability. She has long advocated for an end to greyhound racing, a ban on puppy farms, legislative recognition of animal sentience, and the introduction of an independent animal welfare regulator in NSW.

Abigail has introduced to the NSW Upper House a Greens Bill to establish an Independent Office of Animal Welfare, which would remove primary responsibility for animal welfare from the Agriculture Minister and ensure direct and independent oversight of the enforcement of animal welfare laws as well as the development of animal welfare policies and legislation. Abigail has also introduced several other Bills to Parliament, including her Greyhound Whole-Of-Life Tracking Bill and Animal Sentience Bill, and has been a driving force in establishing various parliamentary inquiries to expose and eliminate animal cruelty and achieve positive outcomes for animals.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫: Lisa Ryan- Animal Liberation's Regional Campaign Manager
Our third speaker is Animal Liberation's Regional Campaigns Manager, Lisa Ryan, who will be presenting on our greyhound advocacy campaign.

Lisa will take us through Animal Liberation's 'Greyhound Racing NSW's shameful fail' and 'Stop the greyhound death tracks' work, the swag of serious and distressing allegations levelled against the greyhound racing industry in NSW with a focus on GRNSW, GAP NSW the independent regulator, GWIC, and the recently announced NSW Inquiry.

You can learn about our active and dedicated greyhound campaigning including our behind the scenes work, our wins, next steps and how your amazing support is helping our work for the greys.

We hope to see you there,

for the animals.