In 2001 footage received by Animal Liberation from an unknown person contained images of the stunning and slaughter of possums at Lenah Game Meats in northern Tasmania.
[9] This decision was overturned on appeal by the High Court in ABC v Lenah Game Meats Pty Ltd.[10] The judgment confirmed that journalists can use material obtained illegally by others in the public interest.
[11] Later the same year in August an investigation conducted over three months at Wally's Piggery at Murrumbateman captured footage of illegal animal husbandry practices, and back-room slaughter at a facility that was not an authorised slaughterhouse.
[16] In 2013 Animal Liberation received 140 hours of footage taken at an Inghams turkey processing plant in Tahmoor over a two-week period.
[17] Current chief executive officer Lynda Stoner was previously known for several roles on Australian television in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
[18] In 1985 she played the glamorous villain Eve Wilder in the cult soap opera Prisoner and her character was spectacularly lynched during the infamous episode 600 riot, screened in 1986.
Stoner became a prominent spokesperson for animal rights issues in the early 1980s and subsequently left acting to focus on this area.
Pearson was involved in advocating for the abolition of mulesing in sheep and convincing the Russian Federation to ban imports of kangaroo meat by exposing cruelty and hygiene problems.