With so many inspiring animal activists in the Unleashed Community, it's high time we announced another Activist Challenge winner and there have been many worthy nominations!

So without further ado, congratulations to our most recent Activist Challenge winner, HannahJane for informing and inspiring others in her community to make a difference for animals.

A passionate vegetarian, Hannah has been busy spreading the word about how to combat cruelty. She's convinced her bestie to go veg, did a powerful powerpoint presentation to her school on factory farming (with plans to do the same at other schools), has gotten Animals Australia's petitions into local busniesses and collected hundreds of signatures, and more...

We take our hats off to Hannah for making a big difference for the animals. For her superb efforts, Hannah has scored herself an Unleashed prize pack.

I can't wait to see more of the excellent entries to the challenge! Tell us your story now to be next in line to score kudos and goodies ;)

Congrats to Jack for being the second winner of the Unleashed Activist Challenge. At 13 he may be young, but he's already having a huge impact. Not only has Jack successfully campaigned his school to give students the choice not to dissect, he has also helped developed class content for a term in animal ethics, which is now taught in years 5 - 12 at his school. And now he's got his sights set on getting his school to stop using cage eggs. Top work Jack! I can't wait to hear about your next victory!

If you're inspired by Jack's efforts and want to let us know how you're helping animals, why not enter the Unleashed Activist Challenge. You could be the next winner of our activist prize pack, not to mention much kudos.

Have you heard? Our Macbeth comp is in its last days... While we're all sitting back and wondering who is going to be one of the 4 lucky winners to nab a free pair of Macbeths — what are you doing?

a) Huh? Macbeth comp?
b) Wondering why I'm reading this blog instead of entering the comp already.
c) Going back to enter the comp again to increase my chances of winning!!

If you answered A, or B, then there's only one thing to do: click the fuzzy wuzzy cute widdle cow below and you'll be well on your way to scoring a sweet new pair of the Hunter Burgan Studio Project Shoes — vegan for "my footwear kicks ass". And if you're wondering why you need these awesome leather-free shoes...? Then just check this out.

Please vote for this!

And also for this!

Please also consider placing a vote for any or all of these amazing images:

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You can only vote once per image, but you can vote for as many different images as you like. And don't forget to ask all your friends to vote, and of course to post a link on Facebook!

Thanks for all your votes!

UPDATE! The pics are in and your votes are needed NOW!
Click here to cast your vote!

Canon and Unleashed wants you to get creative with your camera in a sweet new photography competition: Creative for a Cause.

The idea is simple: upload one or more of your favourite photographs that represent the cause you're most passionate about (it's animals – isn't it?), nominate your favourite cause (Animals Australia – right?) and if your photo wins, you get a Canon prize pack, and Animals Australia gets a $60,000 donation to help fight animal cruelty!

So what are you waiting for??

1. Sign up here for a free MyCanon Account.
2. Submit a photo that represents animals and/or Animals Australia's work
3. Select the Cause Category "Environment", then select the Cause Recipient "Animals Australia AU".
4. Describe what your photo represents and why animal issues are important to you.
5. Don't forget to vote for your own photo!

Finally, make sure you post a comment below with link to your photo when you're done so we can vote for it too!