Farmed Animal Fact Sheets
Overview
The Animal Welfare Institute prepares brief fact sheets on a variety of topics related to the use of animals in agriculture. Each of the following fact sheets is available as a downloadable PDF.
Fact Sheets
- Mass Euthanasia and Depopulation of Poultry: Higher-Welfare Nitrogen-Based Methods (March 2026)
- Food Label Guide (September 2025)
- Animal Welfare Standards: A Comparison of Industry Guidelines and Independent Labels (August 2024)
- Protecting Farm Animals During Severe Storms (June 2020)
- Protecting Farm Animals in Extreme Heat: Pigs and Birds (June 2020)
- Protecting Farm Animals in Extreme Heat: Ruminants (June 2020)
- Protecting Farm Animals in Extreme Winter Weather (June 2020)
Surveys
- Survey of Consumer Attitudes about Dairy Production (March 2026)
- Survey of Consumer Attitudes about the Claim “Humanely Raised” (May 2025)
- Survey of Consumer Attitudes Towards Animal Welfare under the National Organic Program (September 2022)
- Survey of Consumer Perceptions of Farm Animal Welfare (September 2022)
- Survey of Consumer Attitudes about Common Dairy Industry Practices (July 2022)
- Survey of Consumer Attitudes about Pain Relief for Physical Alterations in Farm Animals (June 2022)
- Survey of Consumer Attitudes about Conventional Turkey Practices (October 2021)
- Survey of Consumer Attitudes about the Claim “Humanely Raised” (October 2021)
- Survey of Consumer Attitudes about Chicken Welfare (October 2020)
- Survey of Consumer Attitudes about Animal Raising Claims on Food Part II (October 2018)
- Survey of Consumer Attitudes about Animal Raising Claims on Food Part I (September 2018)
- Survey on Free Range and Humanely Raised Label Claims (November 2015)
- Survey on Animal Raising Claims Used on Meat Packaging (October 2013)
- Survey on the Welfare of Chickens Raised for Meat (April 2010)