AWI Quarterly

Titus Bill Takes Aim at Inhumane Transport

Government/Legal, Quick Read Winter 2025

In September, Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV) reintroduced the Humane Transport of Farmed Animals Act (HR 5286)—bipartisan legislation to improve transport conditions for farmed animals in the United States. The bill would establish fitness for travel standards—mirroring those already in place for livestock exported abroad—to prevent animals who are sick, injured, disabled, or are otherwise in

Federal Protection of Animals in Transport Goes off the Rails

Feature Article, Government/Legal Fall 2025

Every year, hundreds of millions of farmed animals are shipped across the United States to breeding, feeding, and slaughter facilities—transport that represents one of the most stressful experiences in a farmed animal’s life. AWI research, chronicled in the newly published second edition of our report Farmed Animals in Transport: The Twenty-Eight Hour Law, indicates that a

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Titus Bill Takes Aim at Inhumane Transport

Federal Protection of Animals in Transport Goes off the Rails