Education & Resources

Through various resources and educational materials, AWI equips learners of all types to improve the lives of animals. Through education, we aim to foster an understanding of the positive impact that compassionate attitudes and behaviors can have on animals, the environment, and ourselves.

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AWI Quarterly

The magazine of the Animal Welfare Institute. This full-color periodical examines issues regarding animals everywhere and has a circulation over 62,000.
Humane Education

Learn more about the teaching of compassion and empathy for all living beings and respect for their habitats.
For Educators and Students

Learn more about our lesson plans and additional teaching resources.

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AWI provides free, downloadable books, reports, lesson plans, and brochures on a variety of animal welfare issues. Many of our materials are also available printed and are provided free to those who can put them directly to use helping animals, and at cost for all others. Libraries, teachers, and research facilities may obtain one free copy of all publications. Place your order online through the order form or by calling us at (202) 337-2332.

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Book cover of It’s Okay to Cry

It’s Okay to Cry

Book Published 2020
Compendium of Laboratory Animal Refinement & Enrichment Forum (LAREF) discussions, in which laboratory animal care personnel share information regarding innovative ways to improve the housing and handling of animals in research; edited by Viktor Reinhardt.
Book cover of Committed to Animal Welfare

Committed to Animal Welfare

Book Published 2016
Compendium of Laboratory Animal Refinement & Enrichment Forum (LAREF) discussions, in which laboratory animal care personnel share information regarding innovative ways to improve the housing and handling of animals in research; edited by Viktor Reinhardt.
Book cover of Compassion Makes a Difference

Compassion Makes a Difference

Book Published 2013
Questions, answers and comments posted to the forum by dozens of LAREF members over the course of two and a half years, relating personal experiences in refining the conditions under which animals are housed and handled in research laboratories; edited...
Book cover of Caring Hands

Caring Hands

Book Published 2010
Nearly 2,000 comments by animal care personnel on a variety of topics aimed at improving the living and handling conditions of animals in research; edited by Viktor Reinhardt.
Book cover of Making Lives Easier for Animals in Research Labs

Making Lives Easier for Animals in Research Labs

Book Published 2008
Abridged conversations from LAREF containing practical tips and commentary on animals in experimental laboratories; edited by Vera Baumans, Casey Coke, Jennifer Green, Erik Moreau, David Morton, Emily Patterson-Kane, Annie Reinhardt, Viktor Reinhardt, and Pascalle Van Loo.
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