Program Term Archive
Animals on Factory Farms
Food Security and Farm Protection Act / Save Our Bacon Act
Farmed AnimalsThe dangerous and extremely controversial EATS Act was reintroduced in Congress as the Food Security and Farm Protection Act (S. 1326). Now, a similar bill, the so-called Save Our Bacon...
Farmed Animal Anti-Confinement Legislation
Farmed AnimalsMillions of pigs, calves, and chickens are forced to spend their lives confined in spaces so small they can’t even turn around. Gestation crates, veal crates, and battery cages prevent...
Mink Farming
Farmed AnimalsMink fur farming inflicts severe suffering on animals while creating dangerous conditions for the emergence and spread of infectious diseases, including mutated forms of COVID‑19 and avian flu. As other...
Extreme Weather
Farmed AnimalsEach year hundreds of thousands of farmed animals are killed in the aftermath of extreme weather events. From heat to cold, hurricanes to flooding, storms, and wind, weather can be...
Depopulation of Farmed Animals
Farmed AnimalsEmergency events that impact animal agriculture operations can sometimes lead to the “depopulation” of entire herds or flocks of farmed animals. Depopulation involves the mass killing of animals in response...
Commonly Farmed Animals
Farmed AnimalsAWI works to influence policies and welfare standards that govern the way animals are treated during each phase of production. Welfare concerns vary based on species. Information about specific welfare...
Barn Fires
Farmed AnimalsBarn fires cause immense suffering, killing hundreds of thousands of farmed animals every year. Some farmed animals die almost immediately as fires burn through the barns, while others have to...
Animals on Factory Farms
Farmed AnimalsApproximately 80 billion animals (not including fish) are slaughtered globally each year in the meat, dairy, and egg industries, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations....
Take Action to End Mink Fur Farming
Farmed AnimalsA growing body of science indicates that mink on fur farms incubate respiratory diseases that can be passed to humans. The crowded conditions on fur farms, where wire cages are...
Farm System Reform Act
Farmed AnimalsThe Farm System Reform Act would help create a food system that is better for animals, farmers, communities, and the environment by phasing out large concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs)...