Program Term Archive
Animals on Factory Farms
More Than 1.5 Million Farmed Animals Died in Barn Fires in 2024
Press ReleaseJanuary 9, 2025Farmed AnimalsMore than 1.5 million farmed animals perished in barn fires in 2024, accounting for 60% of the deaths reported in the last three years, according to an Animal Welfare Institute (AWI)...
Pork Industry’s Challenge to Sprinkler Requirement Fails
Press ReleaseSeptember 18, 2024Farmed AnimalsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is pleased that the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standards Council has rejected an appeal filed by the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and other national animal...
Congress Urged Not to Use Taxpayer Money to Prop Up Dangerous Mink Farms
Press ReleaseJuly 25, 2024Farmed Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeToday, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), joined by 46 public health scientists, veterinarians, animal welfare and conservation organizations, and other experts in their respective fields, delivered a letter to leaders of the Agriculture...
New Research: Weak Enforcement of State Farmed Animal Welfare Laws Continues
Press ReleaseJuly 2, 2024Farmed AnimalsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) released a new report today that documents how state-level farmed animal welfare laws continue to be minimally enforced, even though such laws could substantially improve the lives...
Illinois Bill Would End Mink Farming to Safeguard Human Health
Press ReleaseFebruary 6, 2024Farmed AnimalsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends today’s filing of the Mink Facility Disease Prevention Act, which would end mink farming in Illinois to protect human health. Sponsored by State Senate...
Gov. Kotek Called on to Address Growing Disease Risks on Mink Farms
Press ReleaseFebruary 1, 2024Farmed AnimalsWildlife-advocacy and animal-protection groups sent an urgent letter today calling on Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and state officials to address mink fur farms’ escalating threats to public health and wildlife. The groups are...
Nearly Half a Million Animals Killed in Barn Fires in 2023
Press ReleaseDecember 18, 2023Farmed AnimalsMore than 468,000 farmed animals have been killed in barn fires so far this year, according to an Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) analysis of media reports released today. The release comes just...
As Bird Flu Infections Persist, Producers Must Develop Emergency Plans to Minimize Animal Suffering
Press ReleaseJune 15, 2023Farmed AnimalsToday, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) petitioned the US Department of Agriculture to change its animal disease regulations to require that producers have in place audited emergency response plans, including strategies to...
Legislation Introduced to Phase Out Dangerous Mink Farms, Reimburse Farmers
Press ReleaseJune 6, 2023Farmed AnimalsUS Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) has introduced legislation to phase out US mink farms within one year and establish a grant program to reimburse farmers for the full value of...