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Farmed Animals
Factory Farming: The Experiment that Failed (Volume I)
Farmed AnimalsCompilation of AWI Quarterly articles showing intensive rearing of calves, sows and hens and practical alternative methods, 1987, 98 pages.
Farm Bill Passes House in a Missed Opportunity to Help Animals
Press ReleaseApril 30, 2026Animals in Laboratories, Companion Animals, Equines, Farmed AnimalsToday, the House of Representatives voted 224-200 to pass the Farm Bill—the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (H.R. 7567). In addition to continuing to utilize taxpayer dollars...
House Ag Committee Advances Farm Bill: Companion Animals Fare Better than Horses and Farmed Animals
Press ReleaseMarch 6, 2026Companion Animals, Equines, Farmed AnimalsThis week, following deliberations over the course of two days, the House Committee on Agriculture voted to advance its version of the Farm Bill—H.R. 7567, the Farm, Food, and National...
Colorado Bill Would Phase Out Heatstroke as a Poultry Depopulation Method
Press ReleaseFebruary 25, 2026Farmed AnimalsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) welcomes yesterday’s introduction of the Modernizing Depopulation Act in the Colorado General Assembly. The bill would establish Colorado as the first state to phase out...
Act Now to Prevent Inhumane Octopus Farms in the United States
Farmed Animals, Marine WildlifeGrowing interest in commercial octopus farming threatens to subject these cognitively complex, sentient animals to inhumane conditions and prolonged suffering. To prevent this unsustainable and cruel practice from expanding, Sens....
Twenty-Eight Hour Law
Farmed AnimalsThe very first federal animal protection statute—the Twenty-Eight Hour Law—was passed on March 3, 1873, to safeguard farmed animals from excessive suffering during long-distance transport. In its current form, the law...
Illinois Bill Introduced to Protect Public Health from Disease Risks on Fur Farms
Press ReleaseFebruary 3, 2026Farmed AnimalsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) lauds today’s filing of the Finding Urgent Relief from Vectors for Infection Risk and Unchecked Spillover (FUR VIRUS) Act in Illinois, which would implement crucial...
Farmed Animal Legal Protections
Farmed AnimalsAWI prepares reports on the history and current status of laws that affect the welfare of farm animals. The content of each paper is kept updated, and all of the...
Farmed Animal Fact Sheets
Farmed AnimalsThe 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...
Titus Bill Takes Aim at Inhumane Transport
Farmed AnimalsIn 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...