Program Term Archive
Farmed Animals
FDA Foregoes Animal Welfare in Gene-Altering Guidance
Farmed AnimalsAWI recently submitted comments urging greater consideration of animal welfare in guidance documents issued by the Food and Drug Administration to developers of animals with intentional genomic alterations (IGAs). IGAs are changes...
Legislators Quell Cell-Cultivated Competition to Livestock
Farmed AnimalsIn May, Florida became the first US state to ban the sale and manufacture for sale of “cell-cultivated” meat (aka “lab-grown” meat; see AWI Quarterly, fall 2023). Shortly after, Alabama followed suit...
Octopus Farming’s Odious Outlook
Farmed Animals, Marine WildlifeThe unsustainability and cruelty involved in octopus farming prompted Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) to introduce the Opposing the Cultivation and Trade of Octopus Produced through Unethical...
US Egg Producers to Curb Chick Culling
Farmed AnimalsFor the first time, several major US egg producers have committed to using a new technology called “in-ovo sexing” that can determine the sex of chicken embryos before they hatch....
Global Students Get Vocal for Animals
Companion Animals, Equines, Farmed Animals, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeThe 2024 edition of the annual “A Voice for Animals” contest, sponsored by AWI, the Humane Education Network, and the Palo Alto Humane Society, once again provided a platform for...
Lawmakers Urge Stronger Animal Protections
Farmed Animals, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeAWI rallied members of Congress to join letters to government agencies seeking greater animal protections. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) led a letter to the US...
Calling Out Cruelty: AWI Asks USDA to Help States Clamp Down on Animal Abuse in Slaughter Plants
Farmed AnimalsKicked, beaten, exposed to extreme temperatures and weather—all too often, animals in slaughter plants are severely mistreated before they are killed. In many cases, such incidents could be prosecuted under...
Export for Slaughter from Great Britain Banned
Farmed AnimalsFollowing decades of campaigning by animal protection organizations, a ban has been enacted on export of livestock for slaughter from Great Britain to destinations outside Great Britain, Northern Ireland, the...
Fire Code Adds Sprinkler Requirement for Larger Animal Operations
Farmed AnimalsThe National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Technical Committee on Animal Housing—the body that oversees development and revisions of the Fire and Life Safety in Animal Housing Facilities Code (NFPA 150)—has...
Hawai‘i Adopts Rules to Protect Animals at Sea
Farmed AnimalsIn Hawai‘i, regulations are now in place to protect cattle, sheep, goats, and other farmed animals transported via barge between the state’s islands. Governor Green signed off on the rules...