Farmed Animals

Stay Savvy on Animal Welfare Food Label Claims with AWI’s Updated Guide

AWI recently released new and improved versions of A Consumer’s Guide to Food Labels and Animal Welfare to help compassionate consumers purchase more humane food options. This guide includes definitions, and the...

NFPA Eyes Next Version of Animal Housing Fire Code

This fall, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Technical Committee on Animal Housing held a “First Draft Meeting” to launch the next revision cycle for NFPA 150, Fire and Life Safety...

Farmers Flock to DC to Defend Animal Welfare Laws

In October, AWI assisted with a fly-in that brought over 200 farmers to Capitol Hill to meet with congressional offices in support of California’s Proposition 12, which sets minimum space...

Massachusetts Farmed Animal Protections Upheld

In a major victory for farmed animal welfare, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held in early October that Massachusetts’s Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act (aka...

AVMA Shifts Policy on Housing of Mother Pigs

As reported in the fall 2024 AWI Quarterly, AWI submitted comments to the Animal Welfare Committee of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) regarding its policy on pregnant sow housing. Dr. Gwendy Reyes-Illg, veterinary...

Act Now to Prevent Inhumane Octopus Farms in New York 

Thirty years of rigorous scientific research has shown octopuses to be highly intelligent and sentient beings. However, efforts to develop intensive commercial octopus farming overseas threaten to subject these animals...

Act Now to Protect State Laws Benefiting Farmed Animals 

In response to a growing number of state laws requiring improved housing conditions for farmed animals, two controversial bills have been introduced in Congress: the Food Security and Farm Protection...

Tell the USDA to Stop Incentivizing Heatstroke to Kill Farmed Animals 

Since early 2022, more than 186 million chickens, turkeys, and other farmed birds have been “depopulated” (killed en masse and disposed of) due to detection on farms of highly pathogenic...

Barn Fire Statistics By Year

Anti-whistleblower (“Ag-Gag”) Legislation

Undercover investigations by animal advocates are a critical tool in exposing the cruel realities of factory farming. However, instead of passing laws to ensure farmed animals are protected from abuse...