Program Term Archive
Farmed Animals
COVID-19 Mink Variant Infecting Humans
Farmed Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has now confirmed four cases of humans infected with a variant of the coronavirus originating in farmed mink during an outbreak in Eaton...
The Meat Paradox
Farmed AnimalsAs Rob Percival, author of The Meat Paradox: Eating, Empathy, and the Future of Meat, recounts, an Inuit shaman stated a century ago that “the greatest peril in life lies in...
Avian Flu Outbreak Illustrates How Factory Farming Threatens Animal Welfare and Public Health
Press ReleaseMay 26, 2022Farmed AnimalsThe deadliest avian influenza outbreak in seven years has already claimed the lives of an estimated 38 million domestic birds, mostly through “depopulations” at infected, crowded industrial poultry farms. Faced...
AWI Challenges AVMA to Improve Farm Animals Policies
Farmed AnimalsEarlier this year, AWI sent letters to the American Veterinary Medical Association regarding three of its policies open to comment. Specifically, we submitted comments requesting that the AVMA improve its...
AWI Requests Enforcement of Neglected Animal Transport Law
Farmed AnimalsThis February, AWI and Animal Outlook (formerly Compassion Over Killing) submitted a request for enforcement of the Twenty-Eight Hour Law to the Department of Justice. The Twenty-Eight Hour Law generally...
Congress Requests Briefing on Bird Mistreatment at Slaughter
Farmed AnimalsAfter years of monitoring records generated by US Department of Agriculture inspectors that document horrific mistreatment of birds inside poultry slaughter plants, AWI is lobbying Congress to require increased oversight...
Hawaii Animal Transport Standards Developed, but Severely Lacking
Farmed AnimalsAfter a delay (extended by COVID-19), the Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA) has finally proposed regulations to protect animals transported between the Hawaiian Islands. While the draft regulations are a...
Hundreds of Thousands of Animals Perished in Barn Fires Last Year
Farmed AnimalsIn early January, AWI once again reported on the number of animals killed in barn fires across the United States for the preceding year. In 2021, more than 681,000 farm...
Infectious Bird Flu Returns
Farmed AnimalsHighly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) last struck the poultry industry in the United States in 2015, when 48 million backyard and commercial birds were confirmed infected. The US Department of...
AWI Joins Veterinarians in Urging AVMA to Stop Endorsing Inhumane Killing Methods
Press ReleaseJanuary 6, 2022Farmed AnimalsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is supporting thousands of veterinary professionals in their recent request to the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) that the association revise its guidelines to no...