Program Term Archive
Farmed Animals
AWI Analysis Finds Weak Enforcement of State Farm Animal Welfare Laws
Farmed AnimalsNo single federal law explicitly addresses the treatment of animals raised for human consumption on farms in the United States. Due to growing public concern, many states have taken action...
Faux Meat Finds Fertile Ground
Farmed AnimalsThe link between animal agriculture and greenhouse gas emissions is increasingly a key focus of the debate over how to reduce global warming. An August 2019 report by the United...
Fish Hatchery Investigation Reveals Cruelty
Farmed Animals, Marine WildlifeAn investigation into a Maine salmon hatchery owned and operated by one of the largest seafood companies in the world, Cooke Aquaculture, has provided a behind-the-scenes look into the horrors...
New Swine Inspection System Sparks Controversy
Farmed AnimalsThe US Department of Agriculture has declined to grant AWI’s petition asking the department to end the cruel practice of slaughtering nonambulatory disabled pigs. The USDA decided that its current...
Pig Flu in China Prompts Welfare Improvement in US
Farmed AnimalsOpportunities for US producers to export pork have skyrocketed recently following a massive outbreak of African swine fever in China, responsible for killing up to half the country’s 400 million...
“Humanely Raised” Thanksgiving Turkey? USDA Ignores Deceptive Welfare Labels
Press ReleaseNovember 6, 2019Farmed AnimalsAs families across the country begin planning their Thanksgiving feasts, consumers interested in purchasing higher-welfare or sustainably raised turkeys will be confronted with a slew of misleading labels sanctioned by...
AWI Works to End Deceptive Label Practices
Farmed AnimalsAs interest in farm animal welfare and environmental sustainability increases, more and more producers of meat, poultry, dairy, and egg products seek to assure potential customers—via claims on food packaging—that their animals...
Coastal Cage Free Victories
Farmed AnimalsOregon and Washington recently joined California in passing laws to ban the use of cruel battery cages to confine egg-laying hens. Twenty million hens in these three states, as a...
Inexcusable Animal Suffering at USDA’s Marc… Again
Farmed AnimalsAn inspection report from August 6 for the US Meat Animal Research Center (MARC) documents extreme neglect of animals, including “repeated failures” to follow veterinarian instructions. Underfed ewes deteriorated so...
Investigations Reveal Abuse at US Dairies
Farmed AnimalsRecent undercover investigations conducted by animal welfare organizations at Indiana, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, and Texas dairies have revealed horrendous conditions for cows on these farms. The investigations reveal extreme abuse, inhumane...