Program Term Archive
Farmed Animals
History of AWI’s Farmed Animal Standards
Farmed AnimalsPromoting high-welfare, animal-sensitive standards of animal husbandry in farming is a major objective of the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI).
What You Can Do for Farmed Animals
Farmed AnimalsEat Less or No Meat, Dairy, and Eggs About 10 billion land animals are slaughtered for food in the United States each year. The average person in America consumes significantly...
Food Security and Farm Protection Act / Save Our Bacon Act
Farmed AnimalsThe dangerous and extremely controversial EATS Act was reintroduced in Congress as the Food Security and Farm Protection Act (S. 1326). Now, a similar bill, the so-called Save Our Bacon...
Farmed Animal Anti-Confinement Legislation
Farmed AnimalsMillions of pigs, calves, and chickens are forced to spend their lives confined in spaces so small they can’t even turn around. Gestation crates, veal crates, and battery cages prevent...
Farmed Animal Law and Policy Interns
Farmed AnimalsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) works to reduce animal suffering and promote the welfare of all animals, including animals in agriculture. As a part of our mission, we promote humane...
Long-Distance Transport of Young Dairy Calves
Farmed AnimalsIn the US dairy industry, young calves are often transported soon after birth. A portion of the female calves (referred to as “replacement heifers”) are often reared off site by...
Octopus Farming
Farmed AnimalsOctopuses inspire awe, wonder, and fascination. They are well-known for their creativity, intelligence, and curiosity. There is ample scientific evidence of their capacity to feel physical pain and experience distress....
Fish Farming
Farmed AnimalsFish farming involves the rapidly expanding global practice of raising aquatic species to meet growing food demand. The majority of these have no protection under national animal welfare laws, and...
Mink Farming
Farmed AnimalsMink fur farming inflicts severe suffering on animals while creating dangerous conditions for the emergence and spread of infectious diseases, including mutated forms of COVID‑19 and avian flu. As other...
Extreme Weather
Farmed AnimalsEach year hundreds of thousands of farmed animals are killed in the aftermath of extreme weather events. From heat to cold, hurricanes to flooding, storms, and wind, weather can be...