Program Term Archive
Farmed Animals
Government Panel’s Review Underscores Severe Problems at USDA Meat Animal Research Center
Press ReleaseMarch 13, 2015Animals in Laboratories, Farmed AnimalsThis week, the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal Handling and Welfare Review Panel, established in response to the New York Times’ shocking exposé of animal cruelty at the department’s Meat Animal...
Animal Cruelty Charges Dropped Against Animal Advocate
Farmed AnimalsAn undercover investigator, Taylor Radig, put herself at significant personal risk in order to expose animal cruelty at the Quanah Cattle Company, a calf-raising facility in Kersey, Colorado. The investigator...
AWI Grants Support Better Care of Animals on the Farm
Farmed AnimalsAWI’s Good Husbandry Grants—administered through AWI’s Animal Welfare Approved (AWA) farm certification program—were initiated in 2008 to support individual projects on farms and ranches across North America that have a...
FDA Takes Soft Approach Against Deadly Superbugs
Farmed AnimalsThe Food and Drug Administration claims to want to reduce non-therapeutic use of antibiotics in animal agriculture. Currently, farmed animals are administered antibiotics through feed or drinking water to make...
Hallmark/Westland Settlement: A Win for Animals
Farmed AnimalsIn 2008 an undercover investigation showing heinous animal cruelty led to the largest beef recall in US history. The meat recalled came from Westland/Hallmark Meat Packing Co. in Chino, California....
Three Out of Four Arsenic-Based Drugs Are Shelved
Farmed AnimalsApproval is being rescinded for three of four arsenic-based drugs that had been used in animal feed. Of the 101 drug products derived from these four drugs, 98 will have...
UK Beak Trimming Ban in Jeopardy
Farmed AnimalsAn outbreak of aggressive feather pecking and cannibalism in a flock of laying hens involved in a government-backed trial could derail plans to ban beak trimming in the UK as...
Working to Make Slaughter More Humane for Poultry
Farmed AnimalsAWI and Farm Sanctuary, working with the Animal Law Clinic at Lewis & Clark Law School, have petitioned the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to develop regulations governing the handling of...
Animal Welfare Institute Requests Revision of National Cattleman’s Beef Association Standards
Press ReleaseOctober 16, 2014Farmed AnimalsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) announced today that it has sent a written appeal to the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), criticizing and requesting revision of the trade association’s guidelines for the...
AWI Issues New Report on the State of Legal Protections for Farm Animals
Farmed AnimalsIt should be a given that farm animals are protected from cruelty and needless suffering; from being warehoused in cramped, dark living spaces devoid of stimulation or even the ability...