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Farmed Animals
Cattle deaths lead US groups to demand suspension of livestock trade between Russian Federation and the United States
Press ReleaseSeptember 19, 2012Farmed AnimalsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) are urging the Russian Federation to suspend imports of cattle by sea from the United States. This request from...
New Consumer Guide Deciphers Food Labels
Press ReleaseAugust 14, 2012Farmed AnimalsMany food labels are confusing—and some downright misleading—especially with regard to animal welfare claims. To help navigate the confusion, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) has released A Consumer’s Guide to Food...
Animal Welfare Groups Demand Action After 400 Pregnant Cattle from US Die en Route to Russia
Press ReleaseAugust 9, 2012Farmed AnimalsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and Compassion in World Farming are calling on the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to take immediate action following reports that 400 pregnant cattle among...
Animal Protection Organizations Host Congressional Briefing on Animal Welfare and Use of Antibiotics in Livestock Production
Press ReleaseJuly 23, 2012Farmed AnimalsA briefing for Members of Congress and their staff on the need to pass the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA), hosted by the Animal Welfare Institute, the...
From Carolina to the Catskills, AWA Pig Farmers find Greener Pastures
Farmed AnimalsRaising pigs according to the industrial farming model is a study in homogeny. In industry parlance, “quality control” means having all the same pigs fed all the same food while...
Humanewashed: USDA Program Misleads Consumers About Farm Animal Welfare
Farmed AnimalsAmericans tuning in to ABC Nightly News one evening last fall were likely shocked by video footage of the inhumane treatment of laying hens at several facilities owned by egg...
Ocean State Acts to Protect Farm Animals
Farmed AnimalsRhode Island is the latest state to ban the use of intensive confinement crates to house calves raised for veal and breeding (or “gestating”) sows, bringing the total number of...
US Organic Standards: Slow Progress on Animal Welfare
Farmed AnimalsWhen the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) published the country’s first national standards for organic production and established the National Organic Program (NOP) in 2000, provisions dealing with the treatment of...
Animal Torture in Military Training Exercises
Farmed Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeEvery year, more than 10,000 animals are shot, stabbed, mutilated, and killed in military training exercises that purportedly prepare soldiers for treating trauma on the battlefield. Although more advanced military...
USDA Helps Industrial Farms Claim Humane and Con Consumers
Press ReleaseMay 16, 2012Farmed AnimalsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) today requested a USDA Inspector General audit of the USDA Process Verified Program, which certifies some products as “humanely raised” when in fact they come...