Program Term Archive
Replacing Animals with Nonanimal Methods
AWI Supports Phasing Out Animal Use in Research and Testing, but Proper Planning is Essential to Protect Animals and Science
Press ReleaseMay 1, 2025Animals in LaboratoriesLast month, both the National Institutes of Health and the US Food and Drug Administration announced plans to phase out the use of animals in scientific research. The Animal Welfare...
Amid Legal Troubles, Monkey-Breeding Facility Backers Expand Operations
Press ReleaseMarch 3, 2025Animals in LaboratoriesThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is deeply concerned by the recent announcement that Safer Human Medicine (SHM)—the company behind a massive monkey-breeding facility planned in Georgia—has acquired a facility in Florida to hold non-human...
Big Money Talks in Fight to Save Endangered Monkeys from Extinction
Press ReleaseJune 5, 2024Animals in Laboratories, Endangered SpeciesThis month, a committee of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is scheduled to determine whether long-tailed macaques (LTMs) should continue to be classified as “endangered” on its...
While Primates Suffer, Research Labs Benefit from Paltry Fines, Lax USDA Oversight
Press ReleaseFebruary 2, 2024Animals in LaboratoriesNational Primate Research Centers (NPRCs) that experiment on nonhuman primates stand to gain an additional $30 million in taxpayer funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for fiscal year...
AWI Files Federal Complaint After Baylor’s Failure to Protect Rats in Undergraduate Course
Press ReleaseJune 27, 2023Animals in LaboratoriesThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) has filed a complaint with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), raising significant issues about Baylor University’s mistreatment of rats in an undergraduate Learning & Behavior Lab...