Archive: Farmed Animals
AWI Statement: Iowa Gov. Reynolds Should Veto Legislation that Harms Business Owners, Egg-Laying Hens
The Iowa State Senate has now passed HF 2408, a bill that would force grocery stores to sell eggs from...
AWI Statement: USDA Withdrawal of Organic Rule Leaves Millions of Farm Animals Vulnerable
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) finalized plans this week to withdraw the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices rule. The...
AWI Joins Lawsuit to Force USDA to Implement Organic Animal Welfare Rule
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) today joined the Organic Trade Association (OTA) in a lawsuit against the US Department of...
House Farm Bill Draft Offers Good and Bad News for Animal Welfare
A mammoth 640-plus-page farm bill draft (H.R. 2) was released yesterday and is scheduled for committee action next week. According...
AWI Statement: House Farm Bill Doesn’t Do Enough for Animals
The House Agriculture Committee yesterday reported out its version of the 2018 farm bill (H.R. 2), legislation Congress must pass...
Proposed Amendments Threaten to Make a Bad Farm Bill Even Worse for Animals
This was updated on May 15, 2018 to reflect additional amendments that were submitted. Washington, DC—Today we learned the extent...
Animal Welfare Institute Praises House Defeat of Farm Bill
The Animal Welfare Institute is grateful that a massive farm bill loaded with provisions that would have reversed gains in...
AWI Statement on Legislative Attempts to Modify Commercial Trucking Requirements
During this session of Congress, numerous measures have been introduced to modify Department of Transportation (DOT) commercial truck driver requirements....
Animal Welfare Institute, Other Groups Urge Florida Governor to Reassign Raccoon Drowning Case
In a letter sent Monday to Florida Gov. Rick Scott regarding the Ocala teacher accused of drowning animals in front of his...
AWI Outlines Farm Bill Priorities as Congress Begins Deliberations
The conference between the US House of Representatives and Senate to work out their differences on the Farm Bill (H.R....
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New Poll: Consumers Overwhelmingly Support Meaningful Standards for “Humanely Raised” Food Label
In Program: Farmed AnimalsEighty-eight percent of American consumers believe that claims such as “humanely raised” or “sustainably farmed” on meat and poultry products should be based on meaningful,...
New Research: USDA Fails to Pursue Prosecutions of Slaughter Plants, Despite Repeat Violations
In Program: Farmed AnimalsRepeat violators of the federal Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (HMSA) continue to escape meaningful enforcement by the US Department of Agriculture, resulting in continued...
AWI Scholarship Winners Campaign for a Better World for Animals
In Program: Animals in Laboratories, Farmed AnimalsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) announced today the 12 winners of a scholarship designed to invest in future leaders who seek to improve the lives...
Mink Legislation Reintroduced to Protect Public Health and Compensate Farmers
In Program: Farmed Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeUS Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) has reintroduced the Mink: Vectors for Infection Risk in the United States Act (Mink VIRUS Act), bipartisan legislation endorsed by...