Highlights from Recipients of AWI Implementing Refinement Grants

Refined Mouse Handling The objective of this project was to introduce tunnel handling—a non-aversive alternative to tail handling—to mice during...

CEQ Guts NEPA by Rescinding Regulations

In April, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)— an arm of the White House that coordinates federal environmental activities and...

AWI Report: Absence of Enforcement is Compounding the Cruelty at American Slaughter Plants

Scientists and philosophers call it the “meat paradox”—a type of cognitive dissonance that can occur among people who want to...

Animal Experimentation Under the Trump Administration: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly

The good: Plans to reduce animal experimentation On April 10, the US Food and Drug Administration announced it would phase...

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Published: October 8, 2025

New Analysis: Animal Welfare Act Enforcement Deteriorates Following SCOTUS Ruling

In Program: Animals in Laboratories

The US Department of Agriculture, long known for its lackluster enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), appears in recent years to have drifted even...

Published: June 18, 2025

AWI Statement on Trump Administration’s Plan to Reduce Animal Experimentation Amid Attack on Science

In Program: Animals in Laboratories

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) applauds recent announcements by the National Institutes of Health and the US Food and Drug Administration about their plans to reduce the use of...

Published: May 9, 2025

AWI Scholarship Winners Campaign for a Better World for Animals

In Program: Animals in Laboratories, Farmed Animals

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) announced today the 12 winners of a scholarship designed to invest in future leaders who seek to improve the lives...

Published: May 1, 2025

AWI Supports Phasing Out Animal Use in Research and Testing, but Proper Planning is Essential to Protect Animals and Science

In Program: Animals in Laboratories

Last month, both the National Institutes of Health and the US Food and Drug Administration announced plans to phase out the use of animals in...