Archive: Government/Legal
Fed Bill Aims to Force-Feed States with Factory Farm Products
As Iowa state lawmakers seek to shut down scrutiny of the state’s abundant factory farms, one of their US senators is...
Georgia Joins List of States that Include Pets in Protection Orders
In surveys of domestic violence survivors, as many as 48 percent have indicated that they delayed leaving a dangerous situation...
Another OSHA Fine Spotlights SeaWorld Safety Issues
A SeaWorld Orlando trainer was injured while handling an orca in the park’s medical pool in September 2024. The injury...
Rising Tide of US Opposition to Octopus Farming
Efforts to protect octopuses from commercial farming continue, with legislation proposed this year in several states to prohibit octopus farming...
Torching Local Efforts to Prevent Barn Fires
AWI has reported extensively on barn fires, which subject hundreds of thousands of animals to horrific deaths each year. To...
Stifling Scrutiny to Stymie Reforms
States have repeatedly passed laws that seek to criminalize undercover investigations of abuse and other animal welfare issues on factory...
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...
Latest AWI Quarterly Articles on Animals in Laboratories
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New Poll: Consumers Overwhelmingly Support Meaningful Standards for “Humanely Raised” Food Label
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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
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