Resource Term Archive

Report

Canapés to Extinction

Terrestrial Wildlife

First comprehensive study of the frog leg market, revealing an industry that is systematically devastating frog populations throughout the world; by Pro Wildlife, Defenders of Wildlife, and Animal Welfare Institute.

CITES and Climate Change: A Need for Integration

Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial Wildlife

Report on how climate change should affect decision-making under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; by the International Environmental Law Project, Animal Welfare...

Custom-Exempt Slaughter: A License to Neglect and Abuse Farm Animals

Farmed Animals

An AWI review of the expanding practice of custom-exempt slaughter and its impact on the treatment of animals at slaughter; 2023; 8 pages.

Deceptive Consumer Labels

Farmed Animals

The third edition of AWI’s report on the USDA’s oversight of “humane” and “sustainable” claims on meat product labels. Includes a review of nearly 100 specific product labels.

Enforcement of State Farmed Animal Welfare Laws

Farmed Animals

In 2023, AWI requested records from every state with specific on-farm animal protection laws or regulations to determine whether and to what extent they were being enforced. This report describes...

USDA Gives Producers Free Rein Over “Free Range” Product Labels

Farmed Animals

Summary of an investigation by AWI that shows how USDA inadequately defines and approves “free range” (and equivalent) claims for chicken and turkey products.

Frozen in Time: How Modern Norway Clings to Its Whaling Past

Marine Wildlife

Details Norway’s commercial whaling, how the country undermines the International Whaling Commission ban on commercial whaling, exposes the growth of Norway’s overseas trade in whale products. These shipments—some of which...