Program Term Archive
Farmed Animals
More than 860 Veterinarians, Students Call on AVMA to Discourage Cruel Killing Methods
Press ReleaseFebruary 6, 2025Farmed AnimalsHundreds of veterinarians and veterinary students from across the country are urging the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) to revise its guidelines regarding methods of killing farmed animals during emergencies....
Illinois Bill Would Require Disease Monitoring on Mink Farms to Safeguard Human Health
Press ReleaseFebruary 4, 2025Farmed Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends today’s filing of the Mink Facility Disease Prevention Act in Illinois, which would protect public health and human safety by requiring disease prevention and...
More Than 1.5 Million Farmed Animals Died in Barn Fires in 2024
Press ReleaseJanuary 9, 2025Farmed AnimalsMore than 1.5 million farmed animals perished in barn fires in 2024, accounting for 60% of the deaths reported in the last three years, according to an Animal Welfare Institute (AWI)...
Bird Flu Infects Humans and House Cats
Companion Animals, Farmed AnimalsFebruary will mark four years of the United States battling the most significant animal health emergency in the country’s history: the continued spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI, aka...
Buyer Beware: USDA’s New Meat Label Guidelines Are a Raw Deal
Farmed AnimalsIn a much-anticipated move, the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) released its updated Guideline on Substantiating Animal-Raising or Environment-Related Labeling Claims in late August. Last revised in...
FDA Foregoes Animal Welfare in Gene-Altering Guidance
Farmed AnimalsAWI recently submitted comments urging greater consideration of animal welfare in guidance documents issued by the Food and Drug Administration to developers of animals with intentional genomic alterations (IGAs). IGAs are changes...
Legislators Quell Cell-Cultivated Competition to Livestock
Farmed AnimalsIn May, Florida became the first US state to ban the sale and manufacture for sale of “cell-cultivated” meat (aka “lab-grown” meat; see AWI Quarterly, fall 2023). Shortly after, Alabama followed suit...
Octopus Farming’s Odious Outlook
Farmed Animals, Marine WildlifeThe unsustainability and cruelty involved in octopus farming prompted Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) to introduce the Opposing the Cultivation and Trade of Octopus Produced through Unethical...
US Egg Producers to Curb Chick Culling
Farmed AnimalsFor the first time, several major US egg producers have committed to using a new technology called “in-ovo sexing” that can determine the sex of chicken embryos before they hatch....
Global Students Get Vocal for Animals
Companion Animals, Equines, Farmed Animals, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeThe 2024 edition of the annual “A Voice for Animals” contest, sponsored by AWI, the Humane Education Network, and the Palo Alto Humane Society, once again provided a platform for...