Program Term Archive
Farmed Animals
Lawmakers Urge Stronger Animal Protections
Farmed Animals, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeAWI rallied members of Congress to join letters to government agencies seeking greater animal protections. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) led a letter to the US...
Calling Out Cruelty: AWI Asks USDA to Help States Clamp Down on Animal Abuse in Slaughter Plants
Farmed AnimalsKicked, beaten, exposed to extreme temperatures and weather—all too often, animals in slaughter plants are severely mistreated before they are killed. In many cases, such incidents could be prosecuted under...
Export for Slaughter from Great Britain Banned
Farmed AnimalsFollowing decades of campaigning by animal protection organizations, a ban has been enacted on export of livestock for slaughter from Great Britain to destinations outside Great Britain, Northern Ireland, the...
Fire Code Adds Sprinkler Requirement for Larger Animal Operations
Farmed AnimalsThe National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Technical Committee on Animal Housing—the body that oversees development and revisions of the Fire and Life Safety in Animal Housing Facilities Code (NFPA 150)—has...
Hawai‘i Adopts Rules to Protect Animals at Sea
Farmed AnimalsIn Hawai‘i, regulations are now in place to protect cattle, sheep, goats, and other farmed animals transported via barge between the state’s islands. Governor Green signed off on the rules...
Animal Welfare in Upcoming Appropriations
Equines, Farmed AnimalsSpending bills for the 2025 fiscal year are shaping up in Congress, and AWI is working to ensure animal welfare measures are included. The Senate Agriculture Appropriations report includes first-of-its-kind...
Humane Transport of Farmed Animals Act Introduced
Farmed AnimalsIn June, Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV) introduced the Humane Transport of Farmed Animals Act (HR 8699) to improve conditions for livestock transported across the United States. The bill would prohibit...
AVMA Should Aver: Cramped Crates No Place for Pregnant Pigs
Farmed AnimalsThe American Veterinary Medical Association develops and endorses dozens of policies on a range of issues, including several that relate to farmed animals. These policies are important because, in addition...
Pork Industry’s Challenge to Sprinkler Requirement Fails
Press ReleaseSeptember 18, 2024Farmed AnimalsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is pleased that the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standards Council has rejected an appeal filed by the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and other national animal...
USDA’s Revised Food Label Guidelines Insufficient to Protect Consumers, Animals
Press ReleaseAugust 29, 2024Farmed AnimalsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is extremely disappointed by the revised meat and poultry guidelines released yesterday by the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). Although the USDA...