Program Term Archive
Farmed Animals
Help Protect Vulnerable Farmed Animals During Transport!
Farmed AnimalsEach year, millions of farmed animals are subjected to long, grueling journeys across the US. Their only source of federal protection from stress and suffering on these trips is the...
Humane Methods of Slaughter Act
Farmed AnimalsThe federal Humane Methods of Slaughter Act was signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on August 27, 1958. It was expanded in 1978 and 2002.
Farm System Reform Act
Farmed AnimalsThe Farm System Reform Act would help create a food system that is better for animals, farmers, communities, and the environment by phasing out large concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs)...
Emergency and Disaster Preparedness for Farm Animals Act
Farmed AnimalsThe Emergency and Disaster Preparedness for Farm Animals Act would require farmers and ranchers to have and implement a preexisting disaster preparedness plan in order to receive federal assistance for...
Administration Takes Aim at California Animal Welfare Law
Farmed AnimalsThe Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the state of California in July, alleging that a combination of its “voter initiatives, legislative enactments, and regulations” have contributed to higher...
Egg Producer Loses 6 Million Hens to Bird Flu
Farmed AnimalsIn May, Hickman’s Family Farms—a major US egg company—announced the loss of a staggering 95 percent of its chicken flock after highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu) swept through several...
Federal Protection of Animals in Transport Goes off the Rails
Farmed AnimalsEvery year, hundreds of millions of farmed animals are shipped across the United States to breeding, feeding, and slaughter facilities—transport that represents one of the most stressful experiences in a...
Fending Off Octopus and Marine Fish Factory Farms
Farmed Animals, Marine WildlifeA pair of bipartisan bills currently before Congress would protect octopuses, finfish, and marine ecosystems from the animal welfare and environmental ills of marine factory farms in the United States....
Lax Label Claim Oversight Undermines Consumer Expectations
Farmed AnimalsAWI has commissioned several surveys over the past 15 years regarding consumer attitudes about animal-raising claims on meat and poultry packaging. In most, including the most recent survey conducted earlier this year,...
Securing Funding for Animal Welfare Priorities
Companion Animals, Equines, Farmed AnimalsIn encouraging news, both Senate and House fiscal year 2026 Agriculture Appropriations bills winding their way through Congress contain provisions that continue to bar horse slaughter operations in the United...