Farm Animals

Description of actions people can take to improve the lives of farm animals, including how to shop for higher welfare...

Concise guide to help consumers understand the animal welfare implications of food label claims and certifications applied to dairy, egg,...

Examination of barn fires and associated farm animal deaths in the United States. Presents findings from five years of compiled...

Comprehensive analysis of the level of enforcement of humane slaughter laws from 2002–2007 at state, federal and foreign slaughterhouses, 2008,...

Compilation of AWI Quarterly articles showing intensive rearing of calves, sows and hens and practical alternative methods, Volume I, 1987,...

Description of the inhumane conventional industry practices endured by animals raised for human consumption.

Analysis of federal and state enforcement of humane slaughter laws, from 2010-2015; follow-up to AWI’s 2010 Humane Slaughter Update, 2017,...

Findings of a survey of state and federal humane slaughter enforcement conducted as a follow-up to Crimes Without Consequences, 2010,...

Examination of how the Process Verified Program allows conventional producers to imply that the USDA has verified their farm animal...

Summary of an investigation by AWI that shows how USDA is failing to provide oversight and require verification for “humane”...

Investigation into America’s slaughterhouses and the human and animal suffering that occurs within; by Gail A. Eisnitz (Prometheus Books, 1997),...

Presents scientific evidence of the connection between the health and welfare of farm animals, and describes the recognition of this...

Examination of how the USDA has failed to prevent cruelty to birds during the slaughter process in the United States;...

Follow-up to AWI’s original poultry slaughter report; covers the period 2015-2016, 2017, 10 pages.

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