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Author Archives: Animal Welfare Institute

Report: JBS, Smithfield Worst Slaughter Plants in US

by Animal Welfare Institute April 29, 2020April 29, 2020

Washington, DC, April 29, 2020—Amid reports of COVID-19 outbreaks at the largest meat processors in the United States, a new analysis of government documents by the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) has found that, over a three-year span, JBS USA and Smithfield Foods had the worst animal welfare records among livestock slaughter plants. The Smithfield plant […]

AWI Releases State Scorecard on Animal Cruelty Reporting

by Animal Welfare Institute April 3, 2020April 3, 2020

Revised USDA Food Label Guidance Continues to Promote Consumer Deception

by Animal Welfare Institute December 30, 2019December 30, 2019

“Humanely Raised” Thanksgiving Turkey? USDA Ignores Deceptive Welfare Labels

by Animal Welfare Institute November 7, 2019

Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose BLM’s Risky Sterilization Experiments on Wild Horses

by Animal Welfare Institute October 15, 2019

New Documentary on Captive Orcas Exposes Brutal Ongoing Trade

by Animal Welfare Institute July 22, 2019

Worldwide Call for G20 ‘International Whaling Intervention’ as Summit Host Japan Launches New Whale Killing Program

by Animal Welfare Institute June 28, 2019

Legislators Decry Forest Service Plan to Condemn Wild Horses to Slaughter

by Animal Welfare Institute May 6, 2019

BLM Drops Wild Horse Sterilization Experiments, Plans to Return Some Horses & Burros to the Range

by Animal Welfare Institute February 19, 2019

Court of Appeals Upholds US Ban on Mexican Seafood Imports to Save Vaquita

by Animal Welfare Institute November 28, 2018

Canada Urged to Expand Fisheries Closures to Save North Atlantic Right Whale

by Animal Welfare Institute November 1, 2018

Animal Welfare Institute and Farm Sanctuary Sue USDA to Disclose Slaughterhouse Records

by Animal Welfare Institute August 23, 2018

Despite Overwhelming Support for Marine Mammal Protections, House to Vote on Bill to Expand Sea Lion Killings

by Animal Welfare Institute June 21, 2018

Continental Divide: Photo Exhibit Explores Border Wall’s Impact on Wildlife

by Animal Welfare Institute June 14, 2018

Cathy Liss: House Farm Bill Doesn’t Do Enough for Animals

by Animal Welfare Institute April 20, 2018

Animal protection coalition continues fight for animal welfare records to be restored online by USDA

by Animal Welfare Institute February 5, 2018

U.S. House Leaders Introduce Federal Legislation to Prohibit Slaughter of American Horses

by Animal Welfare Institute January 12, 2017

NMFS’ Designation of Russian Beluga Whales as Depleted Makes Their Import into US Illegal

by Animal Welfare Institute October 27, 2016

Blumenauer Bill to Protect Animals from Cruel Traps, Reform USDA’s Wildlife Services Program

by Animal Welfare Institute September 8, 2016

California Legislature Approves Historic Legislation to End Orca Captivity

by Animal Welfare Institute August 26, 2016

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