The
Animal Welfare Approved website is under construction. If
you have any questions that are not answered by the information
on our current website, please contact our staff at (703)
836-4300 or email us at
animalwelfareapproved@awionline.org.
The Animal Welfare Approved standards prohibit cruel
conditions and practices that other labels allow. The animals
breathe fresh, clean air, instead of fumes from their own waste
and grow naturally without pain and deformities caused by
unnatural breeding for fast growth.
Only family farms can earn our seal. Families who own, labor on
and earn a meaningful livelihood from their farms have a true
commitment and connection to their animals that is lost on
factory farms managed by distant, corporate owners and run by
hired hands. Furthermore, unlike other labeling programs,
Animal Welfare Approved requires farmers to raise all
animals of an approved species according to high welfare
standards.
Animal Welfare Approved also
prohibits the liquefaction of manure to help ensure that animals
breathe fresh, clean air, instead of fumes from their own
gaseous waste, to prevent pollution of wildlife habitat from
leakage and spills of liquefied manure and to reduce unnecessary
consumption of a most precious natural resource, water.
Reviewed by veterinarians, farmers and scientific experts in
animal behavior and rooted in the Animal Welfare Institute's
55-year track record of reducing the pain and fear inflicted on
animals, the Animal Welfare Approved standards give
careful thought to the needs of animals.
While many specialty product labels are
created with the economic interests of agribusiness in mind, the
Animal Welfare Approved seal is a non-profit endorsement
that prioritizes the well-being of animals and the
sustainability of humane, independent family farms. Furthermore,
in order to maintain independence there are no fees or royalties
for participating in the Animal Welfare Approved program.
Advisors and auditors are provided by Animal Welfare Approved,
free of charge. The only requirement is upholding the high
standards set by the Animal Welfare Approved program.
Please check back often for
the debut of
www.AnimalWelfareApproved.org,
the new website for the Animal Welfare Institute's Animal Welfare
Approved standards program. In the meantime, please take a look at
the standards we currently feature online by clicking
here and the information below.
AWI Job
Opening:
The Animal Welfare Institute seeks
a Media Relations and Communications Coordinator
for its Animal Welfare Approved Program
Animal Welfare Approved Surpasses Other Seals; First Humane Program
to Champion Family Farms and Repudiate Double Standards in Other
Labeling Programs