Farm Animal Issues
General:
 
bullet Avian Flu - learn more about this growing concern from WSPA.  AWI is a member of this international organization.
bullet Animal Welfare Institute and Humane Farming Association release new video footage entitled "Scenes from USDA Inspected Slaughterhouses"  To view video click here.
bullet Animals as Units of Production
bullet Animal Advocates Urge Ireland to End Cruel Animal Transport
bullet A Call for Strong Enforcement of the Federal Humane Slaughter Act
bullet Public Interest Groups Denounce Giant Food’s Decision to Sell Irradiated Meat : Full Release from Public Citizen's Website
bullet Statement given by Wendy Swann of AWI at press conference
bullet Smithfield's Invasion of Poland by Robert Kennedy Jr and Tracey Worcester, The Ecologist
bullet Resolution adopted at the October 1998 USAHA Meeting
bullet Sweeping Changes or Sweeping Under the Rug?
bullet Is the Public Ready to Roast the Meat Industry?
bullet Do Animal Protection Laws Dupe the Public?
bullet Animal Health and Welfare by Marlene Halverson
bullet HFA Petition for Enforcement of Nebraska Animal Cruelty Statutes at HKY, Inc. Hog Operation - Wausa, Knox County, Nebraska - http://www.hfa.org/campaigns/hky_pet.pdf
bullet HFA Petition for Enforcement of South Dakota Animal Cruelty Laws at Sun Prairie Confinement Hog Factory - Rosebud Sioux Reservation- http://www.hfa.org/campaigns/rosebudhogs.pdf
bullet AWI comments on FMI-NCCR Animal Welfare Program, June 2002 Report

Cattle:

bullet Birth Intervals in Cattle Raised for Meat: Belief and Fact
bullet Farm Sanctuary: An Escape from "Agribusiness Nightmare"
bullet USDA's Ban on Face Branding
bullet A Cow Who Took Matters into Her Own Hooves

Dairy Cattle:

bullet rBGH Ruled Unsafe for Canadian and European People and Cows
bullet EU Bans Sub-therapeutic Use of Drugs
bullet The Dairy Debate: Bovine Growth Hormone
bullet Biotech Advances Doom Dairy Cows
bullet Tail Docking Dairy Cattle - Marlene Halverson, Farm Animal Economic Advisor

Hens:

bullet Confinement of Hens in Battery Cages Ruled Cruel

Hogs:

bullet Animal Welfare Institute Husbandry Standards for Pigs
bullet U.S. Pork Producer Hogtied in Polish Venture - Washington Post (2000)
bullet How Our Food is Produced Matters!
bullet Voters Reject Factory Farms
bullet Fighting the 'New Feudal Rulers'
bullet The Cruel Corporate Assault on Family Farmers and Their Pigs
bullet Rescue of 171 Pigs Raised in a Factory Farm

Horses:

bullet Putting an end to horse slaughter
bullet Footage from inside a horse slaughterhouse (GRAPHIC): - provided by the Humane Farming Association
bullet Basic Guidelines for Operating an Equine Rescue or Retirement Facility

Sustainable Farming:

bullet From Sweden to Iowa: Seeking Humaneness, Sustainability and Democracy in Agriculture
bullet National Gathering Calls for Humane, Sustainable Hog Farming - AWI Quarterly

Additional Resources:
 
bullet Ask for Change