Gail Eisnitz, author of Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, and Inhumane Treatment Inside the US Meat Industry, will be the 2004 recipient of AWI’s Albert Schweitzer Medal for outstanding achievement in the field of animal welfare. Gail’s decades of investigative work have exposed much animal cruelty including widespread lack of compliance with the Humane Slaughter Act (recently corroborated by the GAO Report cited here). Joby Warrick, author of The Washington Post series on this issue, “They Die Piece by Piece” described Gail as “the most courageous investigator I have ever seen.” The presentation will be in Washington, DC later this year. AWI members will be invited, but the ceremony is open to all interested persons. If you’d like to be certain you receive an invitation, please contact us.