Farm Animal Reports

The Animal Welfare Institute prepares comprehensive papers on topics related to the welfare of animals used in agriculture. Each of the following reports is available as a downloadable PDF.

Current

Deceptive Consumer Labels: How the USDA's Failure to Oversee its Label Approval Program Allows the Meat Industry to Co-Opt Humane and Sustainable Claims	March 2023
Custom-Exempt Slaughter: A License to Neglect and Abuse Farm Animals	January 2023
A Review: The Twenty-Eight Hour Law and Its Enforcement	June 2022
Barn Fires: A Deadly Threat to Farm Animals (second edition)	January 2022
The Welfare of Birds at Slaughter (third edition)	November 2020
Humane Slaughter Update: Federal and State Oversight of the Welfare of Farm Animals at Slaughter (second edition)	April 2020
Enforcement of State Farm Animal Welfare Laws	March 2020
The Critical Relationship Between Farm Animal Health and Welfare	April 2018
Animal Welfare in the National Organic Program: The USDA Must Act Quickly to Protect Millions of Animals	August 2017
USDA Gives Producers Free Rein Over “Free Range” Product Labels	December 2015

Archival

Label Confusion 2.0: How the USDA Allows Producers to Use “Humane” and “Sustainable” Claims on Meat Packages and Deceive Consumers	September 2019
Barn Fires: A Deadly Threat to Farm Animals	October 2018
The Welfare of Birds at Slaughter: 2017 Update	November 2017
Humane Slaughter Update: Federal and State Oversight of the Welfare of Farm Animals at Slaughter	April 2017
The Welfare of Birds at Slaughter in the United States	April 2016
Label Confusion: How “Humane” and “Sustainable” Claims on Meat Packages Deceive Consumers	May 2014
Humanewashed: USDA Process Verified Program Misleads Consumers About Animal Welfare Marketing Claims	May 2012
Humane Slaughter Update: Comparing State & Federal Enforcement of Humane Slaughter Laws	September 2010
Crimes Without Consequences: The Enforcement of Humane Slaughter Laws in the United States	May 2008
Factory Farming: The Experiment that Failed, Volume II	2008

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