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
- A Review: The Twenty-Eight Hour Law and Its Enforcement (April 2020)
- Humane Slaughter Update: Federal and State Oversight of the Welfare of Farm Animals at Slaughter (April 2020)
- Enforcement of State Farm Animal Welfare Laws (March 2020)
- 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 Critical Relationship Between Farm Animal Health and Welfare (April 2018)
- The Welfare of Birds at Slaughter—2017 Update (November 2017)
- Animal Welfare in the National Organic Program: The USDA Must Act Quickly to Protect Millions of Animals (August 2017)
- The Welfare of Birds at Slaughter in the United States (April 2016)
- USDA Gives Producers Free Rein Over “Free Range” Product Labels (December 2015)
Archival
- 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)