The Federal Highway Administration announced today that the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) will receive ...

Environmental enrichment can reduce fear responses and feather pecking.

Investigators have confirmed that, for the first time, China has overtaken the United States as holder of the highest number ...

The rearing of farmed animals today is dominated by industrialized facilities known as concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs (often referred to as “factory farms”) that maximize profits by ...

Our work to protect animals would not be possible without the generous donations we receive each year. The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is committed to using our donors’ contributions for the direct ...

Consumers shopping on Etsy for the holidays may be shocked to learn that the online marketplace sells products containing ...

Although wild birds in the US may be protected under the Wild Bird Conservation Act (WBCA), Endangered Species Act, and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and ...

The notion that a larger cage size for individually housed nonhuman primates would in and of itself be behaviorally beneficial to the inhabitants was not supported by this study.

Are wild horses truly “wild,” as an indigenous species in North America, or are they “feral weeds”—barnyard escapees, far removed genetically from their prehistoric ancestors? The question at hand is, ...

This database, created in 2000, is updated every four months with newly published scientific articles, books, and other publications related to improving or safeguarding the welfare of animals used in ...

Whales and dolphins are complex social animals and are not well suited for a life in captivity. When confined, they are prevented from carrying out natural behaviors, which include roaming up to 100 ...

The Case Against Marine Mammals in Captivity was first produced in 1995 as a comprehensive resource for the public, the media, scientists, students, and policymakers to learn the various arguments ...