The calves of the semiwild herd were naturally weaned at the age of 7 to 14 months. The weaning process lasted up to 2 weeks. Female calves were prevented by their mothers from sucking any longer at ...

Growing interest in commercial octopus farming threatens to subject these cognitively complex, sentient animals to inhumane ...

To help promote the use of such ethical, ecologically responsible, and affordable solutions, AWI has long supported the efforts of the Beaver Institute, a Massachusetts-based nonprofit organization ...

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) endorses the Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act, reintroduced today in the US House of ...

Tens of millions of animals are used annually for research, testing, and education throughout the United States. Facilities ...

The AWI Quarterly is the magazine of the Animal Welfare Institute. This full-color periodical examines issues regarding animals everywhere—in the laboratory, on the farm, in commercial trade, at home, ...

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) applauds recent announcements by the National Institutes of Health and the US Food and ...

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and an international coalition of animal protection and environmental groups are calling on Yahoo! Japan and its parent company, the LY Corporation, to stop selling ...