Animal Welfare Institute

Non-profit OrganizationsDistrict of Columbia, United States11-50 Employees

Since 1951, the Animal Welfare Institute has been dedicated to reducing animal suffering caused by people. We seek better treatment of animals everywhere - in the laboratory, on the farm, in commerce, at home,
and in the wild.

Through engagement with policymakers, scientists, industry, and the public, AWI seeks to:

•	Abolish factory farms, support high-welfare family farms, and achieve humane slaughter for animals raised for food;
•	Improve the housing and handling of animals in research, and encourage the development and implementation of alternatives to experimentation on live animals;
•	End the use of steel-jaw leghold traps and reform other brutal methods of capturing and killing wildlife;
•	Preserve species threatened with extinction, and protect wildlife from harmful exploitation and destruction of critical habitat;
•	Protect companion animals from cruelty and violence, including appalling conditions in commercial trade; and
•	Prevent injury and death of animals caused by harsh transport conditions.


Read more at http://www.awionline.org.

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