The Earth is currently experiencing its sixth major extinction event. One million species globally are at risk of extinction in the next few decades, including 27 percent of the world’s mammals, 41 ...

1,529,587 farmed animals killed in barn fires in 2024.

In 2019, Canada enacted a ban on the import and export of shark fins not still naturally attached to the rest of the shark, becoming the first G20 nation to do so. Below is a directory of restaurants ...

Female Orcas can live up to 90 years in the wild. Of the wild-caught orcas who have died in captivity, half died after only 4 years. View this inforgraphic for more details.

Injurious self-biting is one of the most serious problems in primate colonies (Niemeyer, Gray, & Stephen, 1996). "Approximately 10% of captive, individually-housed monkeys engage in the disturbing ...

469,525 farm animals were killed in barn fires in 2019.

564,106 farmed animals killed in barn fires so far in 2025.

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) works to reduce animal suffering and promote the welfare of all animals, including animals in agriculture. As a part of our mission, we promote humane farming ...

Laboratory animal facilities have traditionally held rabbits in individual cages, regardless of the type of experiment that the animals are involved in. For many investigations, group-housing would ...

486,240 farmed animals were killed in barn fires in 2023.

Each year, approximately 100 million sharks die at the hands of humans, with at least half of that number targeted in fisheries, and the remainder perishing as bycatch. This is happening at a much ...

The 3Rs (replacement, reduction, refinement) are a set of principles that provide an internationally accepted framework toward achieving more humane scientific research by minimizing animal distress.