Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed S.B. 25-168 into law to combat wildlife trafficking. The bipartisan legislation, which is ...

Eighty-eight percent of American consumers believe that claims such as “humanely raised” or “sustainably farmed” on meat and ...

Repeat violators of the federal Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (HMSA) continue to escape meaningful enforcement by the US ...

Washington, DC—In a landmark move for America’s wild horses and burros, today US Reps. Dina Titus (D-NV), Jaun Ciscomani (R-AZ), David Schweikert (R-AZ), and Steve Cohen (D-TN) launched the ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) has awarded an inaugural research grant to encourage the analysis of animal cruelty data to identify distinct characteristics of animal abusers, ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) announced today the 12 winners of a scholarship designed to invest in future leaders who seek to improve the lives of animals—from advancing medical ...

1. The OECD contains a large number of “substantive committees,” each comprising several “working parties.” For example, the Chemicals and Biotechnology Committee oversees OECD work on chemical safety ...

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.

For example, the hemoglobin denaturation (HD) test and the Ocular Irritection test are in chemico alternatives to the Draize rabbit test. The Draize rabbit test was developed in 1944 to test cosmetic ...