Around the world, animals used for meat, eggs and dairy often suffer on factory farms where they are treated as units of production rather than living, feeling creatures.
The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International present comprehensive reports on animal agribusiness and its toll on farm animal welfare, the environment and public health. We invite you to browse through our research library.
(Each report is available as a downloadable PDF.)
General overview
- Animal Welfare and Human Health Risks of Transport [PDF]
- Animal Welfare in the Meat, Egg and Dairy Industries [PDF]
- Genetic Engineering and Cloning [PDF]
- The Welfare of Intensively Confined Animals [PDF]
- Trait Selection and Welfare of Genetically Engineered Animals in Agriculture [PDF]
- Transgenesis in Animal Agriculture: Addressing Animal Health and Welfare Concerns [PDF]
- Transgenesis in Animal Agriculture and Zoonotic Disease Resistance [PDF]
- Welfare Issues With the Use of Hormones and Antibiotics in Animal Agriculture [PDF]
Industry impacts on aquatic animals
- About Fish [PDF]
- Animal Welfare in the Aquaculture Industry [PDF]
- Animal Welfare and Organic Aquaculture in Open Systems [PDF]
- Fish and Pain Perception [PDF]
- Welfare of Crustaceans at Slaughter [PDF]
- Welfare of Farmed Fish at Slaughter [PDF]
Industry impacts on the environment and human health
Environmental implications
- Factory Farming in America: The True Cost [PDF]
- Health Professionals and Climate Change [PDF]
- Implications of Farm Animal-Based Bioenergy Production [PDF]
Human health implications
- Impacts of Factory Farms on Local Communities [PDF]
- Cage vs. Cage-Free Eggs [PDF]
- Chicken and Turkey Live Hang and Worker Safety [PDF]
- Fact Sheet: Non-Therapeutic Antibiotic Use [PDF]
- Factory Farming in America: The True Cost [PDF]
- Food Safety Concerns with Downed Cattle Slaughter [PDF]
- Food Safety Risks Associated with U.S. Horse Slaughter [PDF]
- Health Professionals and Animal Agriculture [PDF]
- Human Health and Animal Welfare Risks of Transport [PDF]
- Industrial Farm Animal Production and Livestock-Associated MRSA [PDF]
- Industrialized Animal Agriculture and Rural Communities [PDF]
- Industrialized Animal Agriculture and World Hunger [PDF]
- Live Bird Markets and Avian Influenza [PDF]
- Non-Therapeutic Antibiotic Use [PDF]
- Poultry Production and Avian Influenza [PDF]
- Transgenesis in Animal Agriculture and Zoonotic Disease Resistance [PDF]
- Zoonotic Infectious Diseases [PDF]