Since the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) began in 1951, the organization has aimed towards alleviating the suffering that animals go through in the hands of people. When the AWI was just starting, it was particularly focused on easing the plight of animals being used in experiments. In the decades that followed, the organization expanded the range of its work to address the many other concerns that animal suffering touches on. Today, one of the main focuses of the AWI is cruel animal factorie...