Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A dog photographed by offficials from the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service at the Iowa kennel operated by Dennis ...

A new analysis of the federal government’s enforcement of animal-welfare laws has found that regulators penalize only 1% of the breeders who are cited for violations. The analysis by the American ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To ensure that dogs are being bred in compliance with the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), the USDA says the joint federal effort will ...

Top animal welfare officials at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) were subpoenaed last year by a federal grand jury seeking to establish why they took no action against animal research breeder ...

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is suing the federal government over its alleged lax oversight of a major Iowa puppy-mill operator.The ASPCA filed the lawsuit Thursday in ...

An unspecified Midland County chinchilla breeder was cited by the U.S. Department of Agriculture at the end of last year for holding too many animals and for administering expired medication. During a ...

Commercial dog breeding kennels licensed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture are subject to a surprise inspection once a year by an inspector from the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection ...

Hundreds of sick and mistreated dogs have been rescued from the properties of an Iowa dog breeder, whom the U.S. Department of Justice accused in September of multiple violations of the Animal Welfare ...

A coordinated effort among multiple federal agencies is targeting repeat dog welfare violators to ensure compliance with the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) and hold them accountable. The United States ...