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 ...

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 ...

The following is a response to a recent Reformer guest commentary warning of a proposed ban on pet stores selling dogs and ...

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 Iowa dog breeder has been cited by federal officials for performing major surgery on puppies without a veterinarian and for falsifying animal-welfare documents. Ed Van Doorn, the owner of Squaw ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 dog photographed by offficials from the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service at the Iowa kennel operated by Dennis and Donna Van Wyk in 2017. (USDA photo courtesy of Bailing Out Benji) ...

The federal government is seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by animal-welfare activists over an Iowa puppy-mill operator. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals filed ...