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) ...

Steve Kruse's Stonehenge Kennels in West Point, Iowa, has been repeatedly cited for failure to provide adequate veterinary care, and the USDA suspended Kruse's license in 2023. The dog pictured here ...

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 ...

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 ...

KCCI 8 NEWS AT 6:00. STEVE: A SOUTHERN IOWA DOG BREEDER IS NOW UNDER INSTIGVEATION AFTER THE USDA FOUND MORE THAN 100 VIOLATIONS AT HIS FACILITIES IN SEYMOUR, IO.WA STACEY: SINCE MARCH, THE U.S.

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 ...

WASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) - The top animal care official at the U.S. Department of Agriculture who was subpoenaed by a federal grand jury last year as part of a criminal probe into animal ...