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) ...

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 ...

A few promising blueberry selections don’t yet have names — only a clunky mix of letters and numbers — but unofficial ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...