animal welfare

USDA Loosens Oversight of Puppy Mills and Other Operations

USDA Loosens Oversight of Puppy Mills and Other Operations

U.S. Department of Agriculture inspectors documented 60 percent fewer violations at facilities that use animals in 2018 compared to 2017. The drop, reported by the Washington Post this week and also documented by our researchers here at the Humane Society of the United States, is the latest sign that the federal agency is pulling back […]

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    USDA Loosens Oversight of Puppy Mills and Other Operations

    USDA Loosens Oversight of Puppy Mills and Other Operations

    U.S. Department of Agriculture inspectors documented 60 percent fewer violations at facilities that use animals in 2018 compared to 2017. The drop, reported by the Washington Post this week and also documented by our researchers here at the Humane Society of the United States, is the latest sign that the federal agency is pulling back […]

    Group Sues to Stop Roundup of 10,000 Wild Horses

    Group Sues to Stop Roundup of 10,000 Wild Horses

    Animal rights group Friends of Animals has filed a lawsuit over a planned wild horse roundup in Nevada. The suit was filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Reno, the Associated Press reported. It claims that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) violated the National Environmental Policy Act and other laws by approving the […]