In May 2012, DogTime.com first told you about the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) proposed plan to close a longstanding loophole in the Animal Welfare Act that allowed commercial breeders to sell animals over the Internet to unsuspecting buyers without having to worry about operating under government-mandated animal welfare standards. The dogs, cats, rabbits, and other…
The USDA took down its public database of violations of the Animal Welfare Act, which was used to hold organizations…
