Report: USDA inspections of dog breeders are often late and incomplete • Iowa Capital Dispatch

Report: USDA inspections of dog breeders are often late and incomplete • Iowa Capital Dispatch

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 U.S. Department of Agriculture’s inspector general says the agency has failed to inspect dog breeders in a timely fashion and failed to ensure that breeders correct the violations for which they’re cited. In a newly published report, the USDA in…

Report: USDA inspections of dog breeders are often late and incomplete