Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A dog at Wuanita Swedlund's kennels in Farmington, Iowa, as photographed by USDA inspectors. (USDA photo courtesy of Humane World ...

In 2025, there were 680 animal welfare violations documented at USDA-licensed commercial dog breeding facilities, yet the USDA took no action in any case "Despite having the authority to issue ...

Heartrending images show a sad pooch that had to be saved from a mountain of junk in a urine-drenched Long Island hoarder home so filthy that emergency responders needed hazmat suits. The Suffolk ...

(Iowa Capital Dispatch) - A new report by a national animal-advocacy group says nearly a third of all actively licensed commercial dog dealers went uninspected in 2025. The report, issued this week by ...