How the USDA fails to enforce the Animal Welfare Act
The agency has neglected its federally mandated responsibilities—even in the face of years of their own inspectors’ reports of abuse. By Nancy Blaney / Independent Media Institute For years, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspectors dutifully documentedextensive animal suffering at Moulton…
US: LSU allegedly bought live shelter dogs for research
By Susan Bird From care2 According to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals , the Louisiana State University veterinary school may have violated the federal Animal Welfare Act by buying dogs — both alive and dead — from a Baton Rouge animal shelter. PETA…
Spooked camel injures 6 children at Pittsburgh circus
By: Laura Goldman From Care2 You might think that the demise of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus—which announced before it shut down last year that it would no longer use live elephants—would be a wake-up call for…
