The impact of USDA’s newly adopted final rule to certain exhibitors of farm animals remains unclear.
A positive result of the rule is the definition of “domesticated farm-type animals.”
Continue Reading Impact of the USDA-APHIS Final Rule, “Thresholds for De Minimis Activity and Exemptions From Licensing Under the Animal Welfare Act”-PART TWO.
On June 4, the regulation titled “Thresholds for De Minimis Activity and Exemptions From Licensing Under the Animal Welfare Act” which purportedly implement[s] amendments to the Animal
Continue Reading Impact of the USDA-APHIS Final Rule, “Thresholds for De Minimis Activity and Exemptions From Licensing Under the Animal Welfare Act”-PART ONE.
On Wednesday, November 15, 2017, Las Vegas City Council voted to enact “Bill No. 2017-40 – which repeals a formerly adopted ordinance which prohibits pet shops from selling or
Continue Reading A Glimmer of Hope for Pet Stores Selling Professionally-bred, Humanely-raised, Puppies for Dog Lovers.
As USDA had previously suggested, it just posted a new version of the searchable database that had been dismantled this past February. Access to the new version is available here
Continue Reading USDA re-posts a new version of its searchable database of Animal Welfare Act licensees
In a stunning turn of events, USDA has deactivated it’s Animal Care Search Tool, as indicated on its website:
USDA inspection reports
Continue Reading Announcement from USDA-Deactivation of the Animal Care Search Tool
I had the opportunity to present an “Animal Law Update” on October 21, 2016 at the New Jersey Association for Biomedical Research’s 23rd Annual IACUC Conference – the region’s premier
Continue Reading New Jersey Association for Biomedical Research’s 23rd Annual IACUC Conference
The Animal Welfare Act (AWA) has been disemboweled by local jurisdictions around the country that have banned sales to pet shops from USDA licensees and those specifically exempted from licensure,
Continue Reading The Animal Welfare Act at Fifty
The Animal Welfare Act was amended by the 2014 Farm Bill to provide “the Secretary of Agriculture with the authority to determine that animal dealers and exhibitors are not required
Continue Reading USDA proposes thresholds for additional exemptions from licensing under the Animal Welfare Act
USDA has recently published proposed amendments to the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) regulations:
concerning the humane handling, care, treatment, and transportation of marine mammals in captivity. These proposed changes would
Continue Reading Proposed Amendments to the Animal Welfare Act