KARIN BRULLIARD: ‘Two years ago, the Agriculture Department issued 192 written warnings to breeders, exhibitors and research labs that allegedly violated animal welfare laws, and the agency filed official complaints against 23, according to agency data. This year, those figures plummeted: The department had issued 39 warnings in the first three-quarters of fiscal 2018, and … Continue reading USDA’s enforcement of animal welfare laws plummeted in 2018, agency figures show