Puppies Left to Perish: The USDA’s Failure to Protect Vulnerable Dogs in Puppy Mills
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For over two years, dogs lived in squalor and filth in Elisa Brandvik’s federally licensed puppy mill. Although inspectors from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) saw the horrid conditions, time and again they chose to delay and take no action. Finally, the facility was shut down. But why did it take so long?
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Update June 10, 2024: Loren Yoder pled guilty to all five serious misdemeanors of animal neglect with injury and was sentenced to a year of probation.
In Johnson County, Iowa, Loren Yoder operated a cruel puppy mill for years—greenlit by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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