[QUOTE=Brookef18]to find out whether or not the breeder has a Class A or Class B license (a necessity if the facility sells to pet stores, brokers, or laboratories and makes more than $500 annually from such sales). The USDA will be interested if the breeder has a license and is not following the guidelines for housing, sanitation, and veterinary care or if the breeder is not licensed and grosses more than $500 per year selling puppies wholesale. If these conditions are not met, USDA can by law do nothing. No matter how much your sensibilities are offended by the plight of overcrowded, undernourished neglected puppies, they can do nothing.
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This paragraph does not make sense. Did anyone else have troublle understanding it.
What I got out of it is the USDA can do NOTHING Whether they are licensed or not and no matter what the conditions.
Obviously this is what the problem is. No one can do anything unless you can prove Neglect, abuse, or health hazard.
The fact that these poor animals are living in horrible conditions means NOTHING.