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USDA Takes Action Against Guinea Pig and Rabbit Breeders

FROM LadyFreethinker.org
April 2022

Four licensed small animal breeders in Pennsylvania covered in a Lady Freethinker investigative report are now facing enforcement action by the USDA. Three others have canceled their licenses since we published the report in February bringing the total number of facilities identified in our report that have canceled their licenses up to 10.

infected rabbit feet
One rabbit's swollen, filthy feet...

Four licensed small animal breeders in Pennsylvania covered in a Lady Freethinker investigative report are now facing enforcement action by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Three others have canceled their licenses since we published the report in February – bringing the total number of facilities identified in our report that have canceled their licenses up to 10, according to USDA documents.

dead guinea pig

LFT sent our report and our petition to the USDA, county law enforcement, the Pennsylvania State Police by troop covering the breeders’ facilities, and prosecutors, with mixed results.

We did not receive a response from the USDA, but public records documents show three of the small animal breeders – located on Amsterdam Road in New Holland, and on Wagon Wheel Lane and S. Mill Street in Loganton – had canceled their licenses as of the end of March, while four others are facing federal enforcement actions.

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