USDA Animal Welfare Inspections
The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) inspects facilities that use animals commercially: breeders, brokers, exhibitors (zoos, circuses), research laboratories, and carriers. Inspectors document violations as "critical" (direct harm or risk) or "non-critical" (husbandry and record-keeping).
This is 107,000+ inspection records from the Data Liberation Project's parsed APHIS inspection reports, 2015–2026. Search it. Filter it. See the patterns.
What do the license types mean?
Breeder (A) = Class A dealer, breeds and sells animals directly. Broker (B) = Class B dealer, buys and resells animals. Exhibitor (C) = Zoos, circuses, educational displays, sanctuaries.
Research (R) = Research facilities using animals. Carrier (T) = Transporters of regulated animals. Handler (H) = Intermediate handlers in the supply chain.
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