The Animal Welfare Act (AWA) is a federal law that was passed in 1966 and has been amended several times since then, notably in 2006. It empowers the Animal Care program of the USDA’s Animal and ...

A federal lawsuit was filed against Dutch Creek Animal Farm, and owner Vernon Miller, in October, accusing the facility of more than 90 violations of the Animal Welfare Act.

According to section 3.6 of the Animal Welfare Act, ... “They had pictures, and we could see that they looked like decent people,” Perkins said. “But they only had a picture.