USDA Animal Care Creates a Special Web Page Regarding the Retail Pet Store Rule

 

USDA has changed the Animal Welfare Act regulations by revising its definition of retail pet store in order to keep pace with the modern marketplace and to ensure that animals sold via the Internet or other non-traditional methods receive humane care and treatment.  

 

In an effort to provide all pertinent information in one location, USDA Animal Care has created a special web page. On this page, we will post all related materials and updates. We encourage you to please visit the page and read through the posted materials in order to: 1) gain a better understanding of this regulation change; 2) learn the reasons that prompted the change; and 3) see if you need a USDA license or if you are exempt from licensing.

 

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_welfare/retail_pet_stores.shtml

 

At USDA Animal Care, ensuring the welfare of the animals we regulate is at the heart of everything we do.