Finally, under pressure from the groups, the USDA's inspector general looked into enforcement of the rules governing dog breeding, finding appalling abuses of dogs and deficient exercise of authority by USDA where it had authority. (pennlive.com)
It seems as if the British system is relatively rape - free, but then that's what they said about the American system until they investigated it and found the most appalling abuse underneath the officially - enforced silence. (politics.co.uk)
Due to pressure from The HSUS and DDAL, the USDA's inspector general looked into enforcement of the rules governing dog breeding, finding appalling abuses of the dogs, deficient exercise of authority by USDA where it had authority, and identification of this glaring gap in the law that allowed Internet sellers to evade any federal oversight whatever. (animalshelterfoundation.org)