The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD), and USDA Office of the General Counsel (OGC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on civil judicial enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA).
Assistant Attorney General Todd Kim of ENRD, USDA Principal Deputy General Counsel Mary Beth Schultz, and USDA-APHIS Administrator Michael Watson made the announcement.
The agencies said they have been closely collaborating on civil judicial enforcement of the AWA for…