At Bailing Out Benji, we believe in the importance of providing transparency for the customer and advocates in an unbiased way. In order to accomplish this, we track USDA inspections of licensed dog breeders and brokers and summarize the violations found each year in the dashboard below. We do not insert our opinion into this analysis, we just compile the data from USDA inspection reports so the public can see the trends for themselves.
It is important to note that the USDA has had numerous issues found during their three most recent audits performed by the Office of the Inspector General.
The 2025 Audit found the following areas of concern within the USDA’s dog breeder inspection program:
The 2021 Audit found the following areas of concern with the USDA’s dog breeder inspection program:
The 2010 Audit found the following areas of concern within the USDA’s dog breeder inspection program:
According to the USDA: An inspection report documents an inspector’s observations and professional assessments of compliance at facilities regulated under the AWA.
Editor’s note: USDA inspectors have 5 days to give a copy of their inspection to the licensee and 30 days to publish their reports online. Numbers for the current year may change as more inspection reports are published.
We also include statistics on missed inspections, so we can monitor those facilities that are habitual offenders. This dashboard only reflects dog and cat breeders and brokers (licenses A and B).
The inspection data in the dashboard above was obtained from the USDA APHIS search engine.
If you have any questions about the data on this page or our methodology, please email our research analyst, Alexis Bell, research@bailingoutbenji.com
