New World Screwworm (nationwide) – As of this writing, 45 cases of New World Screwworm (NWS, or screwworm) have been detected since the first American case was identified on June 3, 2026. NWS is a parasitic fly whose larvae burrow into the living tissue of warm-blooded animals, typically through an open wound. Typically, painful wounds and serious infections result [...]

New World Screwworm (nationwide) – As of this writing, 32 cases of New World Screwworm (NWS, or screwworm) have been detected since the first American case was identified on June 3, 2026. NWS is a parasitic fly whose larvae burrow into the living tissue of warm-blooded animals, typically through an open wound. Typically, painful wounds and serious infections result [...]

U.S. Federal/Regulations – On February 17, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a Request for Information, noting that scientific advances, new information, and new concepts regarding the care and handling of dogs made it appropriate for the agency to seek scientific information and comment from the public on Standards for the Care of Breeding [...]

U.S. Federal/Regulations – On February 17, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a Request for Information, noting that scientific advances, new information, and new concepts regarding the care and handling of dogs made it appropriate for the agency to seek scientific information and comment from the public on Standards for the Care of Breeding [...]

U.S. Federal/Regulations – On February 17, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a Request for Information,  noting that scientific advances, new information and new concepts regarding the care and handling of dogs make it appropriate for the agency to seek scientific information and comment  from the public on Standards for the Care of Breeding [...]

The Oregon Secretary of State announced that after the signature verification process, radical animal rights proposal IP 28 officially failed to qualify for the November 2026 ballot. All told, the proponents of IP 28 submitted 104,262 valid signatures against the 117,163 signatures that were needed to qualify the proposal for the November ballot.   This extreme proposal would have banned [...]

Animal rights activists continue to collect signatures in Oregon in advance of a July 2 deadline to qualify an extreme measure (currently referred to as Oregon Initiative Petition 28) for the November 2026 ballot that would ban hunting, criminalize dog breeding (including artificial insemination), end recognized training practices, and significantly harm agriculture. AKC Government Relations (AKC GR) continues [...]

Animal rights activists continue to collect signatures in Oregon to put an extreme measure on the November 2026 ballot to ban all hunting, criminalize certain dog breeding (including artificial insemination) and recognized training practices, and even significantly impact farmers, ranchers and fishermen. Oregonians should not sign this petition for Initiative Petition 28 (IP 28), even though it is [...]

An Illinois bill seeking in part to impose commercial standards on some home-based kennels and breeding programs has been pulled from consideration and will likely not move forward during the spring session. As mentioned in previous alerts, the “one size fits all” standards in Senate Bill 2990 are geared toward large commercial facilities and fail to [...]

This article originally appeared in the award-winning AKC Family Dog magazine. Subscribe now! One of the highlights of 2025 for Michelle Starr was the Pismo Beach Corgi Nation Vacation. She drove three hours from her Carmel, California home with her two Pembroke Welsh Corgis, Bailey and Blue, to join her best friend and her Cardigan Welsh [...]