Today the USDA announced it’s going to launch an updated online tool to help people access Animal Welfare Act compliance records, including a searchable database of inspection and annual reports.

The federal agency is required to inspect thousands of places that house animals, from puppy breeders to zoos and research labs. But in early 2017, officials removed those inspection reports from its website. That move outraged many animal welfare groups.

No word yet if this new system that launches September 21, 2020, will include those records.

Click here to read Watchdog Mary’s original 2017 article about animal welfare reports removed from the USDA’s site.