Craig & Linda Kleven

Doing business as FAIR VIEW KENNELS

Class A — Breeder Active License

At a Glance

Craig & Linda Kleven (FAIR VIEW KENNELS) is a USDA Class A Breeder located in Walnut Grove, Minnesota. Certificate 41-A-0015 expires 11/25/2026. We have records of 10 USDA APHIS inspections for this licensee since 2014, most recently on 2023-10-17.

Certificate41-A-0015

License ClassClass A — Breeder

LocationWalnut Grove, MN

Expires11/25/2026

Total Inspections10

Total Violations (all inspections)4

USDA Inspection History

USDA APHIS conducts routine, re-license, and focused inspections of licensed facilities under the Animal Welfare Act. Below are all recorded inspections for certificate 41-A-0015. Click a date to view the full inspection report.

10 inspections on record

8 clean

2 with violations

Date	Type	Violations	Report
2023-10-17	RE-LICENSE INSPECTION	no violations	View Report
2023-07-05	ROUTINE INSPECTION	1 non-critical	View Report
2022-02-01	ROUTINE INSPECTION	no violations	View Report
2020-01-28	ROUTINE INSPECTION	no violations	View Report
2018-11-28	ROUTINE INSPECTION	no violations	View Report
2017-11-28	ROUTINE INSPECTION	no violations	View Report
2016-12-07	ROUTINE INSPECTION	no violations	View Report
2015-12-16	ROUTINE INSPECTION	no violations	View Report
2015-01-20	ROUTINE INSPECTION	no violations	View Report
2014-07-17	ROUTINE INSPECTION	3 non-critical	View Report

How to Verify This License

To confirm Craig & Linda Kleven's current USDA license status directly with the federal government, search certificate 41-A-0015 on the USDA APHIS Animal Care Public Search Tool (opens in new tab). Our data is refreshed monthly; for the latest status, the APHIS tool is authoritative.

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Related Resources

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Data sources: Licensee data comes from the USDA APHIS Animal Care Public Search Tool (opens in new tab). Inspection reports are sourced from the Data Liberation Project (opens in new tab) (CC BY-SA 4.0), which compiles USDA APHIS inspection data from 2014 to present. Both are updated monthly. For the most current information, verify directly with USDA APHIS. This is not an official USDA tool.