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That may be encouraging, but be cautious of the real motives here. When the devil saves a baby, consider what he wants from it in the end.
Tom Vilsack was recommended for Secretary of Agriculture by the HSUS Legislative Fund. Vilsack then hired Sarah Conant, former HSUS lawyer, as director of APHIS (Animal Plant Health Inspection Service) enforcement.
You may want to ignore the tone of the hosting site (and the comments), but this article hits the high points, including HSUS's $500,000 campaign supporting Christie Vilsack's candidacy in Iowa. There was muttering of a Congressional investigation because of all this, but far as I recall it didn't go anywhere.
Also be aware that the Animal Welfare Act has already expanded from protecting laboratory animals (its original intent) to forbidding the sale of pets except under certain conditions (when you have to personally travel across the country to find the dog of your dreams, as is now the case for animals intended as pets, blame this latest feature-creep). Imagine this same expansion as applied to the animals we rely on if we want to continue to eat -- what if cattle buyers had to travel to the ranch and meet each and every steer first?? Mark my words, that will prove to be the ultimate intent of this whole episode. The devil is patient.
That link says nothing about forbidding the sale of animals - it says that breeders who engage in blind sales (as opposed to face-to-face sales) may now have to be licensed by Animal Welfare, same as pet stores.
Why am I supposed to be upset by that idea, exactly?