In the pages of The New York Times today, you'll see two items that may at first glance not seem to relate, but closely linked they are. An ad in the A section of The Times comes from the Center for Consumer Freedom—a corporate front group whose stock in trade is attacking animal welfare, environmental, food safety, and public health reforms and the groups that advance them. I've written about this corrosive outfit on multiple occasions. It has no independence, no science, no credibility—just lots of cash and an interest in tearing down the work of nonprofit groups like The HSUS and Mothers Against Drunk Driving, and even government agencies like the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that try to enhance the health and well-being of people or animals or both. CCF does not disclose the contributions it receives, so we can't be quite sure who funded this latest attack on The HSUS. But we can say with certainty that it is a group threatened by The HSUS's effectiveness in combating animal abuse.

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