Animal Welfare Reports and Abuse Data Wiped from USDA Website

Certainly, it can also look like trying to hide guilty parties, but I doubt that's the primary reason. IIRC any organization that deals with non-human animals are rationally paranoid about being targeted by animal/ecoterrorists like ALF and ABPI, whose direct actions include trespassing, damage property and releasing animals. The USDA has probably heard loud feedback from universities and researchers whom prefer to keep a lower profile, especially not publicly posting exact names and addresses of facilities, which is tantamount to doxing. (Majority of animal welfare groups aren't extreme black bloc anarchist-style: ASPCA, PETA, SHARK, ...)

Probably a better link is this one: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/02/trump-administration-...

I say that because the last paragraph starts "The Human Society", where author likely meant "The Humane Society"

Either way, I'm curious: If the USDA is putting the data behind the wall of FOIA, how long until people start to automate and centrally-track who is requesting data for which lab and what timeframe?