Rarely does light shine on the dark side of legislative lobbying quite so brightly. Thanks to a candid N.C. Pork Council lobbyist, The N&O's Leah Friedman was able to report that the organization had helped kill a legislative bill that would regulate "puppy mills" because - and solely because - the bill was backed by the Humane Society of the United States. 

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