USDA seeks change to regulate Internet and retail pet sales

[minguss]

Got any sources that specifically say livestock? The link included only mentions "female dogs, cats, and/or small exotic or wild mammals".

Taken from here
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/newsroom/2..._2011_0003.pdf

II. Summary of Major Provisions
“Retail pet stores” are not required to obtain a license under the AWA or comply with the
AWA regulations and standards. Currently, anyone selling, at retail, the following animals for
use as pets are considered retail pet stores: Dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils,
rats, mice, gophers, chinchilla, domestic ferrets, domestic farm animals, birds, and cold-blooded
species.
.......

In addition to retail pet stores, the proposed rule would exempt from regulation anyone
who sells or negotiates the sale or purchase of any animal, except wild or exotic animals, dogs,
or cats, and who derives no more than $500 gross income from the sale of such animals.