CAPS Investigator’s Journal: The USDA’s Role in Enabling Puppy Mills

I’m Pete Paxton, director of investigations for the nonprofit SEED (Strategies for Ethical and Environmental Development) and lead investigator for the nonprofit CAPS (Companion Animal Protection Society). I would like to propose specific changes to the Animal Welfare Act and methodology of USDA inspectors. Please allow me to explain the experiences from which I have drawn my conclusions. Since 2001, I have done undercover investigations of…