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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…

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Companion Animal Protection Society provides legal support on behalf of New York City pet shop ordinances

Who: Companion Animal Protection Society (CAPS)
Where: New York, N.Y.
When: August 4, 2015

The Companion Animal Protection Society(CAPS) officially filed an Amicus Curiae (friend of the court) brief in federal district court on behalf of recent New York City “Pet Store Laws” – local laws 5 and 7. The New York Pet Welfare Association (NYPWA), a group representing various pet shop owners and puppy mill breeders and brokers, such as The Hunte Corporation in Goodman, Missouri, sued the city and the legislators associated with the ordinances in an attempt to repeal them. (more…)

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