Pete Paxton is SEED’s Director of Investigations. He has done animal cruelty investigations since 2001, uncovering abuse at puppy mills, factory farms, slaughterhouses, commercial fishing boats, and pet stores. He has worked in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, India, Colombia, and the Philippines. In many cases, Pete has worked undercover for weeks or months as facilities, enabling him to understand the plight of undocumented immigrants exploited in agriculture, and the factors amongst all commercial animal operations that lead to predictable abusive behavior.  

His work has been covered in the HBO documentaries Dealing Dogs and Death on a Factory Farm, and the Nat Geo documentary Animal Undercover. He is the co-author of Rescue Dogs, and has been awarded a Coin of Excellence from the US Attorney’s Office of Arkansas for his role in an undercover investigation.