You give. We win. They survive.
That’s our promise. Now we’re delivering:
WCW just passed bipartisan legislation to ELIMINATE ALL tests on cats, dogs, and primates at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs!
This doesn’t merely phase out the VA’s labs. It ZEROES OUT the animal tests!
It’s also the first time in history Congress has directed a federal agency to completely end experimentation on certain animal species. And not just one, but all three!
Continue reading below to see how you and I just made history in our fight to kick the U.S. government out of the animal testing business.
Anthony Bellotti
President & Founder
White Coat Waste Project
P.S. I once worked in an animal lab, I witnessed these atrocities with my own eyes. Inspired to fight back (and WIN!), I founded the most effective organization for getting animals out of labs. But it isn’t my group; it’s ours. More below. -AB
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TRIFECTA: Congress Enacts WCW-backed Bill to “Eliminate” All VA Tests on Cats, Dogs, & Primates
- Following WCW’s campaigns and lobbying, Congress has enacted legislation to “eliminate” all tests on cats, dogs, and primates at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA) by 2026.
- This is the first time in history that Congress has directed a federal agency to completely end experimentation on certain animal species.
- It doesn’t merely phase-out labs. It zeros-out their animal tests.
- Since 2016, WCW investigations have exposed how the VA wasted taxpayer dollars to give puppies heart attacks, inject monkeys with angel dust, and cripple kittens.
- The move comes as WCW fights the VA’s attempt to restart cruel and unnecessary cat experiments at its Stokes lab in Cleveland, Ohio.
- WCW is the only animal advocacy organization to shut down any government primate lab in nearly a decade, any government dog testing labs in almost 20 years, and any government cat lab in the last 40 years.
Congress has finally started to pass long-overdue legislation to fund federal agencies for 2024. As in previous years, White Coat Waste Project (WCW) has been working hard on Capitol Hill to ensure these bills prioritize cutting wasteful government spending on animal tests.
We’re thrilled to report that following our lobbying and years of campaigning, Congress has just enacted legislation to “eliminate” all Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) experiments on cats, dogs, and primates by March 2026. President Biden signed the bill into law on March 9.