This headline says it all:
"Federal spending bill includes historic effort to curb government animal tests" –WASHINGTON EXAMINER
After more than a year of work with Congress, White Coat Waste Project and its two-million-plus supporters (that’s you!) scored some historic wins that will hold government accountable for wasteful animal tests, save taxpayers money and spare the lives of countless dogs, cats and primates:
- NIH directed to report on efforts to reduce wasteful primate testing!
Pro-animal testing lobbyists tried to remove the language and maintain current levels of primate labs. You called Congress to fight it… and won! - VA ordered to phase-out of dog, cat and primate testing within the next 5 years!
It’s the first time in history that Congress has set hard deadlines for ending experiments on dogs, cats, and primates! - FDA must set a timeline for the reduction of primate tests and retirement of its monkeys!
More FDA monkeys will finally get the 2nd chance they deserve!
LEARN MORE: http://bit.ly/2SvGsXp
Absolutely NONE of this would have been possible without your countless emails, calls and social media posts urging Congress to take action. So thank you!
Because taxpayers shouldn’t be forced to pay $15 billion+
for wasteful government animal experiments.
-WCW Team
P.S These wins are amazing, but we still have to win our biggest fight this year: Rallying all 535 Members of Congress to pass Violet's Law before 2020!
Violet's Law is the only way we can ensure lab survivors get the 2nd they deserve. But we must gather another 12,710 taxpayer signatures in the next 24 hours. If you haven't yet, please sign our urgent petition today.
SIGN PETITION: http://bit.ly/2Et86Mn