If Ben Hu is patient zero, then this WCW investigation reveals the origin of COVID Newly-leaked U.S. intelligence identified Hu as the first person to get sick at the Wuhan Lab In 2021, the WCW Project first obtained these receipts via a FOIA challenge lawsuit proving the U.S. govt funded Hu’s gain-of-function animal experiments […]
We Must Stop Funding Dangerous Animal Tests at Home And Abroad Originally published as a Newsweek Op-Ed. More than two years after the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has finally acknowledged that a leak from a U.S. taxpayer-funded animal lab in Wuhan, China, may have unleashed COVID-19 on the world. […]
The Tale of Two Lab Kittens: The One We Saved, the One We Didn’t, and Why It’s Historic This op-ed was originally published by Sentient Media on May 13, 2021. This is a tale of two cats, Petite and Sif. As kittens, they were sold by the same “kitten mill” to the United States government […]
“Being a bystander to suffering is not an option.” That’s The Greenbaum Foundation’s motto. It drives Jim Greenbaum’s life’s work: funding—and finding—the world’s most visionary, impactful philanthropic opportunities. So it should be no surprise that Jim is the inaugural recipient of White Coat Waste Project’s new Policy Pioneer Award. This brand-new honor recognizes visionaries in […]
Congress is taking action after a troubling new federal audit–prompted by a White Coat Waste Project investigation–found that federal agencies are not enforcing a law requiring taxpayer-funded animal experimenters and other grant recipients to publicly disclose how much they spend. The simple, common-sense, 30-year-old accountability requirement is supposed to serve as a price tag so taxpayers know […]
UPDATE (4/2/19): Following a year-long White Coat Waste Project campaign, the USDA announced that its kitten slaughterhouse will close permanently and the 14 surviving cats will be adopted out. Read more. Original post (03/07/19) Last year, after White Coat Waste Project exposed a nightmarish U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) kitten experimentation laboratory in Beltsville, MD, […]
Lara Trump’s new cause: Stop experiments on dogs at the VA https://t.co/ATyBM4ieeb pic.twitter.com/NKKgbGx5K2 — Talking Points Memo (@TPM) February 13, 2019 Dogs locked in taxpayer-funded government testing labs have it rough, but thankfully they have friends in high places speaking up for them. President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump–a passionate advocate for the welfare of […]
White Coat Waste Project spends every day investigating what the heck the National Institutes of Health (NIH) does with the $15 billion annually that it wastes on ineffective, stupid and often inhumane animal experiments. It’s not always easy, since even the NIH told WCW that it’s not sure where the money goes! Thankfully, Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) is […]
Earlier this year, following a national WCW campaign, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration canceled nicotine addiction testing on monkeys and committed to sending the primates to an accredited sanctuary. Now, as reported in a feature by CNN, the monkeys have reached their retirement home in Florida at Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary. This is the first […]
UPDATE (10/9/18): A federal judge has rejected Richmond Transit’s attempt to dismiss WCW’s lawsuit and allowed the case to proceed. ORIGINAL POST (10/26/17) As first reported by The Richmond Times-Dispatch and ABC8 News-WRIC, this morning White Coat Waste Project (WCW) filed a lawsuit against the Greater Richmond Transit Company (GRTC)— the City of Richmond’s public transportation system—for […]
