White Coat Waste Project has exposed how outdated FDA red tape forces drug makers to torture and kill tens of thousands of dogs—and millions of other animals—each year to fulfill burdensome and useless animal testing regulations. We’re working with Congress to pass the bipartisan Alternatives to Animals for Regulatory Fairness (AARF) Act to cut this […]
Our 3 million advocates spoke up—with calls, emails, tweets, letters and petitions—and Congress listened! The 2021 federal spending bill, signed into law on December 27, 2020, includes cost-cutting, life-saving measures that WCW worked throughout the year to secure and that take a big bite out of wasteful taxpayer-funded animal experiments. CUTTING FDA RED TAPE Following […]
White Coat Waste Project’s bipartisan event on Capitol Hill last night to promote Violet’s Law (aka the AFTER Act) proved once again that dogs are the great unifier. “Hounds on the Hill” was co-hosted by AFTER Act leaders Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Gary Peters (D-MI), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Representatives Brendan Boyle (D-PA) and […]
UPDATE (2/21/18): More national veterans groups have come out in support of ending the VA’s painful dog experiments and redirecting resources to more productive programs for veterans. Groups endorsing the campaign include American GI Forum, American Military Retirees Association, AMVETS, DisabledVeterans.org, Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the U.S., Military-Veterans Advocacy, Jewish War Veterans of the USA, […]
Earlier this year, White Coat Waste Project uncovered that Uncle Sam was planning to waste your tax dollars for notoriously unreliable and cruel tests on pregnant animals for various herbal supplements, including those sold for erectile dysfunction and even used for so-called “herbal abortions.” Whatever your political affiliation, most everyone can agree that taxpayers should not […]
This summer, the House of Representatives unanimously passed legislation to defund the Department of Veterans Affairs’ most painful and wasteful dog experiments. During the debate, some of the outstanding Waste Warriors in Congress who led the effort gave impassioned speeches in support of the legislation. Below are video highlights of lawmakers speaking out against the […]
On the heels of the successful effort to shut down deadly dog experiments at a Veterans Affairs (V.A.) in Los Angeles, members of Congress on both sides of the aisle are calling on the Richmond V.A. facility to follow their lead by ending their painful heart attack experiments on puppies. Richmond ABC affiliate WRIC reports, […]
In a new Allentown Morning Call op-ed, a psychology researcher who specializes in trauma suffered by animals in laboratories calls on Congress to end abusive dog experiments at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The widely-read newspaper covers the congressional districts of Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-CA) and Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA). Both Congressmen serve on the […]
Government agencies openly admit that animal testing for the safety of chemicals and drugs is slow, expensive and inaccurate compared to modern cell-based and computerized tests. Yet, they still spend untold millions of tax dollars each year on toxicity tests in which rats, mice, dogs and other animals are force-fed enormous doses of cosmetics […]
2/27/17 UPDATE: The GAO has agreed to conduct this first-ever audit of spending on and transparency about federal animal experimentation. Originally published on December 21, 2016 Following the White Coat Waste Project’s recent exposé of secretive and wasteful dog laboratories at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Pentagon, National Institutes of Health and other agencies, influential U.S. Senators are joining […]
