Since 2016, we’ve been working to find, expose and defund expensive, wasteful and painful taxpayer-funded animal experiments in labs run by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Back in June, we reported how—following WCW’s grassroots campaigning and lobbying—the VA released its plan to phase-out experiments on dogs, cats and primates by 2025. This is the […]
Marvel has its Avengers, DC its Justice League—and White Coat Waste Project has our own band of superheroes in the War on Waste: our super-powerful bipartisan team of Waste Warriors! This annual award recognizes Members of Congress who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in the War on Waste, by exposing and stopping $20 billion in wasteful […]
There’s been an earthquake in Los Angeles. And it’s the BIG ONE. After years of WCW pressure—and just days after WCW’s lawsuit exposed the VA’s wasteful and painful asphyxiation and de-braining experiments—CBS News has confirmed that we ENDED all taxpayer-funded kitten experiments at the Los Angeles Veterans Affairs lab! This announcement follows years of […]
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 […]
“The Veterans Administration is doing things to cats that would land an individual in jail, and you’re paying for it.” –Nevada Current (8/13/20) Well, they sure won’t be doing it much longer, if a new bipartisan WCW-backed bill becomes law! Today, 21 members of Congress, led by Waste Warriors Reps. Dina Titus (D-NV) and Army […]
Make new friends, but keep the old…so we can work our tails off together to ???? the government from spending YOUR money on cruel & wasteful taxpayer-funded animal experiments! With the 2020 election wrapped up, we are thrilled that White Coat Waste Project’s best friends and allies in Congress are sticking around on Capitol Hill […]
National Dog Day is our favorite howladay here at WCW. This year, we are thrilled the spotlight’s on the incredible efforts from both sides of the aisle to end taxpayer-funded, and government-mandated, dog experiments. In The Hill, philanthropist and WCW board adviser Louise Linton wrote a great op-ed recognizing and cheering bipawtisan efforts to cut […]
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 […]
As first reported in Military Times, White Coat Waste Project has just filed a complaint with the Department of Veterans Affairs Inspector General requesting an investigation into new evidence of abuses in dog experimentation laboratories at the McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in Richmond, Virginia. WCW’s new investigation has documented that McGuire VAMC staff currently conduct […]
We have major news! The government’s watchdog office is about to begin its first-ever audit of billions in spending on and transparency about federal experiments on dogs and millions of other animals–and it’s because of White Coat Waste Project and our dedicated supporters. As outlined in the original post below, our December 2016 “Spending to Death” […]
