In a historic win for taxpayers and animals following WCW investigations, Virginia has enacted the country’s first law that would prevent tax dollars from being spent on “maximum pain” experiments on dogs and cats at the Richmond VA Medical Center and all other facilities across the state. Bill approved banning tax dollars for painful medical research on […]
The press is calling it “a win for the White Coat Waste Project, a nonprofit that frames animal rights as a conservative issue by linking it to the waste of taxpayer dollars.” President Trump has just signed a federal spending bill that includes a WCW-backed measure that will defund and restrict the Department of Veterans Affairs’ […]
UPDATE (3/8/18): After a win in the Senate, the Virginia House has unanimously passed the WCW-backed bill to permanently defund maximum pain tests on dogs and cats. The bill is headed to the governor’s desk! Originally posted on 2/9/18 In a major win for taxpayers and animals, the Virginia State Senate has overwhelmingly passed a bill to […]
Once a strong defender of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ “maximum pain” experiments on puppies, ABC Richmond reports VA Secretary David Shulkin has now done a much-welcome about-face on the issue. In an interview with The Daily Caller–in response to a question prompted by Roger Stone’s recent op-ed on the topic–Shulkin stated, “I am not a […]
AMVETS — one of the nation’s largest and most influential veterans groups representing more than 250,000 veterans — has joined WCW and more than a dozen other veterans’ organizations to denounce the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) painful dog experiments. In a letter to Congressional leaders with authority over the VA’s budget, AMVETS wrote: “…the VA […]
One million Americans tuned in to this hard-hitting Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) report that features White Coat Waste Project’s campaign to expose and stop the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) wasteful and cruel dog experiments. Pat Robertson, one of the country’s most influential conservatives, denounced the VA’s dog labs saying: “Some of this looks like it’s […]
White Coat Waste Project is proud to announce the recipients of our annual “Congressional Waste Warrior” awards for 2017. As reported in Roll Call, this award recognizes members of Congress who have demonstrated outstanding leadership to expose and stop $15 billion in wasteful and unnecessary taxpayer-funded animal experiments, an effort that a majority of Americans support. Below […]
Starting on Veterans Day, our national TV ad campaign exposing the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) painful and wasteful dog experiments has hit Washington, D.C., Cleveland and Milwaukee. Now, the ads are storming the airwaves in Richmond, Virginia, home of the VA’s most horrific dog laboratories where puppies are subjected to “maximum pain” heart attack experiments. […]
WCW recently sued the Stokes Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio (Cleveland VA) for refusing to release details about its deadly taxpayer-funded experiments on dozens of “friendly,” “shy” and “submissive” dogs, even hound puppies less than a year-old. The lawsuit followed a WCW exposé revealing that the Cleveland VA is one of only three VA facilities still conducting painful […]
