In direct response to White Coat Waste’s investigation and campaign, the University of Washington has confirmed it ended deadly muscular dystrophy experiments on dogs! WCW’s investigation uncovered a decades-old National Institutes of Health-funded (NIH) colony at UW that intentionally breeds dogs to suffer from muscular dystrophy and kills them in barbaric experiments. Videos and […]
Following years of White Coat Waste (WCW) campaigns, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has officially recommitted to meeting its 2035 deadline to phase out all testing on dogs, rabbits, and other mammals. Today, WCW spoke at an event alongside Trump EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and former Trump EPA chief Andrew Wheeler to announce the […]
White Coat Waste (WCW) has launched a new “WTF RFK?” billboard near Wisconsin’s disgraced Ridglan Farms, targeting RFK Jr. for renewing and extending Fauci-era funding for deadly Ridglan beagle experiments. First uncovered by WCW in 2023, ongoing National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded experiments involve gluing tick-filled capsules to Ridglan puppies’ bare skin and intentionally […]
White Coat Waste’s (WCW) latest investigation has uncovered how Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s National Institutes of Health (NIH) has doled out $3.9 million in new tax funding to extend deadly dog tests at Vanderbilt University until 2031. Records obtained by WCW through the Freedom of Information Act reveal that this lab forces dozens […]
In a major win for taxpayers and animals, the House of Representatives just passed the 2026 Farm Bill with three bipartisan amendments backed by White Coat Waste (WCW) that cut U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) funding for wasteful, cruel animal experiments at home and abroad and retire animals from government labs. Great news for accountability […]
To coincide with Tax Week, White Coat Waste (WCW) has launched a national “WTF RFK?” ad campaign targeting Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for continuing to fund Fauci-era animal labs. Our investigations have exposed how, under RFK, Jr., the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has renewed and extended millions in funding for wasteful, […]
White Coat Waste is leading efforts with Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), and Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) to pass bipartisan legislation to retire animals from federal labs. The newly reintroduced Violet’s Law, named after a hound rescued by WCW from a taxpayer-funded lab, would require all federal agencies to enact policies […]
We didn’t just get coverage — we redefined the issue. White Coat Waste made animal testing a bipartisan cause and a Trump White House priority. The New York Times explains how we did it. On March 12, 2026, The New York Times’ Sheryl Stolberg reports: “White Coat Waste … painted animal studies as government waste” […]
White Coat Waste (WCW) testified at the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship’s “Sunshine Week: Bringing Secret Government Spending to Light” hearing. WCW’s Senior Vice President Justin Goodman explained how government transparency tools, like the Freedom of Information Act and federal spending databases, have helped expose and end taxpayer-funded animal tests like […]
A White Coat Waste (WCW) investigation reveals how taxpayer dollars are still being funneled to an abusive puppy mill that breeds beagles for painful and deadly experiments. Documents obtained by WCW show puppies purchased with tax dollars from the disgraced Ridglan Farms are being tortured in tests funded by the National Institutes of Health. […]
