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 […]
2019 was historic for White Coat Waste Project’s years-long campaign to stop the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) wasteful taxpayer-funded dog testing. As one headline put it, the “VA’s taxpayer-funded dog experiments slow to a near-end” after several key WCW victories that shut down 75 percent of the agency’s dog testing, including the VA’s dog […]
The final federal spending package for 2020 was just signed into law by President Trump. After more than a year of work with Congressional leaders, White Coat Waste Project and its two-million-plus supporters scored some historic, hard-won wins in the bill that will hold government accountable for wasteful animal tests, save taxpayers money and spare […]
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 […]
As White Coat Waste Project (WCW) first exposed during tax season in 2017, the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Richmond, Virginia lab was the only facility in the entire federal government using tax dollars for excruciatingly painful experiments on dogs without anesthesia. Now, as first reported by WRIC, documents obtained via the Freedom of Information […]
UPDATE (6/25/19): Following WCW advocacy and leadership from Reps. Dina Titus (D-NV), Brian Mast (R-FL) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), the full U.S. House of Representatives has passed its 2020 VA spending bill that completely defunds painful dog testing at the agency (see section 247). The Senate will consider the legislation this summer. ORIGINAL POST […]
As White Coat Waste Project (WCW) has documented, the Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is one of the last VA facilities in the country still conducting painful taxpayer-funded dog experiments. Now, Fox 8 News is reporting that these wasteful tests have been halted. The move follows WCW’s ongoing campaign and recent exposé showing that […]
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is about to receive more puppies to abuse and kill in taxpayer-funded experiments. According to VA documents obtained by White Coat Waste Project through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), a shipment of three hound puppies as young as 9 months old is set to be delivered to the […]
Last year, following pressure from White Coat Waste Project, Congress, and veterans, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) spent $1.3 million of taxpayers’ money to commission an independent review of its wasteful and cruel dog experimentation program. Now, Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Lee Zeldin (R-NY)–Air Force and Army veterans, respectively–are leading a group calling on […]
As reported by USA Today, NBC News, and others, more than 60 Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle have just re-introduced the Preventing Unkind and Painful Procedures and Experiments on Respected Species (PUPPERS) Act (HR 1155) to de-fund “maximum pain” experiments and other cruel and wasteful dog testing at the U.S. Department […]
