Ending the VA’s unnecessary pet experimentation has been a bipartisan success story. Over 125 lawmakers from both parties have supported these efforts. VA secretaries under the Trump and Biden administrations have backed initiatives to reduce and eliminate painful experiments on dogs and cats.
Repeat after me: losing sucks.
Animals suffer when groups fail to shut down labs. Animals ONLY care
about winning.
But the establishment animal rights movement hasn’t shut down any
government dog labs in 17 years. Or any federal feline labs in 40
years.
Good intentions aren’t enough. Impact > intent.
The most compassionate thing we can do is run effective campaigns.
We win because we unite Democrats and Republicans.
But don't take my word for it…
This is an actual email from a dog experimenter at the Dept. of
Veterans Affairs. As you'll read below, we shut down his lab.
White Coat Waste is on a mission to:
Congresswomen Malliotakis (R-NY) and Titus (D-NV) have the right
idea. Please read and share their new op-ed.
Stop the Money. Stop the Madness!
After years of persistent advocacy from Congress, organizations and
animal lovers across the country, the Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA) just confirmed, “We are no longer conducting any feline testing
and are now bringing an end to animal research on sensitive
species,” meaning cats, dogs, and non-human primates. This marks a
significant victory for all who have tirelessly campaigned to end
cruel and outdated government-funded animal experiments.
However, this change did not occur overnight. The VA’s involvement
in painful and lethal experiments on cats and dogs dates back to at
least the 1950s, an era characterized by practices such as
lobotomies, widespread endorsement of cigarette smoking by doctors,
and the use of X-rays in shoe stores. Although science has evolved
considerably since then, some of the VA’s research practices
remained stubbornly entrenched in the past.