Both Alan Cooper & John Pippin, M.D. were felled by long struggles with debilitating illness It would be difficult to imagine two animal advocates with less in common than Alan Cooper and John Pippin, M.D., except that both were veterans of more than 20 years in animal advocacy on a variety of fronts, and died […]
FDA commissioner Makary, critic of animal testing, gets the Trump boot
Following the Marty Makary & Pam Bondi exits, the last animal friends in the White House may be rats in the woodwork WASHINGTON D.C.––Resigning on May 12, 2026 under direct pressure from U.S. president Donald Trump, former U.S. Food & Drug Administration commissioner Marty Makary dashed with his forced exit whatever illusions anyone may still […]
Is lab use of “model organisms,” including mice, really down by 68%?
White Coat Waste Project has more faith in defunding than in Three Rs progress; Wayne Hsiung pushes for more “open rescue” WASHINGTON D.C.––At a glance, a newly published study directed by University of Bonn geneticist and evolutionary biologist Nicolas Gompel seems to suggest a drastic drop underway quietly in the background of biomedical research for […]
Lab Dog: A Beagle & His Human Investigate, by Melanie D.G. Kaplan
Lab Dog: A Beagle & His Human Investigate the Surprising World of Animal Research by Melanie D.G. Kaplan Seal Press 352 pages $32.00 hardcover; $18.99 ebook. Order online: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/melanie-d-g-kaplan/lab-dog/9781541604988/?lens=seal-press Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Perhaps the best way to start a review of Lab Dog: A Beagle & His Human Investigate the Surprising World of Animal […]
“Funding father” splits with White Coat Waste over treatment of scientist
Jim Greenbaum faces off with Anthony Bellotti over Nicole Kleinstreuer, named to head NIH office seeking alternatives to animal testing WEST HOLLYWOOD, California––“Being a bystander to suffering is not an option,” states the Greenbaum Foundation motto. The Greenbaum Foundation is endowed and headed by former telecom executive Jim Greenbaum, 67. Because “Being a bystander to […]
What if the Trump administration is serious about ending lab animal use?
There are ways to cut back on lab animal use, but just cutting science budgets is not one of them by Morgan V. Sage [Morgan V. Sage, a longtime ANIMALS 24-7 reader and close observer of biomedical research, offers the following commentary on the issues raised by our May 4, 2025 article “Is NIH under […]
Four rescue transport pilots & two animal welfare scientists noted in passing
Matthew and Paul Berkovitz, 69 & 36; Seuk Kim, 49; Lee Krulisch, 80; Sheila Bolin, 65 Father and son volunteer animal rescue transport pilots Paul and Matthew Berkovitz, 69 and 36, of Westlake, California, and Thousand Oaks, California, respectively, volunteers for Pilots N Paws, were killed along with their dog Brody at about 2:10 p.m. […]
Animal Care & Use Committees lose invisibility cloak: names must be public
University of Washington faculty lose three-year court battle to keep anonymity SEATTLE, Washington––Responding to March 2025 ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, members of the University of Washington Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee on May 28, 2025 agreed to drop a three-year legal effort to keep their identities […]
28 years later, FDA is “replacing animal testing,” new chief Makary says
Makary finally does what the FDA, EPA, & National Institutes for Health were petitioned to do in 1997, 50 years after key technology became available WASHINGTON D.C.––U.S. Food & Drug Administration commissioner Martin Makary on April 10, 2025 announced barely two weeks after taking office that the FDA is “replacing animal testing in the development […]
Feds give okay to pigging out on lab-grown pork with no pig in it
Mission Barns bets salami eaters won’t know their lab-grown pork butts from fat meat SAN FRANCISCO, California––Can salami eaters tell lab-grown pork butts from fat meat? Or will they react to them as to green eggs and ham, offered by the Dr. Seuss character Sam-I-am: “I do not like it, Sam-I-am! It may be good […]