Compliance with FDA Modernization Act 2.0 comes only after FDA Modernization Act 3.0, compelling compliance, has already passed U.S. Senate & House of Representatives WASHINGTON D.C.––The U.S. Food & Drug Administration [FDA] on September 21, 2026 issued a long delayed “direct final rule,” it announced, “that updates regulations to clarify that non-animal methods can be […]
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 […]
Animal Welfare Act fines vanish––and AWI report, now back, about the loss
The Animal Welfare Institute exposed the recent lack of fines for Animal Welfare Act violations. Then the exposé disappeared, but reappeared ten days later without explanation WASHINGTON D.C.––Why did a scathing Animal Welfare Institute report detailing non-enforcement of the U.S. federal Animal Welfare Act posted to the AWI website on September 29, 2025 abruptly disappear […]
Supreme Court of Canada to decide fate of 400 B.C. ostriches
Ostriches won reprieve from cull when Supreme Court of Canada took up the case OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada––A forthcoming Supreme Court of Canada verdict concerning the fate of nearly 400 ostriches may be the biggest decision of the court in an animal-related case in close to six years. The verdict will hinge upon whether the Supreme […]
U. of Wisconsin & NIH muzzling hit by courts––& leads to org for lab techs
“Advocates for science without human or animal suffering” OAKLAND, California––“I’m overjoyed to share that we officially won the appeal in my free speech lawsuit against my alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Madison!” animal advocate Madeline Krasno, 34, posted to multiple social media on August 5, 2025. Celebrating what appears to be a landmark win four […]
When the cats are away, will vivisectors play more hell with rats & mice?
White Coat Waste Project “lays waste” to cat experiments, but are buildings & equipment still in use on other species? WASHINGTON D.C.––U.S. Navy Secretary John C. Phelan on May 27, 2025 announced that, “Today it gives me great pleasure to terminate all Department of the Navy testing on cats and dogs, ending these inhumane practices […]
Enlisting Trump “blogosphere,” White Coat Waste kills cruel cat experiments
“Push it to the right” strategy wins––& takes other animal groups to the right as well WASHINGTON D.C.––“The Donald Trump administration’s Department of Defense has announced that it is cutting funding for wasteful and cruel experiments on cats,” posted White Coat Waste digital marketing expert Allison McDonald on the afternoon of May 17, 2025. […]
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 […]
Is NIH under Trump really replacing animal testing, or just axing research?
The Trump budget cuts leave little new funding for “reduction, refinement, & replacement” WASHINGTON D.C.––Have animal advocates become part of a smokescreen for $18 billion in Donald Trump administration cuts to the National Institutes of Health [NIH] budget? The NIH budget was $48.5 billion in fiscal 2025, but is to be slashed to $27 billion […]
Happy Meat, Humane Animal Research, and Other Myths by Peter Marsh
Happy Meat, Humane Animal Research, and Other Myths: How People Harm Animals and Still Live with Themselves by Peter Marsh 158 pages. $14.95 paperback; $6.99 Kindle. Lantern Publishing & Media PO Box 1350 Woodstock, NY 12498 www.lanternpm.org Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Readers of Happy Meat, Humane Animal Research, and Other Myths: How People Harm Animals […]