And may not retire the CDC monkeys to sanctuary after all WASHINGTON, D.C.––A June 24, 2026 media release from the Donald Trump-aligned Pacific Legal Foundation and a June 25, 2026 media release from the Department of Justice present entirely opposite perspectives on Trump administration cruelty law enforcement––but both imply praise of Trump for government […]
Under-the-table backroom deal frees the last of the Ridglan Farms beagles
Beagles bark, money talks, & the two Waynes whose work achieved the deal––Hsiung & Pacelle ––are left chained to the doghouse BLUE MOUNDS, Wisconsin––The decade-long campaign to close the Ridglan Farms beagles-for-research breeding facility begun by Direct Action Everywhere founder and Simple Heart blogger Wayne Hsiung in 2017 can now be called a victory, at […]
Alan Cooper & John Pippin, M.D., represented the range of animal advocacy
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 […]
Bigger than Ridglan beagles: Ontario bans dog & cat use in medical research
Wayne Hsiung set for trial, Wayne Pacelle buys more beagles, Colorado dog & cat lab closes, & Born Free USA to get retired CDC monkeys BLUE MOUNDS, Wisconsin; TORONTO, Ontario; DILLEY, Texas––The Ridglan beagles and the two Waynes, Wayne Pacelle and Wayne Hsiung, as of June 22, 2026 continued to dominate the news pertaining […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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. […]
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 […]