Bill to ban federally funded biomedical research on dogs & cats introduced in D.C. NORTH ROSE, New York––The human population of North Rose, New York, officially listed as 571, is expected to double and perhaps triple or more on September 26, 2026, as the 207-mile “March to End Animal Testing” concludes with a three-mile hike […]
Dogs & cat use in labs is up under Trump/Kennedy, says White Coat Waste
Former Trump ally details new use of beagles & kittens in report MAHA Betrayed WASHINGTON D.C.––Apologists for the abysmal record of the second Donald Trump administration on animal issues have thus far tended to offset harm to wildlife, farmed animals, and horses, both wild and domestic, by citing purported huge reductions in animal use for […]
“No more monkeys jumping on the bed!” orders CDC deputy chief of staff
End to CDC non-human primate research expected by the end of 2025 ATLANTA, Georgia––About 200 fewer macaques will be used in 2026 in U.S. federal laboratories after the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) quits keeping non-human primates toward the end of 2025. That will leave about 7,000 more non-human primates, mostly rhesus and […]
“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. […]
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 […]
Trump administration government cuts may bring reduction of animal testing
Much depends upon whether controversial cabinet picks are approved––and if they do what they say they will WASHINGTON D.C.––The incoming second Donald Trump administration, like the first, does not appear to promise anything good for farmed animals, wildlife, or enforcement of pro-animal federal legislation, but animal use in biomedical research and testing may be another […]
The “Stokes 7” are cats. Underlying issues include monsters.
Why is the V.A. pushing to continue cat experiments against the will of Congress & the White House, & offering top-of-front page links to advocacy groups for animal use in biomedical research? WASHINGTON D.C.––Initiated by the White Coat Waste Project on March 11, 2024, the same day the U.S. President Joe Biden endorsed into law […]
Weasel words on the monkey beat: did FDA really end experiments?
White Coat Waste Project says National Center for Toxicological Research ended monkey studies, but FDA indicates they might resume “in the future based on agency needs” JEFFERSON, Arkansas––The White Coat Waste Project on both August 30 and September 18, 2023 declared victory in shutting down nicotine addiction experiments at the National Center for Toxicological Research […]