Insights into evolving considerations for Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee members “How do we know that learning what happens to one animal tells us what will happen to another species,” an ANIMALS 24-7 reader asked in response to recent coverage of animal use in biomedical research and testing, “especially when the second species is […]
FDA finally moves to comply with 2022 law ending animal testing mandate
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 […]
Rollins & Kennedy “beef up” USDA school meal program cut to the bone
Nothing in the Rollins/Kennedy announcement supports plant-based diet, notes Harvard critic WASHINGTON, D.C.––Brooke Rollins, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. Secretary of Health & Human Services, on August 24, 2026 announced what they claimed were, “Sweeping new efforts to strengthen school meals by connecting more American farmers with local schools, […]
Dog & pony show: wild horses to slaughter, pit bulls to Miranda’s Rescue
Myth that “We can save them all” without contracepting problematic populations both dumps dead dogs in ditches & feeds wild horses to the meat trade FORTUNA, California; POTEAU, Oklahoma & WAUSEON, Ohio––One might observe that the Miranda’s Rescue saga playing since April 2026 in northern California and the Bureau of Land Management equines-sold-to-slaughter horse opera […]
Trump admin opens 95% of National Wildlife Refuges to hunting & fishing
Pre-election ploy: U.S. animal advocacy groups don’t say a peep about it WASHINGTON D.C.––The Department of the Interior on August 13, 2026 announced “the largest expansion of hunting and sport fishing opportunities in the history of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. “With this action,” the Department of the Interior crowed in a media release, […]
Trump admin ESA rewrite brings spotted owls home to roost for enviros
“Umbrella species” approach to endangered species protection brings both barred owl massacre and loss of habitat protection WASHINGTON D.C.––Northern spotted owls on July 10, 2026 came home to roost for the U.S. conservation movement. While hired guns employed by government agencies massacred barred owls in northern California, in the name of protecting northern spotted owls […]
Trump admin plays up “crush video” prosecutions, drops “Big Lick” cases
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 […]
“Emotional assistance” pit bulls are no longer protected from eviction
Fair Housing Act no longer shields pit bull owners who claim mental illness WASHINGTON D.C.––Pit bull owners with professed psychiatric issues, animal shelters used to rehoming pit bulls to the admittedly deranged, and animal advocacy organizations espousing “We can save them all!” are already going Kong toys over a newly narrowed definition of service animals […]
When others looked away, ANIMALS 24-7 looked at the evidence
ANIMALS 24-7 does not usually blow our own horns like this when someone says something nice about us, but this public response from Amy Dickens of The Wild Truth, below, is so nice that we felt it should be shared with our readers & donors, who make our work possible: When Others Looked Away, ANIMALS […]
“Damn the whales! Full speed ahead!” Trump “God Squad” tells BP
Endangered Species Act override proceeds as expected WASHINGTON D.C.––The Donald Trump administration “God Squad” Endangered Species Act review panel on March 31, 2026 unanimously voted to “issue an exemption from the requirements of the ESA for all oil and gas exploration, development, and production activities associated with the outer continental shelf oil and gas program,” […]