• Citing White Coat Waste Project investigations, 25 Republicans and Democrats are demanding details from the Department of Defense about its taxpayer-funded pet abuse
• WCW exposed how the DOD is wasting millions of tax dollars to abuse and kill dogs and cats in painful experiments
• Following WCW’s campaigns and lobbying, the House recently passed historic legislation to stop the DOD from funding any experiments on dogs and cats
• WCW has exposed DOD’s wasteful spending since 2016, when we detailed deadly beagle experiments in our landmark “Spending to Death” report

UPDATE: May 28, 2025 
VICTORY! Following WCW’s investigation and campaign, the Department of Defense cut funding for its deadly $10 million cat constipation experiments and the U.S. Navy enacted a historic policy banning all testing on dogs and cats. 

Original post: July 29, 2024

Last month, the House of Representatives unanimously passed bipartisan legislation defunding the Department of Defense (DOD)’s abuse of dogs and cats in experiments. This historic move–the first time Congress ever voted to defund all dog and cat testing at the DOD–was prompted by recent White Coat Waste Project (WCW) investigations and lobbying.

Now, citing WCW’s findings, Congress is demanding details from the DOD about the full extent of its taxpayer-funded pet abuse.

In a new bipartisan letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin co-led by Reps. Young Kim (R-CA) and Don Davis (D-NC), 25 lawmakers write, “We are concerned by the DoD’s use of taxpayer dollars on inhumane dog experiments for human drugs and do not believe it is a prudent use of its resources.” The group requests details on all dog and cat experiments funded with tax dollars by the DOD over the past five years.

Joining Reps. Kim and Davis on the letter to DOD are Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), John James (R-MI), Hank Johnson (D-GA), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Mike Lawler (R-NY), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Marc Molinaro (R-NY), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Troy Nehls (R-TX) Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Chris Smith (R-NJ), Greg Steube (R-FL), Dina Titus (D-NV), David Valadao (R-CA), Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Mike Waltz (R-FL), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), and Brandon Williams (R-NY).

WCW’s recent exposés uncovered millions in wasteful DOD spending for experimental drug testing that poisons puppies and horrendous experiments that electro-shock and cripple cats to study erectile dysfunction and constipation.

The DOD’s pet abuse exposed by WCW has garnered criticism from medical experts, lawmakers, the press, and WCW advocates nationwide. WCW has also filed a lawsuit against the DOD for failing to comply with a Freedom of Information Act request about its cat testing.

WCW is a bipartisan campaign to expose and close the U.S. government’s $20 billion cat and dog testing business. You can help!