WCW VICTORY: TRUMP EPA CUTTING ANIMAL TESTS & RETIRING LAB SURVIVORS

Posted by Meg McCarney
01 July 2025 | Blog


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Following through on its commitment from earlier this year, President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking action to cut wasteful animal tests and retire lab survivors.

Statement from Anthony Bellotti, President and Founder, White Coat Waste

“Reinstating the EPA’s animal testing phase-out and its lab animal retirement policy has been a top priority for White Coat Waste since day one of the new Trump Administration. We applaud President Trump and EPA Administrator Zeldin for keeping their promise to taxpayers and pet owners.

White Coat Waste worked with the first Trump Administration to eliminate tests on dogs, rabbits, and all other mammals by 2035 and to retire animal testing survivors.  When the Biden Administration secretly revoked the 2035 deadline and killed rabbits slated for retirement, we blew the whistle—not the legacy animal groups who stayed silent while the killing resumed behind closed doors.

White Coat Waste led the only bipartisan campaign that united Congressional Republicans and Democrats to pass legislation directing the EPA to restore its phase-out timeline and retirement plans. From the beginning of the Trump Administration to today, White Coat Waste has been leading the campaign to cut EPA’s wasteful spending and to retire EPA’s lab survivors. We’re proud of our hard-fought win—and we won’t stop until the last animal is out.”

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