• Instant Impact: Days after an exclusive White Coat Waste (WCW) investigation uncovered over $57 million in active Pentagon-funded dog and cat experiments worldwide, Trump’s Defense Department is cutting the multi-million-dollar contracts and specifically crediting WCW for bringing them to light.
• Pentagon Promises Kept: Last week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Laura Loomer that the DOD was reviewing the dog and cat lab contracts exposed by WCW’s investigation and is “Committed to this.”
• In just three months: The DOD has canceled a $10 million cat lab (the constipation experiments uncovered by WCW), the U.S. Navy banned all dog and cat testing (explicitly crediting WCW), the Trump Administration shut down a DOD contract to drug 300 beagles per week in China, and now Hegseth has cut millions in other dog and cat labs around the world—all exposed by WCW.
• Directly following WCW’s investigations and lobbying, the House and Senate also just advanced 2026 Defense spending bills that cut funding for the DOD’s dog and cat labs in the U.S., China, and other foreign countries.
• WCW was the only group to uncover, investigate, and directly target these experiments—the very abuse that prompted Hegseth’s action. Legacy animal groups ignored Pentagon dog and cat testing for decades.
• Legacy groups launched no investigations, filed no lawsuits, and mounted no lobbying to stop the dog and cat experiments that ultimately triggered these cuts.
• WCW’s unprecedented coalition—including Laura Loomer, Elon Musk, Rep. Nancy Mace, military veterans, and dozens of bipartisan lawmakers—delivered the knockout pressure that forced the win.
• Hegseth’s cuts deliver WCW’s top demand to the Trump Administration: Defund every last dog and cat lab.
• Following our wins at the Army and Navy, WCW has now cut every single known dog and cat laboratory across the entire U.S. military.

Following a years-long White Coat Waste campaign, and just days after an exclusive new White Coat Waste (WCW) investigation uncovered over $57 million in active Army and other Pentagon-funded dog and cat experiments worldwide, Trump’s Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has cut millions in contracts for the cruel labs we exposed and specifically credited WCW for bringing them to his attention.

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After I brought $57 million in DOD @DeptofDefense dog and cat animal testing contracts to the attention of the Department of Defense and Defense Secretary @PeteHegseth that were uncovered by @WhiteCoatWaste, the Department of Defense just exclusively told me… https://t.co/QrdiuOX7n1 pic.twitter.com/i0fg9ziGdb

— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) July 18, 2025

The fifteen ongoing DOD-funded experiments unearthed by WCW included implanting electrodes in cats’ heads and blasting them with loud noises, poisoning beagles with experimental drugs, intentionally detaching dogs’ retinas, slicing dogs’ muscles, and other barbaric abuses in laboratories in the U.S., Canada, Italy, and Australia. 

It is being reported that 10 of the contracts exposed by WCW have been cut, and the others will be phased out. We are awaiting more details from the DOD.

Immediately following our investigation’s release last week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Laura Loomer that the DOD was reviewing the dog and cat lab contracts exposed by WCW’s investigation and is “Committed to this.”

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth @PeteHegseth told me @LoomerUnleashed today that under his command at the Department of Defense @DeptofDefense: “we will be reviewing all of the animal testing contracts to make sure DOD is in full compliance with President Trump’s… pic.twitter.com/GBCQk4hUFH

— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) July 12, 2025

The DOD’s animal lab cuts also follow Sec. Hegseth’s promise to Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) last month during a DOD budget hearing–where WCW’s investigations were referenced–that his agency would continue to cut wasteful spending on dog and cat labs.

We will continue to fight for animal welfare. @WhiteCoatWaste @HASCRepublicans @SecDef @DODResponse pic.twitter.com/h5mH76w6Ep

— Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) June 12, 2025

Last month, WCW and Laura Loomer met with Rep. Mace–who serves on the House Armed Services Committee–to strategize on defunding the DOD’s experiments on kittens and puppies.

On June 5, 2025, WCW Senior Vice President Justin Goodman and Laura Loomer met with Rep. Nancy Mace. Our agenda? End dog and cat testing at the DOD.

This past week, following WCW lobbying and leadership from Rep. Mace and Senator Joni Ernst, Congress also advanced 2026 Pentagon budget bills that would permanently cut funding for painful experiments on dogs and cats.

A Chain Reaction WCW Set in Motion

The Pentagon’s new dog and cat lab cuts follow a rapid series of DOD shutdowns triggered by WCW campaigns:

• May 17: The DOD canceled $10 million Navy-funded cat experiments where cats had marbles rammed into their rectums—first exposed by a WCW FOIA lawsuit.
• May 27: Navy Secretary Phelan enacted a Navy-wide ban on all dog and cat testing—citing WCW’s investigation and campaign.
• May 29: The Trump Administration terminated a DOD-funded contract to drug 300 beagles per week in China—first uncovered by WCW.

WCW’s investigations were the first—and only—to uncover how Navy, Army, and other DOD branches wasted tens of millions to cripple kittens and poison puppies.

These are actual photos of the Navy’s marble-in-rectum cat experiments — uncovered by WCW and cited by Hegseth during a congressional hearing as a prime example of wasteful spending.

“@SenRandPaul thanked @PeteHegseth for highlighting the spending that he worked with White Coat Waste, an organization dedicated to ending taxpayer-funded animal testing, to expose”

???? Hegseth Says DOD Was Spending Tens of Millions Sticking Marbles Inside the Rear Ends of Cats… pic.twitter.com/iB1Ia2cnQC

— White Coat Waste (@WhiteCoatWaste) June 12, 2025

Our congressional testimony in February 2025—and our spotlight in Sen. Rand Paul’s December 2024 Festivus Report—helped ignite the pressure that forced these shutdowns.

The Navy Secretary’s spokesperson, Kristina Wong, explicitly credited WCW’s exposé as the reason the ban was enacted.

Thank you to @RobertKennedyJr, @DOGE, @LauraLoomer, @WhiteCoatWaste, and @SenRandPaul, among others, for bringing the issue of animal abuse to our attention, leading to @SecNav’s decision to ban medical research testing on cats and dogs.

Also, thanks @mattgaetz for having me on… pic.twitter.com/hEOtAU19fW

— Kristina Wong (@SecNavSpox) May 31, 2025

WCW’s Campaign: The Only One That Mattered

Despite pro-taxpayer leadership in government, WCW uncovered lingering animal abuse buried in Pentagon contracts—and forced immediate action.

UPDATE:

I have been told that @DeptofDefense is reviewing their animal testing contracts following horrifically disturbing reports by @WhiteCoatWaste which aired on my show @LoomerUnleashed.@WhiteCoatWaste & I have uncovered even MORE Pentagon animal abuse.

In addition to… https://t.co/Qsz3H3t6O4 pic.twitter.com/DGdEoRwJMN

— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) May 12, 2025

On May 12, 2025, Laura Loomer posted WCW’s dog and cat testing target list (which we sent to DOGE as early as January) and called on Hegseth to cut the funding.

Musk amplified WCW’s investigation, tweeting: “Will ask @DOGE to put an end to animal cruelty.”

The Pentagon listened—and acted.

But WCW’s campaign didn’t start on social media. It started years earlier:   

• November 2023: WCW sued the DOD.   
• June 2024:  WCW passed bipartisan House legislation—the first-ever vote to defund the Pentagon’s cat abuse.    
• December 2024: WCW exposés sparked widespread media coverage.   
• February 2025: WCW testified in the House Oversight Committee about the DOD’s cat labs 
• October 2024 – May 2025: WCW united a big tent coalition for cats: Elon Musk, Laura Loomer, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), DOGE Senate Caucus Chair Joni Ernst (R-IA), Reps. Dina Titus (D-NV) and Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), military veterans, and Ben & Jerry’s progressive co-founder.    
• May 2024 – July 2025:  WCW lobbied Congress for cuts and rallied over a million grassroots supporters to join the fight—donating, signing petitions, and demanding action.   

From FOIAs to floor votes, WCW didn’t just fight hard—we fought smart. Every move was designed to force the Pentagon’s hand.

RESULT: The Pentagon is CUTTING all testing on dogs and cats.

Republican and Democratic lawmakers all concur: WCW led. WCW won. WCW ended it.

Legacy Groups Sat It Out—Then Tried to Claim Credit

After the Navy ban, legacy animal groups issued statements and letters to Hegseth—two days too late. None were cited by the Pentagon, by lawmakers, or by media covering the shutdowns.

They launched no relevant investigations.
Filed no relevant lawsuits.
And did no lobbying to stop the dog and cat experiments that triggered the ban.

The Result: DOD-Wide Defund

From oversight hearings to agency decisions, every step in this chain cites WCW as the driver — not a broader shift to alternatives, not a legacy animal rights coalition.

Just receipts. Just results. Just WCW.

Our #1 priority for Trump’s new administration is defunding dog and cat testing.

It’s a seismic message to every bureaucrat still funding abuse: WCW isn’t stopping.  We’re shutting it all down.