New York Times Feature: White Coat Waste Made Animal Testing a Trump and GOP Priority
Posted by Meg McCarney
20 March 2026 | Blog
We didn’t just get coverage — we redefined the issue.
White Coat Waste made animal testing a bipartisan cause and a Trump White House priority.
The New York Times explains how we did it.
On March 12, 2026, The New York Times’ Sheryl Stolberg reports: “White Coat Waste … painted animal studies as government waste” and that “the Trump administration is listening.”
Read the full New York Times feature here and excerpts below.
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This didn’t happen by accident. We made it happen.
Fifteen years ago, WCW revolutionized the generations-old fight against animal testing with a new strategy.
By targeting wasteful government spending and realigning the Republican Party, our innovative approach made it a bipartisan cause — and a Trump White House priority.
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