Check out today’s must read piece from WCW‘s co-founding Director, Julie Germany. For the first time, Julie is telling the story of Violet the coonhound. As you can read at PawsGo, Violet’s transition from taxpayer-funded experiment to family pet hasn’t been easy:The U.S. government spends more than $12 billion in taxpayer funding each year for experimentation on dogs, cats,...
MUST READ: Check out our new op-ed in the Huffington Post: “The Government’s Battle Against Opioid Addiction Is Important. It’s Also Wasteful.” Money quote:How does LSD impact bunny rabbits ($6.5 million, NIH payout: 5R01MH016841)? And how does a female monkey function when she’s high on cocaine ($1.3 million, NIH payout: 5R01DA038588)? Hopefully, you have...
Thanks to your support, White Coat Waste just exposed even more senseless government waste and abuse in the Beltway: $82,822.31 to create stuttering mice. You read that correctly.As we just exposed to Elizabeth Harrington at the Washington Free Beacon: The work was supported by several NIH grants, including a National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders project...
Our campaign recently joined forces with LUSH Cosmetics during tax week to stop taxpayer-funded animal experimentation in Washington, D.C. We’re honored by the amount of interest that major figures in American politics and media have already shown in our work against $12 billion in taxpayer-funded animal experimentation. FamousDC reports on the power players at the tax day kick off: Spotted with...
Journalist Louisa Lew just sat down with Anthony Bellotti, our Founder and Campaign Manager, to discuss White Coat Waste’s innovative new campaign strategy. Anthony also shares new details from his first hand experience working in a taxpayer-funded animal experimentation laboratory:[/vc_column_text]“Bellotti first entered the realm of animal experimentation at age 17, when he participated in a summer internship...
You must read this. Dr. Cynthia Radnitz is a clinical psychologist with over 20 years experience in treating human patients suffering from substance misuse disorders at the Department of Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center. Working with the White Coat Waste Project, Dr. Radnitz has put forth this must-read commentary about taxpayer-funded animal experimentation in New Hampshire. Dr. Radnitz’s...
Wondering just how the government wastes more than $12 billion of your money each year on worthless animal experiments? Generation Opportunity breaks it down in a new interview with WCW founder and president Anthony Bellotti. The full article is below. In summer of 1995, 17-year-old Anthony Bellotti accepted an internship at a taxpayer-funded animal...
Are Taxpayers Getting Their Money’s Worth from Animal Testing? My friend Liz Sheld had a big hand in this report on The Blaze asking whether a lot of federal government-funded animal testing amounts to a waste. (I must warn that if you’re squeamish or uncomfortable with footage of animal testing, you’re not going to...
MUST WATCH: from Executive Producer Glenn Beck of The Blaze, the White Coat Waste Project’s groundbreaking new exposé on For The Record has launched against the $12 billion annual forced taxpayer-funded animal experimentation budget. And the issue is uniting conservatives and liberals in Washington. Just in time for tax week, here’s the full episode of...
