Just two days after yet another Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) whistleblower came forward with evidence of dog abuse and waste in a VA dog laboratory, Congress has unanimously passed a WCW-supported bipartisan amendment that defunds painful taxpayer-funded dog experiments at the VA. The amendment is part of a federal spending package that is expected to pass the...
Photo taken by a whistleblower inside a dog experimentation laboratory at the McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center A brave Iraq war veteran who works at the McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in Richmond, Virginia has come forward with disturbing new details about the facility where more than 100 dogs are “set to...
Military veterans and active duty service members have been some of the most vocal supporters of WCW’s campaign to cut taxpayer funding for wasteful and painful dog experiments at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). In this new letter in the Richmond Times-Dispatch–the city housing the VA’s most painful dog laboratory–a U.S. Army soldier praises Richmond-area...
Following White Coat Waste Project exposés documenting egregious animal abuses, transparency deficiencies and oversight failures in Department of Veterans Affairs (V.A.) dog experimentation laboratories, a coalition of Republicans and Democrats in Congress is taking decisive action to protect dogs, veterans, and taxpayers. This week, at an event co-hosted with WCW, Reps. Dave Brat (R-VA)...
White Coat Waste VP Justin Goodman briefs Congress on our work to end taxpayer-funded animal experiments Yesterday, White Coat Waste Project hosted a briefing and game night on Capitol Hill to help roll out new bipartisan legislation and explain to Congress why the price is wrong for $15 billion in taxpayer-funded animal experiments each...
The Federal Accountability in Chemical Testing (FACT) Act, a White Coat Waste Project-endorsed bill that would require federal agencies to disclose much more information about the poisoning tests they do on animals–including for cosmetics— has been picking up steam. The bill has over 60 bipartisan cosponsors and now the support of the prestigious New York City (NYC) Bar...
Following a damning Department of Veterans Affairs report documenting animal welfare violations and oversight failures in dog experimentation laboratories at the Richmond VA Medical Center, U.S. Senators from Virginia Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Mark Warner (D-VA) have joined other Congress members calling for reforms. In a letter to Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin, the Senators express concerns about Richmond...
Last week, White Coat Waste Project exposed how the government is spending your tax money to conduct wasteful cosmetics tests on animals. Now, we’ve also found that the National Toxicology Program is planning more deadly, unreliable and expensive poisoning tests on mice and rats for several herbal supplements–including dong quai and Black cohosh–marketed as treatments for menstrual...
