US Navy bans dog and cat experiments following White Coat Waste Project advocacy
White Coat Waste Project uncovered a $10 Navy-funded lab that was performing painful experiments on cats, some of which were already disabled. The experiments involved tests and electroshocking experiments on the cats as a part of strange and disturbing research on things like constipation and erectile problems.
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After their relentless investigation and public campaign, the US Navy has officially announced a ban on all experiments involving dogs and cats. With this, a very painful chapter of government-funded abuse comes to an end.
According to WAN, the White Coast investigators uncovered the barbaric practices, exposing them to the public through international media outlets. The shocking news led to a huge response from regular people all over the country, including concerned taxpayers, animal lovers, and pet owners
US Navy permanently ends dog and cat testing after activist pressure
Anthony Bellotti, President and Founder of White Coat Waste, told WAN 'White Coat Waste didn't just shut down this one cat crippling lab—we ended all future dog and cat testing by the Navy, for good.
As someone who's proudly adopted several cat survivors who were rescued after White Coat Waste shut down their labs, this victory is deeply personal. Knowing that no more puppies or kittens will suffer behind Navy lab doors makes this a defining moment in the movement to end animal testing.
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'We're grateful to Secretary John Phelan, Pete Hegseth, and the Trump Administration for this policy. Pets are family. For too long, beloved dogs and cats were abused in secretive government labs.
That era is ending—because White Coat Waste is ending it. The solution is simple: Stop the Money. Stop the Madness,' added Bellotti.
PETA reacts to the initiative for animals by White Coast Waste members
According to the reports, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) penned a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Navy Secretary John Phelan, thanking the Trump administration for its ban on Navy-funded dog and cat experiments and requesting a broader ban on all animal testing in all the military branches.
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PETA Vice President Shalin Gala wrote in a statement, "PETA appreciates the Trump administration's decision to stop the Navy's torture tests on dogs and cats, and we urge a broader ban across the Pentagon to end the use of animals in Navy-funded decompression sickness and oxygen toxicity tests, Army-funded weapon-wounding tests and DOD-funded foreign experiments.
PETA further urged the Department of Defense to conduct a similar comprehensive, agency-wide audit aimed at rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse in cruel and outdated animal experimentation
A major win for the innocents
For the public and members of the White Coat Waste team who have adopted rescued animals from closed-down government labs, this mission is very personal. Knowing that no more puppies or kittens will suffer behind Navy lab doors marks a powerful and emotional victory.
With this major win, we must continue to push for the end of animal testing nationwide, once and for all.
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