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Big Win for Taxpayer

Taxpayer, thank you—and thanks to our entire grassroots army—for powering our fight. Because of your generosity, we fully funded our rapid response budget to stop the Bhattacharya–Kleinstreuer NIH’s lethal tests on cats and other animals.

And here’s even more good news:

White Coat Waste (WCW) just shut down the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) in-house animal testing program—and released the animals!

The lab is closed. The animals are free. You made this possible, Taxpayer.

Our victory was FRONT-PAGE news in the New York Times:

In 2018, an exclusive WCW investigation uncovered how the EPA killed 20,000 animals per year.

Bunnies forced to inhale diesel fumes. Pregnant moms blasted with loud noises. Babies tortured with electric shocks.

Here’s the actual email appeal we sent on December 14, 2023.
That’s when WCW launched an emergency campaign to stop the EPA’s animal testing resurgence.

In 2023, WCW uncovered how the Biden Administration quietly canceled the plan to eliminate the EPA’s animal testing—and even killed bunnies who were supposed to be “retired.”

None of the legacy animal rights groups spoke up. Some even praised the EPA.

Take Jasper (Govt ID #104), an elderly New Zealand white rabbit. Years of standing on a wire cage floor left him with painful arthritis and serious mobility problems. Kindness Ranch offered to place Jasper in a sanctuary where he could live out his final days in comfort.

But the EPA refused. Instead of compassion, Jasper got a death sentence.

And the EPA planned the same fate for three other bunnies.

Here’s another email appeal we sent you when WCW launched a rapid response campaign to rescue the EPA bunnies.

So, I wrote you an urgent appeal. You stepped up, Taxpayer.

Together, we blasted Jasper’s story into the headlines—and rallied 37 Republican and Democratic lawmakers to hold the EPA accountable.

And because of that pressure, here’s what happened next:

Taxpayer, the EPA’s bunnies, rats—even fish—are finally being adopted out as pets.

And it happened because of our relentless (and yes, sometimes annoying) email appeals—the very ones you powered.   

Thanks again, Taxpayer. We appreciate you. The animals do too.

You Give. We Win. They Survive,

Anthony Bellotti
President/Founder
White Coat Waste

P.S. Taxpayer, below you’ll find some of the great media coverage of your  victory.

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Great News: Trump’s EPA Ending Animal Testing Nightmare and Will Be Putting Retired Lab Animals Up for Adoption
Originally published by T he Gateway Pundit | Written by Cassandra MacDonald

Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has not just committed to phasing out cruel and outdated animal testing, but it has now also approved a program for putting the retired laboratory animals up for adoption, following months of discussion with the non-profit White Coat Waste.

The adoption plan was unearthed in internal EPA documents by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and confirmed to White Coat Waste, the taxpayer watchdog that’s been relentless in exposing and dismantling government-funded animal torture.

Peer said in a press release, “There are approximately 20,000 animals in EPA labs, including rabbits, mice, and rats, which are primarily used to gauge the safety of environmental pollutants. The adoption program, which is debuting at EPA’s Research Triangle complex in North Carolina, is now offering zebrafish and rats for private adoption.”

Anthony Bellotti, President and Founder of White Coat Waste, celebrated the news in a statement:

“Reinstating the EPA’s animal testing phase-out and its lab animal retirement policy has been a top priority for White Coat Waste since day one of the new Trump Administration. We applaud President Trump and EPA Administrator Zeldin for keeping their promise to taxpayers and pet owners.

White Coat Waste worked with the first Trump Administration to eliminate tests on dogs, rabbits, and all other mammals by 2035 and to retire animal testing survivors. When the Biden Administration secretly revoked the 2035 deadline and killed rabbits slated for retirement, we blew the whistle—not the legacy animal groups who stayed silent while the killing resumed behind closed doors.

White Coat Waste led the only bipartisan campaign that united Congressional Republicans and Democrats to pass legislation directing the EPA to restore its phase-out timeline and retirement plans. From the beginning of the Trump Administration to today, White Coat Waste has been leading the campaign to cut EPA’s wasteful spending and to retire EPA’s lab survivors. We’re proud of our hard-fought win—and we won’t stop until the last animal is out.”

The decision to end animal testing builds on a push initiated under President Donald Trump’s first term, but squashed by the Biden administration.

In 2019, under the first Trump administration’s EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, the agency set a goal of a 30% reduction in mammal testing by 2025 and a complete phase-out by 2035. It was the most ambitious federal effort ever to stop bankrolling animal experiments, a move backed by millions of Americans who’d rather see their tax dollars fund pet adoptions than lab atrocities. But a 2023 WCW investigation exposed how Biden’s EPA quietly scrapped the plan.

WCW uncovered that Biden’s EPA was forcing animals to choke on simulated wildfire smoke and gunpowder fumes from rifles and handguns, all in the name of studying “environmental justice.” Rabbits were slaughtered after their “service,” even though the organization offered to rehome them.

Biden’s idea of justice includes a furry body count, and PETA, the so-called animal saviors, were nowhere to be found.

In 2019, PETA tried to steal credit for Trump’s animal testing reforms, despite WCW doing the heavy lifting.

PETA’s audacity peaked in November 2021 when they tweeted the bald-faced lie, “Unfortunately, Trump did nothing to stop animal experimentation.” Meanwhile, when Biden’s EPA gutted the deadlines, PETA didn’t just stay silent; they showered the agency with praise. Seems they were too busy rubbing elbows with politicians and getting celebrities naked for crass advertisements to notice the blood on the lab floor.

Let’s all hope, for the animals’ sake, that PETA is not involved in the adoption efforts, as they have killed over 80 percent of the animals brought to their Virginia shelter since 1998, according to calculations on PetaKillsAnimals.com. That’s not a shelter; it’s a slaughterhouse with better PR.

Trump’s EPA is proving that real change means saving animals, not staging photo ops or tweeting empty platitudes. PETA could learn a thing or two, but they’re probably too busy counting their kills.

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