The department has pledged it will meet an end-of-the-year deadline early for halting spinal cord injury research that used macaque monkeys as test subjects.| Military.com
Following a WCW campaign, the Department of Veterans Affairs has canceled a wasteful plan for painful medical device experiments in which seven cats—the Stokes 7—would have wiring implanted into their legs and backs, risking paralysis and death.| White Coat Waste Project
The Charleston VA quietly canceled the wasteful project after WCW got Congress to enact legislation restricting VA spending on primate testing| White Coat Waste Project
Following WCW’s campaigns and lobbying, Congress has passed legislation to “eliminate” all tests on cats, dogs, and primates at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA) by 2026.| White Coat Waste Project
We’ve obtained documents confirming that the Dept. of Veterans Affairs has ended painful dog experiments at its Richmond, Virginia lab, the agency's final holdout.| White Coat Waste Project
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Congress has enacted WCW-backed legislation to phase-out the VA’s experiments on primates (and dogs and cats) by 2025, but we just scored a major victory that cleans up some of this waste and abuse much sooner.| White Coat Waste Project
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