Government
The New FDA Modernization Act, eliminating the Food and Drug Administration’s requirement that new drugs be tested on animals, has been now signed into law. Los Angeles, December 26, 2022 2:30pm — After a long-fought campaign by a coalition of animal protection organizations, The FDA Modernization Act 2.0 has now become law, passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate and signed into law by the President of the United States as part of the omnibus spending bill. Supporters are declaring this the most crucial milestone for the anti-vivisection movement ever, as it removes its biggest obstacle: U.S.
The Veterans Affairs’ lab in Louisville, Kentucky has ended its controversial cat experiments after pressure from animal protection organizations. Los Angeles, December 14, 2022 1:15 pm — The anti-vivisection animal protection organization White Coat Waste Project (WCW) has announced that the controversial cat lab at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in Louisville, Kentucky will stop animal experimentation.
Winter temperatures wreak havoc on animals at the mercy of the U.S. farmed animal transport system. Los Angeles, CA, December 8, 2022 9:00 pm — The northeast of the United States is experiencing a severe winter with bouts of freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall.
Los Angeles City Council unanimously endorses the Plant Based Treaty to urgently address the climate emergency Los Angeles, October 21st, 2022, 12:30 pm – It’s a moment that may well go down in the history of humanity’s battle against climate change.
A new survey, showing that most U.S. military members want vegan ready-to-eat meals, has been presented to Congress to lobby for a change in the military’s menu offerings Los Angeles, October 14th, 2022, 9am – Critics say it makes no sense.
Animal agriculture’s challenge to California’s Proposition 12 will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court in October Los Angeles, September 29th, 2022, 9am – It was way back in 2018 that Californians spoke out clearly against animal cruelty! They voted, overwhelmingly, in favor of California’s Proposition 12, which bans certain intensive confinement methods involving farmed animals.
Phoenix Zones Initiative doctors say passage of the FDA Modernization Act would be the biggest blow to vivisection… ever. For decades, the pharmaceutical industry has spent billions of dollars experimenting on billions of animals for one key reason. Governments, especially the U.S.
The non-profit White Coat Waste Project has discovered that the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) is funding Russian vivisection labs doing experiments on cats. White Coat Waste Project (WCW) alleges that, as recently as November 2021, the NIH shipped $549,331 via a university to Russia’s state-run Pavlov Institute of Physiology.
Activists in Black, Indigenous and Latinx communities are condemning the State of California’s plan to spend half a million dollars on a public relations campaign designed to convince tribal leaders and people of color that bulldozing the Ballona Wetlands will help them.
The California Assembly is debating a new bill (AB-2764) that would ban new factory farms and new slaughterhouses A new bill (AB-2764) would place a moratorium on the construction and expansion of factory farms and slaughterhouses in California. The proposed law would also put a halt to the growth of CAFOs, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations.