We’ve been working for months to hold the VA to accountable for their unacceptable use of taxpayer dollars to fund cruel, unnecessary experiments on animals. These painful—often deadly—tests have...
Bill Passed: Protecting Horses
As you may know, “soring” is the intentional injuring of a horse’s legs or hooves in order to force them to perform an artificial or exaggerated gait. This extremely painful practice was made...
Bill Passed: Protecting Our Wildlife
The unfortunate reality is that endangered animals are subjected to some of the most horrifying acts of cruelty and illegal trafficking.The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are tracking elephants,...
USDA Ends Deadly Kitten Experiments
I have been leading the charge to end the deadly experiments performed on cats at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Last month I helped introduce the KITTEN Act after hearing horrible reports of...
Mast, Panetta Introduce Legislation to End Deadly USDA Experiments on Kittens
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressmen Brian Mast (FL-18) and Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) today introduced the bipartisan Kittens in Traumatic Testing Ends Now Act of 2019, or KITTEN Act. The bill directs...
Week In Review: February 8 – 14 | Protecting Man’s Best Friend
Did you know that the Department of Veterans Affairs has been performing extremely painful and distressing research experiments on dogs?Despite our efforts in recent years to cut funding from these...
Mast, Titus Introduce Bipartisan PUPPERS Act to End Painful Dog Testing at the VA
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Brian Mast (FL-18) and Dina Titus (NV-01) today introduced the Preventing Unkind and Painful Procedures and Experiments on Respected Species (PUPPERS) Act....