[Animals] U.S. Congress Votes To Cut Funding For Cruel Dog & Cat Experiments Following WAN’s Exclusive Story

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In June, World Animal News (WAN) broke an exclusive story exposing how the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is spending $1 million on cruel dog experiments. Following WAN’s story on White Coat Waste Project’s (WCW) investigation, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a bipartisan amendment to the 2025 Defense budget cutting funding for the DOD’s dog and cat testing.
Now, documents obtained by WCW through a public records request to the DOD regarding the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) have revealed details on DOD funding for deadly testing on cats. According to government records, the DOD has awarded Pitt a $10.9 million grant to conduct various spinal cord injury experiments on cats.
In a series of disturbing, taxpayer-funded experiments at the University of Pittsburgh, cats obtained from commercial kitten breeder Liberty Research were sedated, cut open, had water-filled condoms inserted into their colons, and glass marbles shoved into their rectums. The cats then had their backs cut open and electrodes were inserted into their spines. The experimenters then electro-shocked the cats to make them defecate the marbles and videotaped the procedure.

 

U.S. Congress Votes To Cut Funding For Cruel Dog & Cat Experiments Following WAN’s Exclusive Story - World Animal News