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Dear Taxpayer,

My mother instilled a love for animals in me when I was just a kid.

She taught me all about the ethical problems of animal testing. Her lessons stuck.

Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Andrew Wheeler.

I served as the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) from 2018-2021.

And I led the plan to ban ALL animal testing on dogs, rabbits, and other mammals
at the EPA.
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Signing that order was one of the proudest moments of my life. I signed it in mom’s honor.

But today I’m writing to you because the current administration is undoing this
important work. Millions of animals are at risk. If you care about animals in laboratories like
I do, then you need to know what’s happening in our government right now.

Taxpayer, I just made a very important and short new
video to warn pet owners and taxpayers. Please watch it here, share it, and then
take action to hold the Biden Administration accountable.
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When I took office, it was estimated that as many as 20,000 animals each year
were still being used in the EPA’s in-house tests. Millions more were being
killed by industry to fulfill EPA’s outmoded testing requirements.

Beagle puppies and other animals in these tests are forced to breathe or ingest
chemical doses hundreds of times higher than real-life human exposures,
sometimes for months on end.

FIGHT THIS >>
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I was determined to take bold action
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I signed the directive to curb animal testing across EPA. My strategy called for
reducing mammalian studies funded and required by the EPA by 30% by 2025, and
eliminating them in their entirety by 2035.

As you probably know, it’s also typical for animals abused in these experiments
to be killed at the end, even when they are healthy.

It’s cruel. It’s unnecessary. It’s wasteful.

So, on my final day in office, I also ‘pardoned’ bunny rabbits who had been used
in EPA experiments but were adoptable. It was the right thing to do.
Unfortunately, this new video shows what happened next.
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Records obtained by the White Coat Waste Project (WCW), where I serve as a
volunteer member of the Advisory Board, expose how the EPA eliminated the hard
benchmarks I set for reducing animal tests and abandoned any commitment to fully
ending them.

Taxpayer, this secretive and disturbing move destroys all
accountability from our government. It means animal testing could go on forever!

TAKE ACTION >>
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Records obtained by WCW also reveal that instead of retiring the rabbits as I
directed, the Biden Administration has refused to release a single one. Unless we take immediate action, they plan to slaughter these healthy bunnies
when they’re no longer useful.

Some of the bunnies have spent over a decade there.

Taxpayer, that’s why I’m working with WCW to save as many
animals as we can and to retire and release the survivors to good and loving
homes. Will you join us?
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When my friends at WCW invited me to join their Board of Advisors, I knew it was
a great opportunity because they unite Republican and Democratic members of
Congress. WCW works with both sides to cut wasteful spending on government animal experiments.

It’s compassionate. It's savvy. It's effective.

You and I know that animal testing poorly translates to humans. Computer models
and organs-on-chips are faster and more precise at predicting human outcomes,
less expensive—and obviously more animal-friendly.

However, the Biden Administration’s tragic decision to lean into animal testing
is at odds with sound science. It’s at odds with public opinion. And on this
important issue, it’s the wrong side of history.

The choice is not between “doing animal tests” and “doing nothing.” The choice is between right and wrong . And it’s between maintaining the status quo and challenging the
establishment.

I’m proud to challenge the animal testing establishment.

I’m proud to have led the first federal agency to phase out animal testing in
U.S. history.

And I’m proud to have done it while my mom was still with us—just a year before
she passed away.

That’s why I’m proud to partner with WCW to continue this fight. We can’t give up now.

But we can’t do it alone, either.

So Taxpayer, please follow this secure link to watch my
new video and take action. Then, if you can spare a few bucks, please give any
amount to help WCW get the word out and challenge the animal testing regime .
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Sincerely,

Honorable Andrew Wheeler
Former EPA Administrator
Board of Advisors
White Coat Waste Project

P.S. Taxpayer, as the head of the EPA, I led the agency
to ban animal testing. But the Biden Administration just canceled my plan. They
even plan to slaughter more healthy bunnies who I ‘pardoned’ and should be
retired. If you care about animals in labs—and I know you do—then please watch my new video here and join WCW to hold the Biden Administration
accountable.
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JOIN THE FIGHT >>
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