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First, read AB’s email.
Then, check out Delilah’s story below. It’s your win.
Finally, if you agree that strategy > stunts , sign our new petition here
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You Give. We Win. They Survive.
Justin Goodman
Senior Vice President
White Coat Waste Project
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Taxpayer, the following things LOSE campaigns:
* Throwing red paint
* Violence
* Stupid publicity stunts
* Political partisanship
I regret to inform you that big animal rights establishment groups have shut
down zero federal cat laboratories in 40 years. Now you know why.
And knowing is half the battle…
Taxpayer, the following strategies WIN campaigns for cats:
* Cutting wasteful govt spending
* Uniting Rs and Ds
* Retiring cats from labs
Pets are family. Pet ownership is a good thing. (Well, you already know that). But you may not know how YOU saved my
pet’s life!
I’ve pasted a great article with the inside story below, plus a new petition
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Stop the Money. Stop the Madness!
Anthony Bellotti
President & Founder
White Coat Waste Project
Sign Petition >>
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If you agree with our savvy strategy for cats (and all lab animals), please add
your name here.
P.S. Taxpayer, 40 years of losing is unacceptable. It’s
ineffective. A cat-a-strophic failure! Thanks to you, we don’t have that problem
here. Strategy > stunts — AB
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The Fight to End Taxpayer-Funded Cat Torture
Originally published by UnchainedTV
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How one rescued lab cat exposed taxpayer-funded cat torture in the United States
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Delilah showing lab number tattoo
In a remarkable show of resilience and hope, a cat named Delilah has become the
symbol of a nationwide campaign against the horrific practice of taxpayer-funded
cat torture in laboratories. Delilah, an 11-year-old survivor of the now-defunct
USDA’s “Kitten Slaughterhouse,” is one of the few fortunate animals to escape
the fate that befalls thousands of cats and kittens trapped in federal
laboratories every year. This story, however, is not just about Delilah. It’s
about the broader fight led by Anthony Bellotti, the President and Founder of
White Coat Waste Project (WCW), a bipartisan watchdog organization dedicated to ending wasteful U.S. government spending on animal
testing. Under Bellotti’s leadership, WCW has exposed and shut down several federal
laboratories notorious for their inhumane treatment of animals, particularly cats. Bellotti
(along with Delilah) joined UnchainedTV’s Jane Velez-Mitchell in a conversation
that you can watch here:
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White Coat Waste is currently working hard to get a bill through Congress that
would cut NIH (National Institutes of Health) funding for painful cat and dog
experiments! It’s called the PAAW Act and it’s a bipartisan effort to shut off
the gusher of U.S. government money into these outdated, unnecessary and
ineffective experiments.
The High Cost of Cruelty
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Anthony Bellotti and Delilah
Delilah is a survivor of a lab that killed over 5,436 dogs and cats, and her 22 kittens
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program. Bellotti adopted Delilah after WCW exposed her lab and led a winning
campaign that closed it.
Bellotti, driven by a personal encounter with animal testing during a high
school internship, has made it his life’s mission to end such practices. Through WCW, he has successfully campaigned to “cut the purse strings” of these
cruel experiments, a strategy that has proven effective in shutting down several
labs , including the USDA facility where Delilah was held.
The United States government has long been involved in funding experiments that
subject animals to unimaginable pain and suffering. Cats, one of America’s most
beloved companion animals, are not exempt from this cruelty. The USDA’s lab,
where Delilah was held, was responsible for toxoplasmosis experiments that
involved feeding infected, rotten meat to kittens, only to kill and incinerate
them once the tests were completed. This grotesque cycle continued for nearly
five decades, funded by over $22.5 million in taxpayer money.
You can watch an earlier interview UnchainedTV did with Anthony Bellotti, and
his colleague Justin Goodman, about how they shut down the cat lab at the
Department of Veterans Affairs:
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Saving Animals from Vivisection
The fight against taxpayer-funded animal testing has gained significant
momentum, thanks to WCW’s efforts. The organization’s approach is simple yet
powerful: stop the money, stop the madness. By rallying bipartisan support, WCW has been able to close labs
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slated for experimentation.
In early 2024, WCW uncovered a $419,000 NIH grant to restart lethal
toxoplasmosis tests at the Univ. of California, Davis. They planned to
force-feed ten tiny kittens scrambled mouse brains and then kill the healthy
cats after collecting their feces — a replay of the USDA’s “Kitten
Slaughterhouse.” A WCW investigation
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lab. UC-Davis is now adopting out survivors.
How You Can Help
Delilah’s story serves as a poignant reminder of the lives that hang in the
balance in both private and public labs in the U.S. and other countries. Each
victory in this fight represents a step closer to ending the systemic abuse of
animals in vivisection labs.
While WCW has made remarkable progress, the fight is far from over.
Approximately 14,000 cats and kittens remain trapped in laboratories across the
country. WCW continues to push for legislative changes and public awareness to
end these practices once and for all. Bellotti urges everyone to get involved by
visiting White Coat Waste’s website
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“You can’t talk about animal testing unless you talk about wasteful spending.” — Anthony Bellotti, WCW Project
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