This is a hard government deadline. NIH destroyed 28 cats in Louisville. Now, it may renew another payout to the lab. Read below to stop them or unsubscribe.
5:45 PM SITREP for Taxpayer
Taxpayer,
If you care about cats, this is the single most important email you may ever get.
Need proof? Keep reading to see what happened to Norman. Our government had no right to do this to him.
But NIH payout #R01NS110169—wasteful spending that wiped out an entire colony of cats—is up for renewal AGAIN in about six hours.
Taxpayer, I’m fighting to prevent another disaster in the South.
At midnight tonight, we have an outstanding opportunity to spare more cats. You and I can stop NIH’s waterboarding and balloon swallowing experiments, and even more abuse from ever happening again.
So please allow me to give you a SITREP (i.e., a situation report) from the Louisville lab. Here’s what we know as of 5:45 pm EST…
This Campaign Is Winnable. We’ve Done It Before.
A few years ago, White Coat Waste shut down the Dept. of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) $1.3 million cat experiments in Louisville.
So, what does this have to do with tonight’s campaign? EVERYTHING!
Taxpayer, it’s the SAME LAB where Norman and his friends were waterboarded.
It’s the SAME LAB where 28 cats had balloons rammed down their throats.
And it’s the SAME LAB with a federal funding deadline tonight.
Last time you donated we cut the Louisville lab’s funding from the VA. Tonight, we’re up against its NIH blood money.
Taxpayer, that’s why I know we can finish off these experiments now… we know how to beat these guys!
This is a headline from December 2022. You stepped up. Then WCW funded an investigation to expose and end the VA’s payout for cat torture in Louisville.
Here’s how we did it …
Back in December 2019, WCW submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for the VA’s photos, videos, invoices, veterinary records, and grant applications.
We exposed how the Louisville lab bought dozens of healthy female kittens for $881 apiece.
They damaged cats’ spines and forced the disabled cats to navigate obstacle courses like this:
The survivors were then handed over to another facility where white coats mutilated kittens’ legs and cut out their brain stems…
…while the cats were still alive.
Taxpayer, “decerebration” is a fancy term for severing a living cat’s brain stem and turning her into a zombie.
After that, the decerebrated zombie kittens were forced to run on treadmills.
Here’s a video of a decerebrated cat on a treadmill, to give you a sense of what it looks like.
Taxpayer, the Louisville lab planned to kill 80 kittens.
Cats like “Pecan” (govt ID #15KQC4)—a female mackerel tabby who was “eager for head rubs and chin rubs.”
And this “very friendly and affectionate” female grey tabby (govt ID #19008):
But you stepped up with a donation.
Then, we started a rapid response campaign. I personally took WCW’s investigative research to Congress:
On your behalf, I united a powerful delegation of Republicans and Democratic lawmakers.
Taxpayer, these Members of Congress have direct control over the VA’s purse strings.
And I got them to put the Louisville lab on the hot seat:
In August 2020, we rallied 30 bipartisan Members of Congress to demand answers from the Louisville lab.
Our strategy worked: Stop the Money. Stop the Madness!
We’re the best there is at what we do, Taxpayer.
But that just brings me to the major problem as of 5:45 PM…
We Will Not Win Tonight Unless We’re Fully Funded.
Right now, we’re coming up short.
Look, cats just aren’t as popular as dogs. Campaigns like the Louisville lab aren’t as popular as rescuing beagles.
So, our fundraising is falling behind where we need it to be.
To win again, we must pay for more online advertising. More investigations. More media. More grassroots organizing. More lobbying. More lawsuits.
And, for the next 6 hours, we have a game-changing opportunity to do it.
We Have a 5x Matching Grant Until Midnight.
If you commit to a small monthly gift, a big-hearted supporter will quintuple match your gift by 11:59 pm.
Taxpayer, this means whatever you send in the next 6 hours, she’ll multiply it by five!
Even if it’s just $2.80/month (only one dime per cat) we’ll get 5x the amount for our rapid response campaigns:
Give $2.80/mo. >> We get $14 ASAP!
Just ten cents per cat!
Give $5/mo. >> We get $25 rushed!
Advertising & more to expose NIH to 50+ taxpayers & pet owners
Give $15/mo. >> We get $75 pronto!
Fight in the courts & more to hold NIH accountable
Give $25/mo. >> We get $125 fast!
Lobby Congress & more to end NIH’s cat labs
Don’t be afraid to win, Taxpayer. We’ve done it before.
Let’s win again. Let’s do it tonight.
You Give. We Win. They Survive.
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Justin Goodman Senior Vice President White Coat Waste Project |
P.S. Taxpayer, I know how to beat the Louisville lab. Last time you helped, we took out its funding from the VA. Tonight, we’re up against its NIH blood money. As of this 5:45 pm SITREP, our own fundraising is down. If you don’t give, then we don’t win. And if we don’t win… well, the deadline is 11:59 pm TONIGHT. Please send help!
Taxpayer, support for our new campaign is just terrible.
Perhaps folks aren’t fired up about the Louisville lab because the experiment is “for science.”
Or maybe they’re giving NIH a pass because it’s idolized by the media?
Well, I don’t think it’s ever OK for a cat to be waterboarded in a laboratory!
I know you agree, too: what happened to Norman (and the 28 cats below) is a total abomination.
At midnight tonight, NIH may send even more money to this lab.
We’re fighting to spare more cats and other animals from another tragic fate.
But the deadline to help us fund our rapid response campaign is in 16 HOURS. Even $2.80—just one dime for each kitten—will help. Here’s your secure link.
Please help,
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MaryAnn Hussey Creative Manager White Coat Waste Project |
P.S. Very Important: If you commit to a small monthly gift (even just $2.80/month), an amazing supporter will QUINTUPLE MATCH whatever you rush before 11:59 pm. She’ll multiply today’s gift by five—that’s 5x the impact!—and we’ll get it in time for our rapid response effort:
Give $2.80/mo. >> We get $14 ASAP!
Just ten cents per cat!
Give $5/mo. >> We get $25 rushed!
Advertising & more to expose NIH to 40+ taxpayers & pet owners
Give $15/mo. >> We get $75 pronto!
Fight in the courts & more to hold NIH accountable
Give $25/mo. >> We get $125 fast!
Lobby Congress & more to end NIH’s cat labs
Rush $2.80 >>
Just ten cents per cat!
Rush $20 >>
Advertising & more to expose NIH to 40+ taxpayers & pet owners
Rush $50 >>
Fight in the courts & more to hold NIH accountable
Rush $100 >>
Lobby Congress & more to end NIH’s cat labs
Rush $250 >>
Launch media investigations & other efforts to expose NIH
Rush Other Amount >>
Spare more lab cats!
Taxpayer, want to really help cats like Norman?
Make it a monthly gift, and whatever you rush tonight will be 5x matched for MAXIMUM IMPACT!
Multiply My Gift 5x >>
Make it a monthly donation!
EMERGENCY DEADLINE
11:59pm on Saturday, 11/30:
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) may renew funding at the University of Louisville. 28 more cats like Norman may be waterboarded and forced to swallow balloons.
The most effective way to stop a taxpayer-funded animal experiment is to stop the funding BEFORE it’s renewed.
Taxpayer, TONIGHT your gift could go 5x as far:
If you commit to a monthly gift (even just $2.80/month), a WCW supporter will multiply whatever amount you rush tonight by FIVE—that’s five times the impact for animals and cats in labs!
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