We saved Bob, Taxpayer!
Taxpayer, thanks to your support, we've cut the VA's dog
testing by nearly 80% – and saved Bob in the process! But if you don't want to
help us give lab animals like Bob a second chance at life, just unsubscribe
[[link removed]] .FOIA TO FREEDOM: HOW WCW SAVED BOB FROM THE VA’S “HOUSE OF HORRORS” LAB IN LA
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Allow us to introduce you to Bob, Taxpayer.
Bob is a happy hound with a loving family. But Bob’s life wasn’t always so
happy. Bob’s path here was long and difficult, but White Coat Waste Project
(WCW) is proud that we helped take Bob from FOIA to freedom.
Bob was born in February of 2008. Before his first birthday, he was shipped to
Los Angeles…but he wasn’t going there for fun in the sun.
Instead, he was shipped to a secretive Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
laboratory, where we learned his name was officially CZNIAF. (Doesn’t really
roll off the tongue).
WCW used the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to expose
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tests for the world to see.
[[link removed]] Bob was being subjected to experiments to test medical devices.
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After learning about Bob and the other dogs imprisoned at the LA VA, we were
fortunate to meet a whistleblower
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out into a concrete lot behind the laboratory.
This brave individual, an Iraq veteran, didn’t know what the VA was doing with
Bob and these dogs — until he read about our campaign.
The whistleblower was shocked to learn what was going on behind closed doors at
the VA, calling their dog lab a “house of horrors.”
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The whistleblower was able to snap a few photos of the dogs he saw, including
Bob:
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Public outcry was swift and fierce. After WCW whipped up a maelstrom of bad
press, mobilized an army of angry taxpayers, and rallied Republicans and Democrats
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The experiments Bob was used in were ended, too, and he was spared from death.
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Following WCW’s campaign, the VA has also cut its dog testing by nearly 80 percent
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[[link removed]] We also ended the VA’s kitten experiments at the same lab in Los Angeles, as
well as its “cat-stipation” experiments in Cleveland
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And Taxpayer, Bob isn’t the only one rescued via the
“FOIA to freedom” pathway forged by WCW’s campaigns…
🐵 In 2018, WCW shut down
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these 26 squirrel monkeys
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😻 In 2019, WCW closed
[[link removed]] the USDA’s $22 million “Kitten Slaughterhouse” lab…then we adopted out Delilah, Petite
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🐰 And, in 2020, WCW exposed
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Wheeler to pardon
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Your tax dollars purchased these animals. So after WCW finds, exposes, and
defunds the abuse, government white coats should #GiveThemBack.
[[link removed]] Survivors deserve a second chance to live out their lives in peace and
happiness…like Bob.
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Violet’s Law
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VA, the NIH, and the FDA have already put in place.
Take action, Taxpayer! Urge your Members of Congress to cosponsor the AFTER Act — aka Violet’s Law —
to provide a second chance to animals abused in wasteful government experiments!
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Amanda Nieves
Digital Marketing Manager
White Coat Waste Project
To stop taxpayer-funded animal tests, we must first stop the $20 billion+ in
wasteful government spending.
We find, expose, and de-fund wasteful government spending on animal experiments.
To change public policy, we unite liberty lovers and animal lovers with
hard-hitting investigations and public policy campaigns.
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