The Unvaxxed Dutchman

On #VeteransDay we honor the innocent victims of our government’s forgotten war — the war on cats in federal labs. For over 87 years, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) abused and killed thousands of cats in taxpayer-funded experiments. A White Coat Waste investigation uncovered how the VA bought kittens from corporate dealers — targeting the most “playful” and “friendly” ones. We exposed it in headlines like this: “THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION IS DOING THINGS TO CATS THAT WOULD LAND AN INDIVIDUAL IN JAIL — AND YOU’RE PAYING FOR IT.” — Nevada Current Then we took action: • Ran billboards, TV, and online ads to over 4 million taxpayers • Drove 2,000+ calls and 338,000 letters to the VA and the White House • United bipartisan lawmakers to slash the VA’s spending And… WE WON. White Coat Waste shut down every single cat lab at the VA: Los Angeles (‘21), Cleveland (‘21), Louisville (’22), and the “Stokes 7” (’24). We ended the VA’s dog labs, too (’22). We also passed the first-ever federal policy to retire and adopt out the lab survivors (’18). Today, cats once abused in VA labs are finally living as pets — from lab cats to lap cats. This landmark effort ended the culture of losing. No other animal protection group had shut down any federal feline labs in at least 40 years. They suffered. But they didn’t die in vain. Thank you for helping us wage history’s MOST EFFECTIVE campaign to end government cat testing — and flush cat-a-strophic waste into the litter box of history. Stop the Money. #StopTheMadness!