LANSING, MI – A proposed ban on research experiments in Michigan that might injure, traumatize or kill dogs and cats has been watered down. After a substitution Wednesday, the proposed legislation ...

Experiments and testing on cats, dogs and primates by the Department of Veterans Affairs must end by 2026 under newly enacted legislation that lawmakers highlighted during a House subcommittee hearing ...

After years of persistent advocacy from Congress, organizations and animal lovers across the country, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) just confirmed, “We are no longer conducting any feline ...

Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough approved an experiment last year to implant sensors for a prosthetic hand into cats — a move that members of Congress say is “at odds” with new federal laws ...

Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur is a co-sponsor in a newly introduced bipartisan bill that would prohibit NIH funding from being used on experiments on dogs and cats. The Preventing Animal Abuse and Waste ...

WASHINGTON — It’s not just curiosity killing the cat anymore — it could be the Army. The Army Medical Research and Development Command has quietly allowed shooting cats and dogs for wound experiments ...

The Michigan legislation is named after Teddy, who was rescued from a research lab in 2019 and now lives a happy life with his adoptive family. Credit: Bryan Mitchell for the Humane Society of the ...