Animals in Labs Article from All-Creatures.org

15 Cats Saved Following a White Coat Waste Investigation

From White Coat Waste Project WCW
September 2024

Meadow was a hidden victim of government waste. Now she has gone from lab cat to lap cat. You and WCW did it.

Meadow (govt ID# 14-062), UC-Davis Cat Lab Survivor

If Meadow could talk, here's what she'd say: "Thank you."

I just got back from a visit to Kindness Ranch. I met Meadow, one of over 15 cats we rescued from experimentation at NIH’s UC-Davis laboratory.

These cats were saved following a White Coat Waste investigation.

We didn't just stop NIH's lethal kitten tests. After our win, UC-Davis also announced plans to shutter its entire cat breeding colony. It's a BFD.

Originally published by World Animal News | Written by Karen Lapizco:

In some hopeful news, the University of California-Davis (UC-Davis) has canceled plans for new kitten experiments, shut down its cat breeding colony, and retired 15 cats to the Kindness Ranch Animal Sanctuary in Hartville, Wyoming.

A Kindness Ranch social media post included photos of the rescued cats and stated, "Fifteen cats used for breeding and nutritional research at UC Davis have found their way to Kindness Ranch after the college reached out for help closing its doors on their breeding program." The sanctuary wrote, "This collaboration between Kindness Ranch and UC Davis marks a critical turning point in how research institutions approach the use of animals in science. The decision to close their cat breeding program is a significant step toward more humane practices in the scientific community." 

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Posted on All-Creatures.org: September 13, 2024
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