Tell Congress: Pass Violet's Law!

Pets are family. But the U.S. government experiments on over 30,000 dogs, cats, primates, and other animals each year with our tax dollars. Virtually all are killed because lazy white coats refuse to retire the survivors. This means taxpayers are paying to slaughter and incinerate adoptable animals.

Violet’s Law will change this. The Farm Bill is our best chance to pass it. Please complete the form below to send a pre-written email to your Congressmembers. Let’s make retirement a requirement across the entire federal government!

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As a {user_data~State} taxpayer and your constituent, I am writing to ensure the 2023 Farm Bill includes the text of “Violet's Law” (H.R. 1465/S. 707) to make animal retirement and adoption an option in federal government laboratories. This proposal will help achieve the bipartisan and widely supported goals of saving pets, conserving taxpayer funds, and cutting government waste.  
 
I was troubled to learn from the White Coat Waste Project (WCW) that over 45,000 dogs, cats, and other regulated animals are experimented on each year in federal government laboratories. Virtually all are killed because agencies do not have policies to let taxpaying families adopt survivors after testing ends. As a result, even healthy animals used in non-invasive experiments are killed and discarded. This is wasteful and wrong. 
  
As a result of WCW’s work with Congress in recent years, the FDA, NIH, VA, and DOD have created lab animal adoption policies. However, agencies like the EPA, CDC, NASA, and others have not. That’s why Violet’s Law is needed! 
  
Violet's Law is named after a Coonhound who survived a taxpayer-funded lab. This common sense, bipartisan bill would ensure all federal agencies allow the relocation of retired dogs, cats, primates, and other regulated animals no longer needed in government experimentation to private homes, animal rescues, or reputable sanctuaries. In addition, it holds the government accountable for how it treats animals purchased with the public's money.  
  
Retiring lab animals saves tax dollars and is widely supported by Congress, industry, and taxpayers in both parties. Fifteen states (MN, CA, NV, NY, CT, DE, IL, MD, RI, NJ, OR, WA, VI, IA, and MA) have also passed post-research adoption laws. 
  
Taxpayers pay for government animal experiments. Adoption should be an option. Thank you for your leadership!

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