Veteran Affairs Ordered to End Testing on Dogs, Cats, and Nonhuman Primates by 2026 by Jana J. Pruet – US Politics News

The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) will end testing on dogs, cats, and nonhuman primates by 2026.
Congress approved the bipartisan measure included in the VA’s 2024 fiscal spending bill, which was signed into law last month.
“VA is on the cutting edge of research, and I am proud to say that it will be eliminating the use of research on animals within the next two years—thanks to Judge [John] Carter, and my count, our counterparts in the Senate,” said Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) during a House subcommittee hearing on April 16.
Rep. John Carter (R-Texas) is chairman of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies subcommittee….