The only federal law that applies to any animals exploited in research applies to less than 1% of the victims. This means that 99% of all animals exploited by the animal research industry are not even considered “animals” under federal law and are not even counted by the humans torturing and killing them.

Researchers can do anything to any of these animals for any reason and without any accountability.

This must change, and one lawmaker just volunteered to lead the charge: Please join us in thanking U.S. Representative Nancy Mace for her leadership, and in asking her to take up the cause of amending the Animal Welfare Act to define “animal” to really mean “animal”.