releases: https://titus.house.gov/press-releases/veterans-groups-join-titus-effort-to-limit-va-dog-testing
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| https://titus.house.gov/press-releases/veterans-groups-join-titus-effort-to-limit-va-dog-testing | Veterans Groups Join Titus Effort to Limit VA Dog Testing | 2017-11-08 | 2017 | 2017-11 | Democrat | House | NV | Dina Titus | T000468 | titus.house.gov | legacy | November 11, 2017 Washington, D.C. -- Prominent veterans’ advocacy organizations are backing Rep. Dina Titus (NV-1) and her bipartisan effort to curtail the Department of Veterans Affairs’ unnecessary and inhumane medical experiments on dogs. The supportive Veterans Service Organizations include VetsFirst, The Retired Enlisted Association (TREA), Military-Veterans Advocacy (MVA), and the American Military Retirees Association (AMRA). “Our nation’s veterans deserve better than having the VA spend taxpayers’ money on cruel and ineffective experiments on dogs when there are other proven treatment methods available,” said Rep. Titus. “I’m honored that the American Military Retirees Association, The Retired Enlisted Association, Military-Veterans Advocacy, and VetsFirst have joined the many other veterans supporting my bipartisan work to stop needless dog testing at the VA.” “We are concerned by the apparent lack of evidence that the VA’s past and ongoing canine research—particularly projects involving causing dogs pain and distress, some of which is not relieved—has led to effective and accessible treatments or cures for veteran-specific illnesses,” wrote VetsFirst in a letter endorsed by the American Military Retirees Association and The Retired Enlisted Association. “As such, we support your efforts to eliminate unnecessary VA canine research that is not serving the specific needs of all veterans so that these resources can be more appropriately allocated.” “We are writing to express our support for your work to curtail wasteful and unnecessary dog experimentation at the Department of Veterans Affairs,” wrote Military-Veterans Advocacy in a letter to Rep. Titus. “[T]he VA is expending significant time, money, staff, research space, and other resources to conduct and defend questionable dog experimentation that is opposed by most veterans, ineffective and has little to do with service-related disabilities. VA’s dog experimentation does not align with current veterans’ health priorities or VA’s legislative mandate to focus its research on service-related illnesses and injuries.” Congresswoman Titus and Congressman Dave Brat (R-VA) have introduced the bipartisan PUPPERS Act (HR 3197)—which is cosponsored by numerous veterans in Congress—that aims to end the two most painful categories of dog experiments at the VA, including experiments in which pain relief is withheld for dogs. The bill allows non-painful canine research and any research related to service and working dogs. In July, the House unanimously passed a bipartisan amendment cosponsored by Congresswoman Titus to cut funding for the VA’s painful dog experiments in FY18. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |