2025 was a turning point in our fight to free every animal from every laboratory. Giant cracks formed in the animal research industry’s foundation—so, in 2026, we’re coming for the collapse.
For too long, this industry has thrived in secrecy, under government protection, and shielded by the lie that torturing animals somehow helps humans. But, now—because of your willingness to see and act on the truths we’re helping to expose—that secrecy is receding, government protection is waning, and the lie is much harder to sell than it was even one year ago.
This means we’re closer than ever to throwing every cage door open.
In 2025, we made undeniable progress.
➤ Congress listened—and started calling the industry what it really is. In a public hearing, lawmakers dared to say the quiet part out loud. They called the animal research industry a “racket,” “embarrassing,” “insane,” and, “proof that evil exists.” For the first time, the conversation inside the halls of power began to mirror the truth we’ve been screaming from the outside.
➤ The government began to break the industry’s stranglehold. Federal agencies—including the FDA, NIH, EPA, and CDC—took and promised to take historic steps to reduce their reliance on animals for science. The NIH, the world’s largest funder of animal research, began restructuring how it funds animal testing. And, the Director of Health and Human Services—in addition to publicly acknowledging the industry’s profit motives and self-perpetuating grip—-declared a commitment to ending at least some animal research.
➤ Landmark legislation began to move. Together with you, we pushed hard for the FDA Modernization Act 3.0, and it sailed through the Senate. If the House passes it this year, it could become law, finally forcing the government to validate and mobilize non-animal research methods.
And at the close of the year, the Replace Animal Tests Act was introduced in the House. This bill seeks to slash the number of animals used in U.S. regulatory testing, and we’ll be fighting to see it passed in 2026.
➤ Public opinion kept turning against the animal research industry. New national polling revealed that the false industry narrative is losing its grip on the public: over 50% of Americans now see animal research as morally unacceptable and want to see it phased out.
We kept exposing the industry’s lies.
➤ We flooded the public record. Our open-source database grew by thousands of documents from the USDA and NIH, state regulators, and animal labs themselves—making it ever harder for the animal research industry to hide from us.
➤ We took to court against the USDA, and our research garnered attention from the science world. In addition to suing the USDA for deferring to AAALAC International—the private entity marketing its voluntary accreditation as the “animal welfare gold standard”—we used publicly-available data to roundly debunk AAALAC’s “gold standard” lie. And, our work caught the attention of Science magazine, a premier voice for the global science community.
➤ Whistleblowers came forward—and we amplified their voices. In 2025, more brave insider accounts came to light, exposing what’s really happening behind closed laboratory doors—and despite industry’s claims to the contrary.
➤ We continued exposing the industry’s PR machine. We tracked the lies. The gaslighting. The propaganda. The fake compassion and care. The rebranding of animal torturers as public health heroes. We followed the money. We mapped the networks. And, in 2026, we’ll keep naming names.
➤ We investigated the industry’s darkest corners. From the dog torture pipeline starting at Ridglan Farms, to the global trade in nonhuman primates, to the sellers of living beings as products, we exposed the profiteers of pain. We launched investigations. We filed complaints. We shined light on the victims. And we won’t stop until the whole system is exposed—and dismantled.
And we kept showing that a different future is possible.
➤ We supported the rescue, placement, and care of survivors of animal research.
➤ We helped fund the move of chimpanzees from cages at a U.S. Air Force base to sanctuary at Chimp Haven—where they now breathe fresh air, know respect and safety, and live with friends, in peace.
➤ We donated to make “life after labs” possible at New Life Animal Sanctuary—and, we were honored to introduce you to amazing souls like the Gottingen girls and Harriet, Martin, Lulu, Booker, Izzy, and Abigail!
We are excited and committed to continuing our support in 2026, because, when we fight to end animal research, we’re not just fighting against cruelty—we’re fighting for a future where every animal is respected and free.
In 2026, we won’t be slowing down.
Together with you, we’ll fight to pass game-changing federal legislation.
We’ll push regulators to hold the animal research industry accountable.
We’ll support whistleblowers, expose buried industry ties, and expand public access to the facts.
We’ll keep unearthing and showing exactly what this industry is and why it continues—and demanding that the powers-that-be stop pretending that they don’t know.
2026 will mark a further shift in this movement—one grounded in ethics, powered by science, and made possible by your partnership.
Together, we will save lives and make history. Let’s go!
Your Call to Action: Tell your U.S. legislators to support the SPARE Act today to put a stop to federally-funded animal research. If the SPARE Act is passed into law, it will prohibit biomedical, cosmetic, toxicity, and psychological testing on animals in federally-funded labs and mandate a three-year phase-out of existing animal experiments.