Jo-Anne McArthur/We Animals

Tell the U.S. EPA: End tests on dogs and other animals as quickly as possible!

In January 2026, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommitted to ending tests on mammals by 2035. This has the potential to replace tests on tens of thousands of dogs, rats, rabbits and other mammals with alternative technologies that are better for both humans and animals.  

We are hopeful that the EPA can uphold its commitment to animals and move quickly to replace tests on mammals with non-animal methods—but we need your help! 

Currently animals suffer in tests required or requested by the EPA. They have chemicals rubbed into their skin, dripped in their eyes, or forced down their throats, and are typically killed when the tests are over. Thankfully, some of these tests are already being replaced by methods that are faster, more accurate, and often cheaper than the outdated animal experiments that researchers have relied on for decades. In other cases, animal tests can be just be eliminated because they provide no useful information and are simply not needed.

One action that EPA should immediately prioritize is eliminating pesticide testing on dogs. Dog testing is used to assess the safety of pesticides and involves forcing at least 32 dogs to ingest chemicals every day for 90 days, then killing them if they have not already died from the toxic effects. In 2023, we published a peer-reviewed scientific paper demonstrating that, in nearly all cases, the 90-day dog test provides no added value in determining pesticide risks to humans. This test belongs in the history books—and we urge the EPA to end this cruel and unnecessary requirement.  

Join us in supporting the agency’s plan to phase out tests on dogs and other animals and prevent unnecessary suffering!  

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Please use the form provided to send a letter to the EPA expressing your support for their commitment to end tests on animals and asking them to finally eliminate the 90-day dog test requirement.

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Dear Administrator Zeldin,  

As a consumer and animal advocate, I am writing to thank you for recommitting the  Environmental Protection Agency to ending tests on dogs, rats, rabbits, and other mammals by 2035.  

As the next step of this recommitment, please end the requirement for testing pesticides on dogs, which involves forcing dogs to ingest pesticides every day for 90 days, then killing them if they have not already died from the toxic effects of the substances. According to a 2023 peer-reviewed paper, in nearly all cases, the 90-day dog test provides no added value in determining pesticide risks to humans.  I urge you to eliminate it as soon as possible. 

Please work quickly to translate your commitment into actions that will end cruel and unnecessary tests on animals and continue to embrace alternative technologies that are scientifically superior and better for both humans and animals. Thank you for considering the well-being of animals, human health, and the environment.

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