NIH Will No Longer Seek to Fund Animal-Only Experiments: PETA Statement

For Immediate Release:
July 7, 2025

Contact:
Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382

Please see the following statement from PETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo regarding a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) policy that will prohibit the agency from issuing funding opportunities for projects that would only involve experiments on animals:

PETA cheers Dr. Nicole Kleinstreuer, who has long championed progress away from animal “models,” and the Trump administration’s foresight for NIH’s groundbreaking new policy to disallow funding announcements for animal-only experiments. This will spare millions of animals from miserable lives and deaths over the years, push American science into the 21^st Century, and lead the way to entirely animal-free research that saves lives and money instead of squandering both. PETA scientists, researchers, campaigners, and supporters have been working for this for decades, ripping the lid off abuse through undercover investigations, campaigning to close laboratories, and working with scientists and regulators to develop and use non-animal methods. We stand ready to help with this crucial transition.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to experiment on”—points out that Every Animal Is Someone and offers free Empathy Kits for people who need a lesson in kindness. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow PETA on X, Facebook, or Instagram.