The Veterans Administration is the only federal agency to conduct what critics call “wasteful, cruel and unnecessary” experiments on cats and kittens.  Now, CBS Los Angeles reports the Los Angeles VA will no longer conduct the tests. Only Cleveland and Louisville VA facilities still engage in the experiments, in which felines are subjected to a litany of horrors, according to the White Coat Waste Project.   

“It is sickening to use taxpayer dollars to perform deadly and outdated experiments on kittens. You don’t have to be a cat owner like I am to recognize that,” Nevada Democratic Rep. Dina Titus said in a statement distributed by the White Coat Waste Project. “The Los Angeles VA’s humane decision to stop testing on cats is welcome news.”

“I am proud to lead the CATS Act to permanently end the VA’s cruel and unnecessary tests on cats so that these resources can be redirected toward modern, ethical research that will improve veterans’ lives,” Titus said.

The measure was introduced in the 116th session of Congress.  Supporters are hoping to gain the endorsement of Cat Owner-In-Chief Joe Biden.

Some 175,000 individuals have signed on to the White Coat Waste Project’s petition to end the experiments.