Provision to Ban The Act of Trapping Feral Animals for Companies Who Want Them For Lab Testing 38

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WASHINGTON — Congress is voting this week on a provision which will block federal permits for companies that round up stray cats and dogs and sell them for research. It is just one of a dozen or more provisions included in the massive year-end spending bill, which provides $1.1 trillion in federal spending but specifies many activities that may not be paid for out of that giant nest egg. It is akin to a parent saying “Here’s your allowance. Don’t buy drugs with it.”

Congress no longer wants the Department of Agriculture to issue or reissue licences for “to class B dealers who sell dogs and cats for use in research, experiments, teaching, or testing.” This provision addresses a concern that companies have been providing labs with “randomly sourced” cats and dogs. In other words, they are scooping up strays or possibly even swiping household pets and selling them.

Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Calif., issued a press release this summer claiming credit for the provision in this press release, roybal-allard.house.gov.

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