PETA Busted Again: Leftist Animal Rights Group Stealth Edits Bogus Anti-Trump Smear About Russian Cat Experiments After Being Exposed by Gateway Pundit and White Coat Waste PETA is accused of fabricating claims that the Trump administration, through the NIH, was funding cruel cat experiments in Russia. White Coat Waste (WCW) and The Gateway Pundit exposed that the NIH has not funded such experiments in Russia for years, following WCW’s successful campaign to cut this funding. PETA subsequently made stealth edits to their article, changing the focus from Russian cat experiments to rabbits and cats in Sweden.

• PETA is accused of making stealth edits to an article that falsely claimed the Trump administration was funding cat experiments in Russia.
• White Coat Waste (WCW) and The Gateway Pundit exposed PETA’s claims as false, stating that NIH funding for Russian cat experiments was cut in 2023.
• WCW utilized Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to uncover past NIH funding for these experiments and led a campaign with lawmakers to defund them.
• As of 2023, all Russian animal labs are ineligible for NIH grants.
• PETA’s article was stealthily edited from “Your Tax Dollars Fund Russian Experiments on Cats—Tell NIH No More!” to “Your Tax Money Has Bankrolled Grisly Experiments on Rabbits and Cats—Stop It Now!”
• WCW founder Anthony Bellotti stated PETA’s claims are ‘fake news’ and that PETA has a history of spreading misinformation and taking credit for WCW’s work.
• The article suggests PETA has previously made false claims about animal experimentation and has criticized WCW’s methods.