EPA forced to auction off 20,000 lab rats, mice, and rabbits as Trump shuts down research projects
Source: The Independent
Wednesday 02 July 2025 05:20 EDT
Cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency are forcing it to curb much of its research work, leaving it with an abundance of lab animals so it's holding an adoption drive.
EPA staff at a research office in North Carolina have launched an adoption campaign for their lab rats and zebrafish in response to cuts to its research projects introduced by the Donald Trump administration, according to the Wall Street Journal.
A research and development official at the EPA said that scientists were having a difficult time obtaining supplies for even basic testing, which led to an oversupply of lab animals.
The EPA has about 20,000 animals in its labs, including rabbits, mice, and rats. The animals are generally used to gauge the safety of environmental pollutants.
Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/epa-lab-rats-adoption-trump-cuts-b2780669.html

IronLionZion
(49,486 posts)Some people might want to adopt the rabbits, maybe some mice.
chouchou
(2,161 posts)Just great. Just F*cking Great. The polluters can tell the public: Everything is fine!
(It won't hurt you...much)
eppur_se_muova
(39,458 posts)truthisfreedom
(23,436 posts)Thats what this administration will be known for.
Old Crank
(5,930 posts)House and Senate offices as well as the White House.
Not to ICE Barbie who would stomp them with her Gucci stilettos...
chowder66
(10,986 posts)0rganism
(25,249 posts)Let the feds deport them as needed to pad their quotas.
DENVERPOPS
(13,003 posts)Trump will decide to have them shipped to the Everglades to use as food, and personally pocket the money that the concentration camp would have normally spent on food......
I'm waiting for Trump to hire the camp to be run by that Sheriff from Arizona who ran the horrifically inhumane tent city for criminals down there......
pansypoo53219
(22,411 posts)Bayard
(26,053 posts)Or, rethuglican Congress critters might buy some as snacks.