In a curious twist, the liberal media is now attempting to portray President Donald Trump as an antagonist to animal welfare, following claims from Harvard researchers that a $2.2 billion funding freeze by his administration might lead to the euthanization of lab animals—before subjecting them to the very experiments they decry.
The left, historically aligned with animal advocacy, seems to have pivoted dramatically in light of Trump’s decision to halt taxpayer funding for animal research.
Harvard willingly squanders hundreds of millions of tax dollars every year to infect, poison, cripple, mutilate, burn & kill millions of animals in experiments—and lobbies for more $—but somehow it’s now Trump’s fault they’re killing lab animals
And CNN, WaPo, NYT are eating it up pic.twitter.com/nbTZcIORk3
— Justin Goodman (@JustinRGoodman) April 17, 2025
Noteworthy headlines from CNN, the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Daily Beast, and other liberal outlets have echoed the researchers’ claims, attempting to link Trump directly to the deaths of these animals.
Nobody is operating at the level of the Harvard PR team right now pic.twitter.com/7JP36RPX3t
— Sam Biederman (@Biedersam) April 17, 2025
Contrary to the narrative being spun, the Trump administration is, in fact, “Making America Greater for Animals” by phasing out animal testing at the FDA and EPA while canceling grants for numerous inhumane research projects, thereby saving taxpayers millions.
Justin Goodman, Senior Vice President of the taxpayer advocacy group White Coat Waste Project, which aims to end the squandering of public funds on animal testing, explained to :
“Every year, Harvard and other universities willingly waste tens of billions of tax dollars to intentionally infect, poison, cripple, mutilate, burn, addict, decapitate, bleed out, and kill millions of dogs, cats, primates, and other animals in experiments. Now these mad scientists are shamelessly and dishonestly claiming it’s Trump’s fault they’re killing animals because he’s cutting funding for their wasteful and cruel tests. Don’t fall for their crocodile tears. Trump’s NIH cuts are the best thing to ever happen to animals locked in labs.”
The animals in question include 51 primates at the Harvard Medical Labs and 93 more at their McLean Hospital.
Harvard has been known for conducting tests such as spending $9,371,356 in grant money to get monkeys addicted to fentanyl, $3,305,642 to administer THC, and previously turning mice transgender.
White Coat Waste provided with a previously unreleased photo from the THC tests, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.
Two of Harvard’s now-canceled transgender animal testing grants included a $299,240 grant aimed at creating “transmasculine” lab animals by administering testosterone to female mice and surgically removing their ovaries, and a $442,444 grant for sterilizing animals, administering hormone therapies, and inflicting wounds to simulate the surgical experiences of transgender individuals.
Not to be outdone, Catherine Blackwood, a former CDC animal experimenter who faced termination for her inhumane practices, has taken to social media to express her newfound sympathy for animals, despite her past of forcing them to inhale pathogens and subsequently killing them.
This fired CDC animal experimenter forced animals to inhale fungi & bacteria, sickened them w/pneumonia & sepsis & killed them
Now, she’s “grieving” for the animals & experiencing “torment” because they “value animal life so deeply” & ironically accuses Trump of “cruelty”
Cry more pic.twitter.com/1KgM9YN1vK
— Justin Goodman (@JustinRGoodman) April 10, 2025
Blackwood, who conducted some of the most torturous and cruel tests on animals, lamented in a Facebook post, “We are grieving the senseless loss of our laboratory animals, euthanized because we can’t finish studies. Their lives ended without cause, exacting further torment on the scientists that value animal life so deeply, a core principle held in all animal research. The cruelty and waste in the administration’s plan to ‘reduce redundancy and government waste’ is disgusting and offensive.”
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Given Blackwood’s new role as a self-proclaimed animal advocate following her termination—while she happily engaged in their slaughter—we recommend sending her job applications for PETA.
This organization would be an ideal match for her, considering their past record of euthanizing thousands of animals while claiming to be defenders of animal rights. In 2019, PETA euthanized 1,500 cats and dogs, and in the following year, 67% of the 2,650 animals they received were put down, all while masquerading as champions for our non-human counterparts.
To clarify, instead of saving the animals they can, researchers are asserting that all animals must be euthanized due to a lack of sanctuaries to accommodate them. Thank goodness they weren’t managing the lifeboats on the Titanic.
By framing the funding issue as an impending animal welfare crisis, these labs are clearly attempting to stir public sympathy for their financial struggles and turn sentiment against President Trump. However, this premise falls flat, as it highlights their long-standing disregard for the well-being of the animals involved. The contradiction is palpable: these labs routinely subject animals to agonizing experiments only to express outrage when funding is cut, revealing a systemic failure to address the suffering they inflict.
If the research community genuinely cared about animal welfare, it would advocate for alternatives to animal testing and push for stricter ethical oversight rather than raising alarms only when their funding is threatened. Until then, their protests against Trump’s cuts will continue to ring hollow, echoing through the halls of scientific hypocrisy.
