Ask the EPA to end the 90-day dog pesticide test

10 min

Why it's urgent

No deadline has been published. The EPA's 2035 commitment is already public, and the group asks the agency to act on the dog test now, but no decision date is set.

The strategy

Letters to the EPA add public support for a commitment the agency has already made and for a specific change to one test. One letter is a small contribution to a large campaign.

Why it scored 58

Scale: Big: About tens of thousands of dogs, rats, rabbits and other mammals, according to Humane World for Animals, which describes the EPA plan as potentially replacing tests on that many animals; this is under 1 million.
Severity: Serious: Serious improvement: the group describes daily dosing for three months and killing at the end, and removing the test would prevent that for dogs, according to the group.
Chance of success: Plausible: Plausible: the EPA has publicly recommitted to ending mammal tests, but the timeline for removing this specific test is not confirmed.
Your difference: Moderate: Moderate: a letter to a federal agency adds to a campaign with a large response, though it is not stated whether individual letters are counted.

The form asks for a name, address and email. The page lists many countries, but it is not stated whether the EPA accepts letters from outside the U.S. Sources: humaneworld.org, secure.humaneworld.org. How scoring works