Dogs of the Week, from U.S. War Dogs: 🐕Viktor, who served in the US Navy for five years, searching for drugs aboard submarines and across Navy units. 🐕Jeanett, who served in the US Air Force for nine years, working as a patrol and explosive detection dog. 🐕Kan, who served in the US Navy for seven years, working 25 Secret Service missions.

Dogs aren’t lab equipment. They’re family. We introduced the PUPPS Act to shut down America’s puppy pipeline to research labs, protect dogs already trapped in the system, and hold violators accountable with tough financial penalties. Dr. Johnny Lieberman, a physician with a master's degree in animal law, helped bring this idea to life: "Dogs belong in our homes, not in research labs. Dogs are family, not test subjects. "The PUPPS Act would end the breeding and commercial supply of dogs specifically for research, preventing countless dogs from being born into a system where they may face invasive experimentation. "As a medical doctor with an animal law degree, I was proud to work with Congresswoman Mace’s team in developing this legislation at the intersection of medical research and animal welfare. "Thank you, Representative Mace, for advocating for dogs and advancing this important legislation."

Dogs aren't lab equipment. They're family. Right now, breeders are mating dogs to supply taxpayer-funded labs with puppies, some as young as three months old. We introduced the PUPPS Act to end it. No more breeding dogs for research. No more supply to the labs. And every dog already in the system gets a shot at adoption, not euthanasia. Man's best friend belongs in a loving home, not a lab. 🐶