The FDA no longer requires that drugs be tested on animals before moving to human trials thanks to the omnibus spending bill recently signed by Joe Biden.
Violet is one of the many dogs and cats previously confined to laboratories now getting a second chance at life. Only in 2019 did the FDA introduce policy for ex-lab animals to be adopted.
The spending bill passed by the Senate Thursday contains a provision limiting risky viral research involving "pathogens of pandemic potential" in foreign "countries of concern."