ANIMAL WATCH-On June 23, 2021, U.S. Congressional Representatives Lucille Roybal-Allard (D) and Ken Calvert (R) demonstrated that politics is not a dividing factor when it comes to promoting humaneness and ending animal suffering in research laboratories. The two California Reps joined in re-introducing the Humane and Existing Alternatives in Research and Testing Sciences (HEARTS) Act of 2021, to increase the use of humane and effective non-animal research and testing methods in experiments funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). World-renowned primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace, explained, “Current law sets low expectations and provides little incentive for researchers to earnestly search for and use non-animal alternatives. The HEARTS act will raise the bar to improve the quality as well as the humaneness of our science.”