Trump EPA Forges Unlikely Ties With Animal Rights Groups

Left-leaning advocacy organizations have lined up to oppose the Trump administration’s EPA at virtually every step, but one group stands as a stark outlier: animal rights activists.

Leaders from the Humane Society and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals flanked Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler last month as he announced plans to eliminate nearly all animal testing experiments by 2035.

For animal rights groups, the announcement was hailed as a victory for both animals and the environment. But for other advocacy groups with much broader mandates, it reflected a growing difference of opinion about the role that animal ...