According to a Fox News report, National Institutes of Health (NIH) director Jay Bhattacharya has announced the agency has closed its last in-house beagle laboratory on the NIH campus.
From Fox News:
The announcement comes just days after Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Muskposted on X that he would investigate funding beagle experiments.
A report from the White Coat Waste (WCW) project detailed the lab’s history of allegedly pumping pneumonia-causing bacteria into more than 2,000 beagles’ lungs, bleeding them out, and forcing them into septic shock for deadly experiments.
Following the announcement, WCW president and founder Anthony Bellotti praised President Donald Trump for ending the highly scrutinized project.
“Taxpayers and pet owners shouldn’t be forced to pay for the NIH’s beagle abuse,” Bellotti wrote in a statement. “We applaud the President for cutting this wasteful NIH spending and will keep fighting until we defund all dog labs at home and abroad. The solution is simple: Stop the money. Stop the madness!”
Longtime lab opponent Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) celebrated the news on X, saying, “Mr. Fauci’s evil lab has FINALLY been shut down. Beagles & dog owners across America are celebrating the END of this cruelty. I had the honor to meet Uno, a beagle rescued from this abuse, and he was so cute! What kind of person would support these terrible experiments??”
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Mr. Fauci’s evil lab has FINALLY been shut down. 👏
Beagles & dog owners across America are celebrating the END of this cruelty.
I had the honor to meet Uno, a beagle rescued from this abuse, and he was so cute!
What kind of person would support these terrible experiments?? https://t.co/urUzN6WCSs pic.twitter.com/LgMzo3Uvxs
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) May 5, 2025
Shortly after the Trump administration took office, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced in April it would phase out an animal testing requirement for antibody therapies and other drugs in favor of testing on materials that mimic human organs.
More over at Fox News:
Trump Administration closes experimentation labs accused of brutally killing thousands of beagles for 40+ years! 🐶❤️https://t.co/0AGS42Y4eU
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) May 5, 2025
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