Nih Closes Experimentation Labs Accused Of Brutally Killing Thousands Of Beagles For 40+ Years

National Institutes of Health (NIH) head Jay Bhattacharya precocious announced connected Fox News nan agency closed its past in-house beagle laboratory connected nan NIH campus.

The announcement comes conscionable days aft Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) caput Elon Musk posted connected X that he would analyse backing beagle experiments.

A study from nan White Coat Waste (WCW) task elaborate nan lab's history of allegedly pumping pneumonia-causing germs into much than 2,000 beagles’ lungs, bleeding them out, and forcing them into septic daze for deadly experiments.

Following nan announcement, WCW president and laminitis Anthony Bellotti praised President Donald Trump for ending the highly scrutinized project.

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FILE- The Humane Society of nan United States antecedently helped rehome rescued beagles astatine nan petition of nan DOJ.  (Meredith Lee/ USHS)

"Taxpayers and pet owners shouldn’t beryllium forced to salary for nan NIH’s beagle abuse," Bellotti wrote successful a statement. "We applaud nan President for cutting this wasteful NIH spending and will support fighting until we defund each canine labs astatine location and abroad. The solution is simple: Stop nan money. Stop nan madness!"

FILE - The Humane Society of nan United States antecedently worked pinch nan Department of Justice and animal use partners, including Homeward Trails, to find caller homes for rescued beagles. (Sue Bell/Homeward Trails)

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Shortly aft nan Trump management took office, nan Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced successful April it would phase retired an animal testing request for antibody therapies and different narcotics successful favour of testing connected materials that mimic quality organs.

Environmental Protection Agency main Lee Zeldin besides announced his agency would reinstate a 2019 argumentation from nan first Trump management to shape retired animal testing.

FILE - Homeward Trails, a Virginia-based animal shelter, antecedently rescued beagles from Envigo breeding. (Sue Bell/Homeward Trails)

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During Trump's first word successful 2019, nan management closed nan government’s largest feline lab.

Bhattacharya said People for nan Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) reached retired to him pursuing nan closure of nan beagle testing facility, sending him flowers.

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"Normally, I deliberation NIH board thin to get beingness threats, but they sent maine flowers," Bhattacharya said connected air. 

PETA successful 2021 highlighted Anthony Fauci's alleged support of backing for tests successful Tunisia wherever beagle puppies were drugged, and their heads were locked successful cages filled pinch hungry, infected sandflies.

A brace of beagles guidelines adjacent to an anti-animal experiments banner. (Photo by Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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After nan reports came out, 23 bipartisan lawmakers, including Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., sent a missive to Fauci addressing nan heartbreaking experiments.

"Yesterday, I sent a missive to Dr. Fauci regarding cruel, taxpayer-funded experiments connected puppies; debarking earlier drugging and sidesplitting them," Mace wrote successful an October 2021 station connected X. "This is disgusting. What opportunity you @NIH."

Kathy Guillermo, PETA elder vice president of laboratory investigations, told Fox News Digital connected Sunday nighttime nan statement is "delighted" by nan news of nan NIH installation closure.

"We are letting nan caller NIH Director cognize really important this measurement is for modernizing science, and we're particularly happy because these past experiments progressive sepsis, which we person been moving to extremity for respective years. Sepsis experiments connected animals are failures."

Guillermo noted PETA has a suit pending, revenge nether nan Biden administration, to effort to forestall nan authorities from backing immoderate much sepsis experiments. 

NIH head Jay Bhattacharya announced nan closure of nan facility, which experimented connected beagles. (Getty Images)

The Indiana-based institution that bred nan beagles for research, Envigo, pleaded blameworthy successful 2024 to neglecting thousands of dogs astatine its Cumberland, Virginia, breeding facility, and will beryllium required to salary much than $35 cardinal successful fines, according to nan American Veterinary Medical Association.

"We are conscionable thrilled to spot that nan [Envigo] beagles who were utilized [at nan NIH location], will nary longer beryllium used," Guillermo said. "We first exposed [Envigo] successful an undercover investigation that yet led to nan closure of nan installation and nan merchandise of 4,000 beagles to bully homes."

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PETA is awaiting accusation astir nan information of nan dogs that will beryllium released, and if they are successful bully capable style to beryllium placed successful a home, Guillermo said they guidelines fresh to help.

"Dr. Bhattacharya has made a awesome start, and location is simply a batch much activity to beryllium done, because animals are being experimented on, including beagles and different dogs, crossed nan country," she said. "So we're looking guardant to what comes next."

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The White House and nan NIH did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's requests for comment.

Fox News Digital's Emma Colton contributed to this report.