Republican And Democrat Lawmakers Demand Answers From Fauci On Beagle Experiments

Carmine Sabia October 24, 2021

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Republicans and Democrats have finally found something to be furious with Dr. Anthony Fauci about together.

A new report alleges that the National Institutes of Health, which is headed by Fauci, was involved in an indescribably cruel experiment with beagles and lawmakers from both parties are demanding answers, The Daily Mail reported.

Dr Anthony Fauci has been condemned for using taxpayers’ money to fund animal experiments, including one which saw beagles trapped in cages so flies could eat them, and another where they were ‘debarked’ before being pumped with drugs and killed.

One of the most disturbing incidents funded by Fauci’s National Institutes of Allergies and Infectious Diseases involved $375,000 given to a Tunisian research lab.

There, puppies had their heads held in cages, before being left for sand flies to eat them alive for research purposes.

Distressing snaps showed the pups with their heads kept inside the muslin-type cages filled with the hungry insects.

Another procedure – which the NIH funded to the tune of $1.8m – saw 44 beagle puppies undergo a ‘cordectomy,’ which saw their vocal cords cut to stop them barking.

That experiment, which took place in Menlo Park, California, saw the dogs then pumped full of drugs, before being killed and dissected.

A group of 24 lawmakers led by South Carolina Republican Rep. Nancy Mace are demanding answers for experiments they called “cruel” and a “reprehensible misuse of taxpayer funds.”

“According to documents obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request by taxpayer watchdog group White Coat Waste Project, and subsequent media coverage, from October 2018 until February 2019, NIAID spent $1.86million in taxpayer funds on drug tests involving 44 beagle puppies,” the letter said.

“While documents state that the ostensible purpose of this study was to ‘provide data of suitable quality and integrity to support application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other regulatory agencies,’ the FDA itself has recently stated that it ‘does not mandate that human drugs be studied in dogs,’” it said.

The White Coat Waste Project said two weeks ago that near $1.68 million was spent to conduct experiments on 44 beagles at Sri International in Menlo Park. The puppies were given cordectomies and were force-fed drugs before they were killed and dissected.

Another $375,800 was given to a lab in Tunisia when Beagles were horribly drugged, had their heads locked in mesh cages and then were eaten alive by sand flies.

In September 2020 another $424,000 was given to the University of Georgia where healthy beagles were drugged before being intentionally infected by parasite-carrying flies.

The records show that the dogs were “vocalizing in pain” before they were ultimately killed.

The group of lawmakers, which includes Democrat Rep. Ted Lieu and others, demanded answers to the following questions.

• How many drug tests involving dogs have been funded by NIAID since January 2018? How much taxpayer money has been spent on this testing?
• Since the Food and Drug Administration has clearly stated that it does not require dog testing for new drugs, why has NIAID continued to commission testing on dogs?
• What has NIAID done to explore the use of non-canine and non-animal alternatives to meet FDA data requirements?
• Has NIAID ever made any dogs available for adoption after the conclusion of an experiment or testing? If so, how many? if so, why not?
• Why has NIAID contracted for cordectomies when they appear to be scientifically and medically unnecessary? What is the average cost for each cordectomy performed?

“It is true that obligated funds were issued by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the amount of $424,555 for research conducted at the University of Georgia to test the efficacy of a potential vaccine for lymphatic filariasis on beagle subjects. However, it is unclear whether Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at NIH, personally approved the project. Research conducted on behalf of NIAID is funded in large part through annual funds allocated by Congress and the president. A University of Georgia spokesperson indicated that testing on dogs was, in fact, necessary, and that all humane standards set by applicable agencies were adhered to,” it said.

Fauci under fire for ‘puppy experiments that saw beagles locked in cage with hungry sandflies that would eat them ALIVE’

‘CRUEL’ TESTING

The White Coat Waste Project claims some of the dogs allegedly had their vocal cords removed to muzzle their barkingCredit: ALAMY

Fauci under fire for ‘puppy experiments that saw beagles locked in cage with hungry sandflies that would eat them ALIVE’

• G. P. Rodriguez

• 19:59 ET, Oct 23 2021
• Updated: 23:18 ET, Oct 23 2021

DR Anthony Fauci is under fire for allegedly funding experiments where beagle puppies were locked in cages with hungry sandflies that would eat them alive.

The non-profit organization White Coat Waste Project has accused the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of funding a project that had beagles infected with disease-causing parasites in order to test an experimental drug.

Non-profit organization White Coat Waste Project has accused Dr Anthony Fauci of using tax-payer money to fund cruel experiments on puppies in TunisiaCredit: Splash

The Hill reports that a bipartisan group of 24 House Representatives has written a letter demanding that Fauci answer to the claims by the nonprofit.

The organization claims that as many as 44 beagle puppies were used as part of the cruel experiment in a Tunisia laboratory.

The NIAID spent directed $1.68million in taxpayer money to these experiments, according to documents obtained by the non-profit Credit: Getty

“Our investigators show that Fauci’s NIH division shipped part of a $375,800 grant to a lab in Tunisia to drug beagles and lock their heads in mesh cages filled with hungry sandflies so that the insects could eat them alive,” White Coat Waste told The Hill.

“They also locked beagles alone in cages in the desert overnight for nine consecutive nights to use them as bait to attract infectious sand flies, they added. 

The NIAID spent directed $1.68million in taxpayer money on these experiments, according to documents obtained by the non-profit.

The letter was signed by some Democrats such as Representatives Cindy Axne from Iowa and Jimmy Gomez from California.

However, it was mostly signed by Republican lawmakers, including Rep Nancy Mace from South Carolina, who’s leading the effort.

“The dogs were all between six and eight months old. The commissioned tests involved injecting and force-feeding the puppies an experimental drug for several weeks, before killing and dissecting them,” said the lawmakers’ letter, according to Newsweek.

“Of particular concern is the fact that the invoice to NIAID included a line item for ‘cordectomy.’ As you are likely aware, a cordectomy, also known as ‘devocalization,’ involves slitting a dog’s vocal cords in order to prevent them from barking, howling, or crying.”

“This cruel procedure – which is opposed with rare exceptions by the American Veterinary Medical Association, the American Animal Hospital Association, and others – seems to have been performed so that experimenters would not have to listen to the pained cries of the beagle puppies. This is a reprehensible misuse of taxpayer funds.”

Among the questions the lawmakers want answered is how many drug tests have been done on dogs since January 2018 and how much they have cost.

They also want to know why these tests were performed if the FDA does not require new drugs to be tested on dogs.

Fauci, who is also President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, has previously found himself under hot water after being accused of lying to the American public after documents seemed to contradict his claims that his agency did not fund research of coronaviruses in a Wuhan, China, lab.

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Source: https://www.the-sun.com/news/3920949/fauci-puppy-experiments-beagles-locked-in-cage/The Sun

Fauci under fire for ‘puppy experiments that saw beagles locked in cage with hungry sandflies that would eat them ALIVE’

‘CRUEL’ TESTING 

The White Coat Waste Project claims some of the dogs allegedly had their vocal cords removed to muzzle their barkingCredit: ALAMY

• G. P. Rodriguez

• 19:59 ET, Oct 23 2021
• Updated: 23:18 ET, Oct 23 2021

DR Anthony Fauci is under fire for allegedly funding experiments where beagle puppies were locked in cages with hungry sandflies that would eat them alive.

The non-profit organization White Coat Waste Project has accused the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of funding a project that had beagles infected with disease-causing parasites in order to test an experimental drug.

Non-profit organization White Coat Waste Project has accused Dr Anthony Fauci of using tax-payer money to fund cruel experiments on puppies in TunisiaCredit: Splash

The Hill reports that a bipartisan group of 24 House Representatives has written a letter demanding that Fauci answer to the claims by the nonprofit.

The organization claims that as many as 44 beagle puppies were used as part of the cruel experiment in a Tunisia laboratory.

The NIAID spent directed $1.68million in taxpayer money to these experiments, according to documents obtained by the non-profit Credit: Getty

“Our investigators show that Fauci’s NIH division shipped part of a $375,800 grant to a lab in Tunisia to drug beagles and lock their heads in mesh cages filled with hungry sandflies so that the insects could eat them alive,” White Coat Waste told The Hill.

“They also locked beagles alone in cages in the desert overnight for nine consecutive nights to use them as bait to attract infectious sand flies, they added. 

The NIAID spent directed $1.68million in taxpayer money on these experiments, according to documents obtained by the non-profit.

The letter was signed by some Democrats such as Representatives Cindy Axne from Iowa and Jimmy Gomez from California.

However, it was mostly signed by Republican lawmakers, including Rep Nancy Mace from South Carolina, who’s leading the effort.

“The dogs were all between six and eight months old. The commissioned tests involved injecting and force-feeding the puppies an experimental drug for several weeks, before killing and dissecting them,” said the lawmakers’ letter, according to Newsweek.

“Of particular concern is the fact that the invoice to NIAID included a line item for ‘cordectomy.’ As you are likely aware, a cordectomy, also known as ‘devocalization,’ involves slitting a dog’s vocal cords in order to prevent them from barking, howling, or crying.”

“This cruel procedure – which is opposed with rare exceptions by the American Veterinary Medical Association, the American Animal Hospital Association, and others – seems to have been performed so that experimenters would not have to listen to the pained cries of the beagle puppies. This is a reprehensible misuse of taxpayer funds.”

Among the questions the lawmakers want answered is how many drug tests have been done on dogs since January 2018 and how much they have cost.

They also want to know why these tests were performed if the FDA does not require new drugs to be tested on dogs.

Fauci, who is also President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, has previously found himself under hot water after being accused of lying to the American public after documents seemed to contradict his claims that his agency did not fund research of coronaviruses in a Wuhan, China, lab.

Lawmakers want to know why these tests were performed if the FDA does not require new drugs to be tested on dogsCredit: REUTERS