According to a letter signed by 24 legislators, the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci funded cruelty experiments on dogs as young a six-week-old to test antiparasitic treatments. In order to test an experimental drug, dozens of beagles were deliberately infected with disease-causing parasites in Tunisia. The National Institutes of Health-funded the heinous and ethically questionable experiments, as White Coat Waste Project discovered in its investigation.
“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 stated to Changing America. “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.”
“White Coat Waste claims that 44 beagle puppies were used in a Tunisia, North Africa, laboratory, and some of the dogs had their vocal cords removed, allegedly so scientists could work without incessant barking,” Changing America learned. “According to the White Coat Waste Project, the Food and Drug Administration does not require drugs to be tested on dogs, so the group is asking why the need for such testing.”
The lawmakers expressed grave concern about the reports of taxpayer-funded, cruel, and expensive experiments on dogs that were commissioned by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
“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,” it continued.
“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,” the letter went on.
“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,” the lawmakers said.
In addition to Mace, the following members of the House signed the letter: Cindy Axne (D-IA), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Rick Crawford (R-AR), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Andrew Gabarino (R-NY), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Fred Keller (R-PA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Lisa McClain (R-MI), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Brian Mast (R-FL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Scott Perry (R-PA), Bill Posey (R-FL), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Terri Sewell (D-AL) and Daniel Webster (R-FL).
The House members who sent the letter requested Dr. Fauci to respond to the White Coat Waste Project report’s allegations. It was revealed that the National Institutes of Health admitted that the NIAID had funded risky gain-0f function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Although the NIH denied the connection between the research and the SARS-CoV-2 virus, Wuhan, China-based, the health agency admitted that the banned gain of function research was funded with U.S. taxpayer funds. Richard H. Ebright, Rutgers Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, noted the admission.
“NIH corrects untruthful assertions by NIH Director Collins and NIAID Director Fauci that NIH had not funded gain-of-function research in Wuhan,” Professor Ebright notes. “NIH states that EcoHealth Alliance violated Terms and Conditions of NIH grant AI110964.” Ebright points out that NIH knew about the documents in 2018 and reviewed them repeatedly.
“The NIH received the relevant documents in 2018 and reviewed the documents in 2020 and again in 2021,” Ebright said. “The NIH–specifically, Collins, Fauci, and Tabak–lied to Congress, lied to the press, and lied to the public. Knowingly. Willfully. Brazenly.”
It was found that the National Institutes of Health-funded and conducted illegal, unethical biomedical research. It is also now clear that Congress was misled by Dr. Anthony Fauci about the matter.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, currently the leader of the nation’s coronavirus response, has been responsible for immoral and illegal policies against U.S. citizens. These policies must be addressed. Dr. Anthony Fauci should be held fully and thoroughly accountable.
