Dr. Anthony Fauci and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has actually canceled its planned investment of $1.8 million on ineffective and extremely cruel experiments on canines after an exposé from taxpayer watch dog White Coat Waste.
Files acquired by White Coat Waste hrough a Flexibility of Details Act need in May exposed that the NIAID was preparing to perform a series of 5 unnecessary and undesirable experiments concerning runny noses on the pet canines in between now and August 2023.
In response, Republican political leader Senator Joni Ernst sent a letter to Dr. Fauci requiring responses about the costs and their techniques.
“I understand that at least five different NIAID-funded tests on dogs, including puppies as young as six months old, are planned for this drug and will involve invasive, painful, and potentially deadly procedures. This taxpayer-funded dog testing commissioned by NIAID appears to be unnecessary,” Rep. Ernst wrote.
In response, Fauci wrote to the congresswoman that the tests, as they were initially prepared, have really been cancelled and they would now be making use of rodents rather than dogs.
“Although the contract to Inimmune Corporation proposed the use of murine and canine preclinical animal models, after consultation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the company elected to proceed using two rodent models only,” Fauci wrote. “No experiments utilizing the canine model are being conducted under this contract.”
Fauci attempted to justify the tests by writing that 60 million people in the United States have seasonal allergic reactions “and many patients do not achieve adequate relief with available medications, resulting in substantial social and economic burdens.”
Terrific news! We stopped Dr. Fauci’s inhuman taxpayer-funded pet dog experiments!
What a huge win for animal-lovers and taxpayers throughout America. https://t.co/6yc1rn0090
— Joni Ernst (@SenJoniErnst) July 5, 2022
Great news! We stopped Dr. Fauci’s inhuman taxpayer-funded dog experiments!
What a huge win for animal-lovers and taxpayers across America. https://t.co/6yc1rn0090— Joni Ernst (@SenJoniErnst) July 5, 2022
“We’re thrilled that following White Coat Waste Project’s latest #BeagleGate investigation and outstanding advocacy by Senator Joni Ernst, Dr. Fauci’s $1.8 million ‘runny nose’ experiments on beagle puppies have been completely canceled. This is a decisive victory in the War on Waste, and sends a message to big-spending white coats across the federal government: taxpayers should not be forced to pay for wasteful, unnecessary, and cruel experiments on puppies and other animals,” Devin Murphy, Public Policy and Communications Manager at White Coat Waste Project, told reporters.
Sen. Ernst said in a statement that “Fauci was barking up the wrong tree” with these tests.
“Dr. Fauci was barking up the wrong tree when he decided to use government dollars on dog testing,” said Senator Ernst. “These inhumane practices have no place in our government – much less on the taxpayer’s dime. Thankfully, after voicing our concerns and shining a light on these heinous tactics, taxpayers can rest easy knowing their hard-earned money is not going towards dog abuse.”
There is presently bipartisan legislation that has actually been presented called the Preventing Animal Abuse and Waste (PAAW) Act (HR 6186) that seeks to defund all painful experiments on pet dogs conducted and funded through Fauci’s NIAID.
According to WCW, the PAAW Act would also shed light on the scale of NIAID’s experiments, by needing a report on “all ongoing or prospective research that causes significant pain or distress to a dog conducted or supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease.”
A 2021 poll discovered that 62 percent of Republicans, 64 percent of Independents, and 71 percent of Democrats support ending taxpayer funding for canine experiments.
H/T Timcast
