Report: NIH Under Investigation for Purchasing $1.2M in Beagles for ‘Cruel Experiments’Katherine Hamilton29 Dec 20218
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PETA senior vice president of cruelty investigations Daphna Nachminovitch accused the National Institutes of Health (NIH) of being involved in a $1.2 million contract to purchase beagles for “cruel experiments,” Fox News reported.
While being interviewed on Tucker Carlson Tonight on Tuesday, Nachminovitch said the latest alleged violation is from Envigo, a Virginia-based supplier accused of “providing nearly 5,000 beagle dogs and puppies to the NIH and other labs to be confined and tortured.”
“During a PETA investigator’s visit, more than 360 dogs were allegedly found dead,” according to the report.
Nachminovitch continued, noting that the Department of Agriculture has reportedly cited the NIH for “hideous” warehouse conditions.
“They have been cited … for direct and critical violations,” she said. “For failure to provide basic necessities of life to these nursing mother dogs and their puppies, keeping animals in temperatures as high as 92 degrees without air conditioning, plunging needles into the heads of puppies to drain hematomas … and so much more.”
Nachminovitch told the outlet the investigation is still underway, adding that the “cruel experiments” are paid for by taxpayer dollars.
The executive said that beagles are allegedly the “breed of choice” because they are “easy to torture,” the report states.
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