Fauci cancels $1.8 million drug testing on beagle puppies | Washington Examiner

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, the company elected to proceed using two rodent models only,” wrote Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. “No experiments utilizing the canine model are being conducted under this contract.”

What s more, he said there is no funding for the testing headed to China, another concern of Ernst.

The letter was a big victory for Ernst and the animal rights group, which had started a popular hashtag campaign against the testing: #BeagleGate.

In a statement shared with Secrets, Ernst said, Dr. Fauci was barking up the wrong tree when he decided to use government dollars on dog testing. 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.

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Take the beagles, leave the rodents. Sort of a partial win, I guess. I hear these tests are essentially make work anyway.