Posted on 03/14/2025 9:19:55 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Topline: A Chinese lab is continuing to receive funds from the U.S. to conduct cruel studies on beagles, according to contracts obtained by the nonprofit White Coat Waste Project and shared with the New York Post.
Key facts: The $124,200 contract was awarded by the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences using money from the Pentagon, for the experiments on beagle puppies — as well as mice and rats — at the Beijing-based company’s lab from September 2023 until May 2025.
The Chinese company Pharmaron uses the funds to test pharmaceuticals for neurological disorders on 300 beagles per week, as well as mice and rats, White Coat Waste found. Some of the dogs are as young as eight months. Those that suffer organ dysfunction are euthanized, the contract states.
Pharmaron’s proposal to the NIH promises to comply with the Animal Welfare Act and notes that “Beagle dog is docile, cute and easy to domesticate.”
It describes how the hundreds of dogs, some as young as eight months, “will be reused” throughout the study “to save animals and decrease cost,” while saying those suffering organ dysfunction will be “euthanized.”
The DOD’s Office of Inspector General conducted an audit in June, citing Pharmaron, as well as the Chinese biotech firms WuXi AppTec and Genscript Inc., as so-called “companies of concern” and blacklisted from doing business with U.S. firms. A bill to this effect passed the U.S. House of Representatives but was not voted on in the Senate.
Background: The research contract is just one example of how the U.S. and China fund each other’s medical research, often resulting in payouts for government scientists and potential national security concerns at taxpayers’ expense.
In 2023, 139 foreign companies licensed medical technology invented by NIH scientists, compared to only 102 domestic companies. The businesses included Pokrov Biologics Plant, which researched the weaponization of smallpox for the Soviet Union during the Cold War, and WuXi AppTec, a Chinese firm with alleged military ties and alleged access to American genetic information.
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Critical quote: Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) claims the federal government spends $20 billion each year on animal testing.
“Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency has elevated the problem of wasteful spending from think-tank white papers to a national cover story,” Malliotakis wrote in an op-ed in the Post. “With $36 trillion in national debt — more than $300,000 per taxpayer — there’s a lot of spending to slash. What better way to start than by cutting the $20 billion the government wastes every year on dead-end experiments that torture dogs, cats and other animals?”
Summary: Contract oversight is difficult enough when funds stay within America. Foreign contracts open up even more issues and should only be awarded after strict scrutiny.
Cut this crap off at the knees!
Why beagles? I know. we have a Feist dog.. but damn.
I constantly hear that we are headed for war with China, etc. Maybe we shouldn’t fund them.
I know some experiments are required on any new drug or procedure of treatment, but I do not enjoy the idea of
Puppies being tortured. I’m okay with using Rats, for some reason.
Beagles are used as the canine breed in biological studies.
Nor sure why beagles.
Pronto.
Obviously not.
This shit has to stop now!!
Why can’t they use Democrats?
Exactly.
Beagles are not big. Beagles are not feisty like Chihuahuas, for example. They are trusting and friendly.
They do bark quite a bit. That’s why experiments authorized by Fauci had them debarked so the experimenters didn’t have to listen to their barking.
Dated Jan.28. Such BS… DOGE is on this BS
The NIH needs to be totally reformed. It has at many levels become a cesspool of corruption.
The NIH needs to be totally reformed. It has at many levels become a cesspool of corruption.
The two dogs in my life were Beagles. Both lived 14 plus years. No dog right now but maybe in the future. I long knew they were the choice of experimenters. I have no idea if I will see those two on the other side but it is a hope.
The number one question is WHY IN THE HELL are ANY U.S. funds going to ANY studies of ANY KIND at ANY Chinese facility????
Fauci should have his vocal cords cut and then given the BEAGLE treatment. EVIL MONSTER.
They’re easy to abuse.
Just like kids.
Because our Deep State doesn’t want to risk getting caught doing it here.
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