Fauci accused of funding experiments involving beagles being 'eaten alive'

Days after being accused of lying to Congress, White House medical visor Dr Anthony Fauci has w been blamed for funding projects that involve beagles being cd and fed to infectious insects. Earlier this week, White Coat Waste Project - an animal rights organisation said that Fauci used over a million of taxpayer’s money to fund a Tunisian Research Lab which conducted cruel experiments on puppies.

As many as 44 puppies were used as a part of experiment, as per animal rights organisation. Some were also stripped of ir vocal cords so that ir barks were muzzled. Speaking to Hill, a representative of White Coat Waste Project said that Fauci-led-NIAID transferred US$ $1.68 million grant to lab to conduct experiments in total. 

'Drugged and dissected'

As per group’s investigation, young beagles were drugged and ir hes were locked in a mesh c filled with hungry sandflies so that insects could 'eat m alive'. "y also locked beagles alone in cs in desert overnight for nine consecutive nights to use m as bait to attract infectious sand flies, group ded. A second experiment included dogs in California being injected with drugs, before being killed and dissected. Meanwhile, a third project saw puppies howl in pain while being experimented upon.

In aftermath, a team of Bipartisan legislators have demanded answers from NIAID chief. A letter that was signed by Democrat leer Cindy Axne and Republican Nancy Mace, asked for a disclosure of total funds that were spent on experiments. In dendum, y have also demanded complete information on number of experiments conducted on puppies since 2018.

An excerpt from letter re, "Of particular concern is fact that invoice to NIAID included a line item for 'cordectomy'. As you are likely aware, a cordectomy, also kwn as 'devocalization', involves slitting a dog's vocal cords in order to prevent m from barking, howling, or crying."

"This cruel procedure – which is opposed with rare exceptions by American Veterinary Medical Association, American Animal Hospital Association, and ors – seems to have been performed so that experimenters would t have to listen to pained cries of beagle puppies. This is a reprehensible misuse of taxpayer funds."

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