Group says NIH has experimented on diseased canine since 1947

The Nationwide Institutes of Well being experimented on a variety of canine breeds, purposefully elevating diseased puppies since 1947, one group claims.

The White Coat Waste Undertaking launched a variety of Freedom of Info Act requests it made, which seem to say that the NIH bred some 120-150 canine annually among the many Irish setter, Outdated English sheepdog, beagle, mountain cur, keagle, basenji, Scottie, kooikerhondje, and Nice Pyrenees breeds.

"Since 1947, the NIH has funded a colony that deliberately breeds puppies to endure from hemophilia and different bleeding problems on the College of North Carolina-Chapel Hill," the group wrote.

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Reps. Dina Titus (D-NV) and Brian Mast (R-FL) wrote a letter to Nationwide Coronary heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Director Gary Gibbons, whose division funded the experiments, on Wednesday. They're asking simply how a lot was spent on the experiments and whether or not UNC at the moment homes any diseased canine from these experiments as we speak.

"As U.S. Representatives, we should train our oversight authority to make sure that Individuals’ tax dollars are well-spent, and scrutiny of this disturbing program is lengthy overdue," the letter reads.

"As a pet proprietor and energetic member of the Congressional Animal Safety Caucus, I've prioritized animal security and fought for his or her welfare in Congress," Titus stated in a press release to the Washington Examiner. "The NIH shouldn't be utilizing taxpayer dollars to fund a canine colony that breeds sick puppies for experiments. There are a lot of options to animal testing which can be each humane and yield higher outcomes in order that we will save canine and puppies AND taxpayer cash. We should finish these merciless experiments as soon as and for all."

This comes after one other 4,000 beagles that have been experimented on by the NIH have been launched from a Virginia facility. Amongst those who adopted the experimented canine have been Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.

Neither the NIH's NHLBI division nor Mast's workplace responded to the Washington Examiner's request for remark.