{"id":1304671,"date":"2022-02-16T22:22:47","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T03:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1304671"},"modified":"2022-02-16T22:22:56","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T03:22:56","slug":"report-beagles-killed-in-nih-funded-experiment-named-after-celebrities-tv-characters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-beagles-killed-in-nih-funded-experiment-named-after-celebrities-tv-characters\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Beagles Killed in NIH-Funded Experiment Named After Celebrities, TV Characters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-beagles-killed-in-nih-funded-experiment-named-after-celebrities-tv-characters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1304671&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1237662310-insets-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Beagle puppies who were killed in an experiment funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) were named after celebrities and popular television characters, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.whitecoatwaste.org\/2022\/02\/15\/fauci-wasted-snoop-dogg-wcw-reveals-how-fauci-funded-lab-names-beagles-after-celebs-before-feeding-to-flies-and-killing-them\/\">according<\/a> to taxpayer watchdog group White Coat Waste Project (WCW).<\/p>\n<p>WCW released the report on Tuesday after obtaining information from the NIH through a FOIA request. The <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.whitecoatwaste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/56943_Web-uga-dog-names.pdf\">74-page document<\/a> contains NIH internal emails and invoices from the University of Georgia (UGA) for 28 beagle puppies named after well-known celebrities like Bon Jovi and Snoop Dogg, and TV characters like Rachel, Monica, and Phoebe from the show <em>Friends<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The watchdog group <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.whitecoatwaste.org\/2021\/07\/30\/fauci-funding-wasteful-deadly-dog-tests\/\">first documented<\/a> the UGA beagle experiment in July of 2021. According to WCW, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), directed by Dr. Anthony Fauci,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaspending.gov\/award\/CONT_AWD_75N93020F00003_7529_HHSN272201700035I_7529\">granted<\/a> the university $424,455 in taxpayer dollars to do a lymphatic filariasis vaccine efficacy trial in dogs between&nbsp;Sept. 16, 2020 and Jan. 15, 2022.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;WCW says the tests were \u201cunnecessary\u201d and involved injecting the puppies with an experimental drug and intentionally infesting them with flies that carry a disease-causing parasite before euthanizing them.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u201c<\/span><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">Records show that the dogs were \u201cvocalizing in pain\u201d during the experiments,\u201d the July WCW report states.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">The&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">UGA Veterinary Teaching Hospital ordered 28 beagles separately by gender. The first invoice dated December 1, 2020, was for 14 female beagle puppies all named after TV characters. Their names were, Rachel, Monica, and Phoebe from \u201cFriends,\u201d DJ, Kimmie, Stephanie, and Michelle from \u201cFull House,\u201d Blossom from \u201cBlossom,\u201d Bubbles and Buttercup from \u201cPowerpuff Girls,\u201d and Lane, Rory, Sookie, and Lorelai from \u201cGilmore Girls.\u201d All 14 were euthanized on June 8, according to the documents.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">The second invoice dated July 6, 2021 was for 14 male beagle puppies. Their names are\/were&nbsp;Bon Jovi, Ozzy, Lynyrd, Garth, George, Vince, Travis, Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Eminem, Jay-Z, Ice Cube, and Snoop Dogg.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CaCrL4-rSFU\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">Breitbart News reached out to UGA asking if the university was responsible for naming the beagles and if the male beagles had been euthanized. UGA\u2019s press office sent an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/anthony-fauci-vaccine-experiments-beagle-dog-research-university-georgia-1616987?utm_term=Autofeed&amp;utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1628274662\">already released<\/a> statement from UGA spokesperson&nbsp;Greg Trevor, which confirmed that all beagles involved in the trial were euthanized. The university did not say who named the beagles.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In his statement, Trevor said the experiment is for a potential vaccine being developed at another institution that would \u201cprotect humans against a disease that afflicts approximately 120 million people worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder federal rules, a vaccine must be tested in two animal species before it can be cleared for human clinical trials,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The statement continues in part:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>When NIAID decided to fund this research, the agency determined that the research needed to be conducted on a dog model. According to researchers at the UGA College of Veterinary Medicine, beagles are the standard dog model used in this type of research.&nbsp;Because this disease currently has no cure, unfortunately all of the animals that were part of this trial had to be euthanized. We do not take lightly the decision to use such animals in some of our research.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Breitbart News also reached out to the NIH asking if the agency played a role in naming the beagles after celebrities and characters. The agency said it was working on the request but did not reply by the time of publication.<\/p>\n<p>WCW noted in its report that \u201cgovernment white coats rarely name the animals in their labs.\u201d Instead, they reportedly identify animal subjects by tattoos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNaming an animal strengthens your bond with them. It\u2019s harder to harm an animal when you have that bond\u2026which is precisely why it\u2019s so rare to see named animals in government labs,\u201d the WCW said.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President of WCW Mackie Burr released a statement condemning \u201cFauci-funded white coats\u201d for naming beagles \u201cjust before feeding the dogs to flies\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement reads:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Our latest #BeagleGate investigation proves that Dr. Fauci\u2019s wasteful spending sentenced Snoop, Eminem and other puppies to death row.&nbsp;From the Doggfather and Ozzy to anti-animal-testing advocate Mayim Bialik, animal-loving celebrities will be horrified to learn that Fauci-funded white coats are heartlessly naming beagles after them just before feeding the dogs to flies, torturing and killing them in wasteful experiments opposed by taxpayers in both political parties.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So far, WCW has documented at least&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.whitecoatwaste.org\/2021\/10\/26\/beaglegate-a-timeline\/\">six separate incidents<\/a> of labs experimenting on beagles using taxpayer dollars \u2014 the group refers to its collection of investigations as \u201cBeagleGate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Katherine Hamilton is a political reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow her on&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katherineeeeee2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beagle puppies who were killed in an experiment funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) were named after celebrities and popular television characters, according to taxpayer watchdog group White &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1304671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1304671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1304671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1304671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1304671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}