National Institutes of Health (NIH) director Jay Bhattacharya has shut down the agency’s last beagle laboratory, ending controversial experiments linked to Dr. Anthony Fauci.
This decision marks the end of a long-standing practice of using dogs in biomedical research, which drew significant public and ethical scrutiny.
“We got rid of all of the beagle experiments on NIH campus,” Bhattacharya said in an interview with “Fox & Friends Weekend” host Rachel Campos-Duffy.
The closure reflects a shift in NIH policy under Bhattacharya’s leadership, prioritizing ethical considerations and responding to widespread criticism of the experiments’ cruelty before his arrival.
The Director noted a pivot towards artificial intelligence in conducting theoretical experimentation, which will alleviate the need for animal experimentation and more readily produce…
