Read details of the NIH’s Septic Shock Dog Lab, a WCW Investigation

Statement from Anthony Bellotti, President and Founder, White Coat Waste

“As the watchdog that first uncovered and battled Dr. Fauci’s beagle tests (the biggest animal testing scandal in history), we’re proud that White Coat Waste (WCW) has closed the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) last in-house beagle laboratory following a nine-year-long campaign.

Inspired to end animal testing after working in a lab, I founded White Coat Waste to slash government spending on animal labs—and save lab animals. Today’s landmark victory is especially sweet as our fight to expose and close Fauci and NIH’s in-house dog labs—which slaughtered more than 2,000 beagles over the last 40 years—was the first campaign White Coat Waste started in 2016.

In 2019, following a White Coat Waste investigation, President Trump also closed the US government’s largest cat lab, and I adopted two of the survivors as pets. No other animal advocacy group has shut down federal dog labs in nearly a generation, or federal feline labs in two generations.

First, White Coat Waste ended dog testing inside the Department of Veterans Affairs—the fed’s most painful dog labs. Now, we’ve done it again at the NIH—the US government’s largest dog lab.

Taxpayers and pet owners shouldn’t be forced to pay for the NIH’s beagle abuse, and now, following a White Coat Waste campaign, they won’t have to.  This has been our top priority for the Trump Administration.

We applaud the President for cutting this wasteful NIH spending and will keep fighting until we defund all dog labs at home and abroad. The solution is simple: Stop the money. Stop the madness!”

🚨 WE WON! After a 9-year campaign, White Coat Waste has SHUT DOWN the NIH’s last in-house dog lab.

2,133 beagles perished here in cruel septic shock experiments—until we exposed it & CLOSED it.

Last month, NIH defended the tests & confirmed they were still active pic.twitter.com/Hrq88dzxmB

— White Coat Waste (@WhiteCoatWaste) May 4, 2025

Another WIN in our fight to END cruel & unnecessary animal testing! @WhiteCoatWaste has been a great partner in the fight to expose these inhumane labs being run by our government at your expense! https://t.co/udmYKQcJdV

— Office of Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (@RepNicole) May 5, 2025

Jay says here that: “It’s very easy, for instance, to cure Alzheimer’s in mice. But those things don’t translate to humans.”

By calling attention to #BeagleGate — dismissed by many in the legacy media as conspiratorial —@WhiteCoatWaste is pushing NIH into the future, which is… https://t.co/Iu0JXndJQy

— Emily Kopp (@emilyakopp) May 4, 2025

A huge amount of credit goes to @WhiteCoatWaste for uncovering this horrific practice that Anthony Fauci quarterbacked at NIH.

Testing on any dog, of any breed, for any reason, must be outlawed. https://t.co/jeFWIGd1a8

— Dr. Roger Marshall (@RogerMarshallMD) May 4, 2025