We’ve uncovered a lab that brutalized 2,133 beagles in septic shock tests.
NIH kills the dogs—and stuffs them into a refrigerator.
This is the last confirmed dog lab at the NIH—and the U.S. government’s largest dog lab.
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Anthony Bellotti
President & Founder
White Coat Waste Project
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WCW Investigation: NIH’s Septic Shock Dog Lab
- Over 40 years, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has killed more than 2,133 beagles in brutal septic shock experiments. White Coat Waste (WCW) first exposed this in-house lab in 2016 and has been leading efforts to shut it down.
- A WCW lawsuit recently uncovered records of 41 beagles killed by this lab from March 2021-March 2022. Our FOIA investigations also secured hundreds more veterinary records, protocols, and receipts for NIH dog purchases. The total cost and death count are unknown, but this U.S. government lab has killed over 2,133 dogs and likely wasted millions of tax dollars.
- The NIH pumps pneumonia-causing bacteria into beagles’ lungs, bleeds them out, and forces dogs into septic shock. After four days of infection, NIH kills the beagles—and stuffs their bodies into a refrigerator.
- Remember the 4,000 freed beagles? WCW uncovered how this NIH lab sourced dogs from Envigo. In April 2024, the NIH bought more beagles from Marshall BioResources.
- We’ve filed fifteen Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and three lawsuits to expose this lab—and started a public awareness and lobbying campaign to end it.
- Since WCW began its campaign in 2016, the NIH’s in-house abuse of dogs has plummeted by 95%.
- This is the last confirmed dog lab at the NIH—and the U.S. government’s largest dog lab.
- WCW is the only animal protection group to close federal dog labs in almost 20 years.