Why does the government lie about animal abuse? The influence of money is part of the answer. The enforcement system for animal welfare laws is a classic example of what’s called regulatory capture, a process by which an industry takes over its supposed government regulators. But there is another and more important reason the government covers up the abuse: they’ve never faced consequences for lying. Those responsible for the abuses never faced any penalties. Anthony Fauci is an example of this. Fauci rose to the highest levels of government power, while lying about the abuse of animals in labs. But he will be among the last of his kind. The truth eventually comes out. The public doesn’t want our government funding animal torture. It wants our government to stop it.
WAYNE HSIUNG: On June 3, 2024, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis accused Dr. Anthony Fauci and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) of funding horrific animal abuse: torturing beagles and bunnies in experiments; injecting dogs with ticks; and even slitting puppies’ throats. “With all due respect, I’m not sure what you’re talking about,” Fauci responded. “The experiments go through strict regulatory processes of the humane treatment of animals.” The allegations of animal abuse made against Fauci have been mocked by the media. Prominent newspapers such as The Washington Post have described them as right-wing conspiracy theories…
But the watchdog group White Coat Waste (WCW) dropped proof on social media that it was Fauci, and not Malliotakis, who lied. In an invoice WCW published on X/Twitter, the NIH is shown to be paying for 46 “cordectomies”—the slitting of a dog’s vocal cords… By the NIH’s own admission, it was done to “reduce noise” in a facility packed with distressed dogs. The vivisectors didn’t want to hear the beagles cry while they were force-fed experimental drugs.
And the name of the company paid to engage in this brutal practice? None other than Marshall BioResources, which violated New York’s animal cruelty law, which bans unjustifiably mutilating an animal, by performing the cordectomies. WCW’s evidence shows indisputably that the payments to Marshall were part of a $1.68 million grant from the NIH. And even The Washington Post now acknowledges that the NIH funded beagle experiments—and attempted to hide it by claiming it was a right-wing conspiracy theory…
The NIH beagle controversy, however, is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to government cover-ups of animal abuse. Over the last few decades, the government has systematically conspired with corporations to break the law in order to sustain an abusive industry… In the last few years, enforcement of welfare standards has somehow gotten even worse. There was just 1 fine for violating the Animal Welfare Act (out of the millions of protected animals) in the first 7 months of 2025, a dramatic decline from the dozens in a typical year—already a very low figure…
Why does the government lie about animal abuse? The influence of money is part of the answer. The enforcement system for animal welfare laws is a classic example of what’s called regulatory capture, a process by which an industry takes over its supposed government regulators. Over $10 billion in federal taxpayer dollars goes into the animal testing industry annually, and contractors, lobbyists, and even private security companies go back and forth between industry and government positions…
But there is another and more important reason the government covers up the abuse: they’ve never faced consequences for lying. While animal advocates have complained about cruel experiments for decades, those responsible for the abuses never faced any penalties. Anthony Fauci is an example of this… To the contrary, Fauci rose to the pinnacle of his field, overseeing billions in grants for the same unethical animal experiments he himself performed on chimps…
But that is now changing. Malliotakis’s grilling of Fauci shows that animal abuse is now a political liability. (Fauci’s recently-released diary shows that, when former President Barack Obama called him in 2021, one of his main complaints to Obama was that people were calling him a puppy killer)… That bodes well for the future. Anthony Fauci rose to the highest levels of government power, while lying about the abuse of animals in labs. But he will be among the last of his kind. The truth eventually comes out. The public doesn’t want our government funding animal torture. It wants our government to stop it. SOURCE
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