Watchdog Group Spotlights DoD’s Funding of Close to $1 Million on ‘Barbaric’ Beagle Experiments

The DoD banned certain experiments on dogs, cats, and primates in 1980s but still abuses and kills dogs in other experiments, group claims.

One of the Images of sandfly experiments on dogs from NIH documents that taxpayer watchdog group White Coat Waste Project obtained in 2023. Courtesy of White Coat Waste Project

This article has been updated with a response from the Department of Defense.

A Department of Defense (DoD) contract reaching $1 million to experiment on beagles has been uncovered by an organization that spotlights wasteful government spending at the cost of animal welfare.