Jay Bhattacharya announces NIH ‘got rid’ of all beagle experiment labs

Published May 5, 2025 5:17am ET



Distressing and cruel medical experiments conducted on beagles at the National Institutes of Health that have resulted in the deaths of thousands of dogs are no more. All the projects that performed tests on beagles have ended. 

“We got rid of all of the beagle experiments on NIH campus,” NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya said during an interview on Sunday on Fox & Friends Weekend.

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