Bipartisan group of Michigan lawmakers asks NIH to stop funding Wayne State beagle testing

AbeaglerescuedfromtheEnvigomedicaldog-breedingfacilityinCumberlandCounty,Virginia,ataCapitolHilleventonSept.22,2022.(JenniferShutt/StatesNewsroomD.C.Bureau) ARepublicanstaterepresentativeisleadingagroupofMichiganlegislatorsinaskingtheNationalInstitutesofHealthtostopfundingmedicalexperimentsonbeaglesatWayneStateUniversity. Since1991,theuniversityhasexperimentedonbeagledogbreedsinwhichmedicaldevicesareimplantedandtheyareforcedtorunontreadmillsuntiltheyhaveheartattacks,thelawmakerssaidinalettertoU.S.DepartmentofHealthandHumanServicesSecretaryRobertF.KennedyJr.andNIHDirectorJayBhattacharya.Everydoginthisprogrameventuallydies,theletterstates. StateRep.JosephAragona(R-ClintonTownship),whoisleadingthecharge,calledthepracticecruelandunnecessary. “Iagreethatanimaltestingisneededinsomecircumstances,butI’verepeatedlyaskedWSUforoverayearforproofthatthisresearchprogramprovidesbenefittohumans,andtheyhaven’tgive