Tag: animal cruelty

Investigation Exposes NIH Quietly Continuing Fauci-Era Kitten Experiments Despite Broken Promises to Phase Them Out

WJLA’s 7News I-Team has aired a detailed investigation this week into taxpayer-funded experiments on kittens at the National Institutes of Health.

The investigation raises serious questions about research that many Americans believed ended years ago.

Investigative reporter Scott Taylor detailed how newly obtained NIH records from White Coat Waste, a watchdog organization seeking to end cruel taxpayer-funded animal research, show the agency has been quietly continuing toxoplasmosis vaccine development studies on cats inside its Bethesda, Maryland, campus laboratories.

The I-Team report builds directly on The Gateway Pundit’s May exclusive revealing that Dr. Anthony Fauci’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases quietly moved the kitten experiments from the USDA’s Beltsville lab, which was shut down during the first Trump administration after White Coat Waste exposed it and public pressure forced the remaining cats to be adopted out, into NIH’s own internal facilities.

Records obtained by White Coat Waste through FOIA requests confirm the protocols were resurrected in 2021 by NIAID scientist Dr. Michael Grigg and remain approved through the end of 2026.

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Fauci: The Public Servant from Hell

If the allegations put forward by Tulsi Gabbard, former Director of National Intelligence, prove to be substantially true, Dr. Anthony Fauci’s legacy will be remembered as one of the greatest betrayals of the public trust in modern American history.

For four decades, Fauci occupied one of the most influential positions in the federal government. As Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), he controlled billions of taxpayer dollars, directed research priorities, advised presidents of both parties, and enjoyed a level of public credibility rarely afforded to unelected bureaucrats. Americans were encouraged to trust him — not because he was elected, but because he was presented as the embodiment of objective science.

That trust is precisely what makes the controversies surrounding his tenure so consequential. Fauci’s history in this position of power is one that should not be overlooked. That is why Senator Rand Paul, as chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued a subpoena compelling Fauci to testify before Congress. Fauci had declined to appear voluntarily. 

Fauci is no stranger to controversy. As director of NIAID (1984–2022), he oversaw the institute that funded much of the nation’s HIV/AIDS research. For two decades, beginning in 1985, NIAID conducted research involving the treatment of society’s most vulnerable children during the AIDS epidemic. Investigative journalist Liam Scheff alleged that HIV-positive foster children and orphans were enrolled in experimental drug trials without adequate informed consent or independent advocacy. Official reviews raised legitimate ethical concerns about research involving vulnerable children.

Critics alleged that the treatment children received was brutal and unethical, with staff and doctors prioritizing trial compliance over the children’s well-being. Scheff reported that some children experienced significant side effects, and those who resisted the drugs were held down and force-fed. It is also on record that persistent refusers underwent surgical insertion of gastric (stomach) tubes for direct drug delivery. One reason this policy faced little resistance is that the foster children had no parents protecting their interests.

But this wasn’t the only experimentation under Fauci that exploited a vulnerable population.

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Senate Farm Bill Defunds USDA Animal Labs in China, Russia, and Other Adversarial Nations in Response to White Coat Waste Investigations

The Senate’s newly released version of the 2026 Farm Bill includes White Coat Waste-backed language that prohibits the U.S. Department of Agriculture from funding animal research laboratories in China, Russia, and other adversarial nations.

The provision, led by Republican Sen. Joni Ernst, appears as Section 7130 on page 495 of the bill and marks a major step toward protecting American taxpayers from subsidizing cruel and wasteful experiments in foreign laboratories.

Section 7130, titled “Limitation on certain research in countries of concern,” bars the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, from conducting or funding any research, education, or extension activities involving vertebrate animals in “the People’s Republic of China, the Russian Federation, or any other foreign country of concern.”

The restriction applies to work done in those countries or in collaboration with them.

A narrow waiver will be available on a case-by-case basis only when necessary for national security, animal or crop health, or public health, safety, or welfare, but any waiver requires at least 30 days’ advance notification to congressional committees with detailed justification, including the location, collaborators, species of animals involved, costs, and duration.

This follows years of White Coat Waste investigations that uncovered shocking examples of USDA money flowing to dangerous animal experiments abroad.

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University of Colorado, Boulder Students for Justice in Palestine Honor Man Who Burned Jewish Woman to Death

In June of 2025,  one of Joe Biden’s illegals attacked Jews in Boulder, Colorado, during a walk to call attention to the hostages still being held by Hamas terrorists at the time.

During the attack, he injured 13 people, including a Holocaust survivor, and killed a dog.

The suspect, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, who is Egyptian and in the country on an expired visa,  was initially charged with 16 counts of attempted murder in the first degree.

One of his victims, 82-year-old Boulder, Colorado resident Karen Diamond, suffered third-degree burns from the attack and, after fighting for her life for three weeks in the hospital, succumbed to her injuries and died.

In May 2026, Soliman was sentenced to life in prison without parole, plus thousands of additional years on other charges (first-degree murder, attempted murder, assault, use of incendiary devices, animal cruelty, etc.). He faces separate federal hate crime charges.

Despite his barbaric acts, University of Colorado, Boulder Students for Justice in Palestine have chosen to honor a “man who sacrificed his comfort and his proximity to empire, willingly expending his own liberty in attaining his objective.”

Jonathan Turley shared on X, “At the University of Colorado, Boulder Students for Justice in Palestine, honored the “man who sacrificed his comfort and his proximity to empire, willingly expending his own liberty in attaining his objective.” The man? Mohamed Sabry Soliman who burned to death a Jewish woman…”

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CFIA still restricting ostrich farmers seven months after destroying healthy flock

Just days after supporters gathered at Universal Ostrich Farms to help clean up the aftermath of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s controversial $7-million ostrich cull, the family says it is once again facing government overreach.

Despite the agency’s controversial destruction of the avian flu-recovered flock in November 2025, the family says it is still being prevented from effectively cleaning up the former kill-pen site. The scene of the cull left behind by the state includes large piles of hay, including some blood-soaked bales and ammunition that the family says can pose a combustion risk to the community.

“They left us with no income. They left us with no means to be able to do anything… We decided we can’t wait anymore, and we decided to take this on our own,” farm co-owner Karen Espersen told Rebel News when I interviewed her about this latest challenge.

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University of Washington Confirms that NIH-Funded Muscular Dystrophy Experiments on Dogs Have Ended After White Coat Waste Investigation

The University of Washington has confirmed that the portion of its NIH-backed muscular dystrophy experiments on dogs has officially ended, following a major investigation and public pressure campaign by the government watchdog group White Coat Waste (WCW).

The experiments intentionally caused dogs to suffer from muscular dystrophy before killing many of them.

WCW first requested documents on the UW muscular dystrophy dog lab from both the NIH and the university in July and August of last year.

The organization finally received the first tranche of records, including graphic photos and videos, from UW in early April. WCW is still waiting for additional records from the university.

Once those initial documents arrived, WCW immediately released the explosive findings.

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SICKENING: Houston Attorney Charged with Felony Bestiality After Wife Catches Him RAPING the Family Dog on Hidden Surveillance Camera

A 56-year-old Houston estate planning attorney has been hit with felony bestiality charges after his own wife caught him in the act of sexually assaulting the family dog on home surveillance footage.

The man identified as Steven Swain has been charged with felony bestiality after authorities say his wife turned over surveillance footage allegedly showing him engaging in sexual acts with the family dog, named Shipley.

According to local reporting citing court documents, the wife installed cameras inside the home after becoming suspicious, later identifying both her husband and the dog in the footage before removing the animal from the home for its safety.

Swain reportedly turned himself in to face the charges. He posted a $7,500 bond and is due back in court this coming Tuesday. The dog is now safe with the wife, and the case remains active.

According to X user Michelle GCR:

According to court records filed in the 183rd District Court with Judge Lance Long, investigators were contacted by the Houston SPCA after a woman reported discovering disturbing surveillance footage recorded inside the family home near Providence Park in Houston.

The probable cause affidavit alleges the video showed Swain lying in bed exposing himself while repeatedly calling the small black dog, “Shipley,” over to him. The details that followed are genuinely sickening.

Court records state Swain’s wife told investigators she began reviewing home security footage after learning her husband had allegedly been bringing sex workers into the home.

She states she had the cameras installed recently because the home was under renovation and they had contractors working in the home.

She discovered the video while reviewing the footage. Authorities say she positively identified both Swain and the dog in the video. She then left him and took the dog with her and does not know his current location. She states she believes this may have happened more than once.

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Wildlife & Landmines: The Lasting Legacy of Passive Weapons

Horrifically deadly and widely implemented on a global scale, landmines continue to speckle the landscape of current and past battlefields. And while effective in a passive sense, the hardware planted beneath the soil persists long after the inevitable conclusion of war. Innocents and combatants who survive the barrage of bullets and bombs are left with a sadistic game of whack-a-mole – including the wild and domesticated animals.

Rudimentary explosives first appeared in China as early as the Song Dynasty. Continued development eventually gave rise to the modern pressure-activated landmine, which appeared on the battlefields of the American Civil War. Seen as a cowardly method of waging war at the time, the improvised explosive devices continued to gain popularity.

Since the Vietnam War, many variants of mines have been concocted and deployed in the field. This includes the proliferation of anti-personnel and anti-vehicle explosives. For the purposes of this piece, we will focus on anti-personnel mines due to their sensitivity and tendency to detonate with less pressure applied.

​The production, transfer, and use of anti-personnel landmines have been greatly reduced, notably following the signing of the 1997 Ottawa Treaty, which specifically addresses the use of mines, foreign and domestic. Many nations agreed to the treaty, though it excludes the signatures of China, Russia, and the U.S.

​However, mines continue to be used in modern theaters of war, and the historic placement of mines predates 1997, meaning an unknown number of AP mines patiently wait across the planet for a specific amount of pressure to be applied. And these explosives do not discriminate – hoof or foot, they are ready to go.

​Post-conflict wildlife interactions with landmines have largely remained unstudied, but specific negative interactions have been documented. Famously, in the case of “Mosha,” the Thai elephant that stepped on a mine following their use during a conflict between Myanmar and Thailand. The mine blew half of her front leg off while walking through the jungle on the border of the two nations. Mosha found refuge at a Thai sanctuary, where a prosthetic leg was built for her.

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Migrants Filmed Hunting PIGEONS With FISHING RODS And Bare Hands In UK Streets

Furious locals in Britain are confronting migrants caught red-handed killing and eating street pigeons, the latest in a disturbing pattern of wildlife exploitation that has left many wondering what kind of “integration” mass immigration is actually delivering.

In one video circulating widely on X, a migrant is confronted by angry residents while handling a dead pigeon on a park bench. 

The furious locals tell the guy “You can’t fucking eat the pigeons, mate! Where you from? You got food at home? Clean clothes? A house? Why the fuck are you killing our pigeons?!” 

The man, dressed in clean clothes and clearly not starving, mumbles responses about “needing birds” and taking them home, as the confrontation escalates with repeated questions about his background and why he is resorting to this despite having accommodation.

The individual clearly has housing, food, and clothing provided, yet chooses to hunt city pigeons like some post-apocalyptic scavenger.

Just hours later, another video emerged from Bolton, UK, showing a migrant wandering a field in Halliwell armed with a fishing rod baited with bread, attempting to hook and catch birds — presumably pigeons — to kill and eat. 

The shaky footage captures the man methodically casting in the grass, a scene that has left viewers stunned. 

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Inside Canada’s hidden dog cruelty crisis on First Nations reserves

Canada has a worldwide reputation as a ‘progressive’ nation that champions not only human rights, but also animal rights, which is reflected in provincial and federal laws as well as our cultural attitudes. So usually, when we think of rampant animal cruelty, we think of other societies — not our own. Because surely, if that were occurring on Canadian soil, citizens would hear about it regularly, right?

Sadly, there IS a rampant animal cruelty crisis in Canada; a dirty little secret, happening right under our noses. There is a disproportionate amount of neglect, starvation and abuse of dogs going on in First Nations reservations nationwide, including frequent ‘culls’. This is well known among the dog rescue community, so why is this issue not being urgently addressed by most law enforcement officials, politicians or mainstream media?

While animal abuse occurs at the hands of people from all races, there is a glaring disparity in accountability and transparency when it is done by Canada’s First Nations population; conversations are generally shut down quickly with excuses or accusations of racism, a common pattern when discussing sensitive societal issues in modern, liberal Canada.

A few bold, compassionate Canadian dog rescuers are sounding the alarm about this prevalent issue, perhaps none so loudly as Reed Salmon, an Albertan musician and outspoken, controversial animal rights activist who refuses to be silenced when raising awareness for suffering rez dogs.

Reed is the founder of the Reed Salmon Foundation and is also working on a new, nationwide organization to carry out this work.

With his blunt posts about the tragedies occurring on reserves, Reed has made serious waves online. He’s been accused of every label in the book, but he refuses to be silenced and aims to be a voice for the voiceless dogs who cannot speak up for — or defend — themselves. He also does on-the-ground rescue work, including delivering straw bales and dog food to reserves, emancipating dogs who are emaciated or freezing while tied up on short chains, and fundraising for rescues in the prairie provinces.

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