Lawmakers continue to prod the National Institute of Health (NIH) regarding what has been described as “unconscionably cruel animal experiments” based on documents obtained by a watchdog group that monitors government spending.
Legislation introduced by Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) on Aug. 10 proposes to prohibit NIH’s experiments on dogs paid for by taxpayer dollars.
“The NIH uses over $40 billion in taxpayer dollars annually to fund its research projects, including many recent, cruel examples using dogs,” Steube said in a statement on the legislation. “Americans don’t want to enable the heinous abuse inflicted on puppies and dogs in the name of research. My legislation will cut every dime of NIH’s federal funding for these ruthless dog experiments.”…