Over 300 animal testing laboratories in 42 foreign countries have active approval to receive funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for tests on dogs, primates, cats, and other species. This information comes from a new analysis by the watchdog group White Coat Waste (WCW), based on government databases and records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.
Earlier this year, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cut some animal tests exposed by WCW at China Medical University. However, the current list of NIH-approved foreign labs still includes 18 facilities in China and nearly 300 in other countries.
Several of the animal testing facilities in China eligible for NIH funding are owned by a company called Pharmaron, which recently had a federal contract to test experimental drugs on 300 “cute” beagles each week. In May, the Trump Administration chose not to renew this contract after WCW brought it to their attention.
Among the other NIH-approved Chinese animal labs are Peking University and the University of Hong Kong. Both institutions have collaborated with China’s People’s Liberation Army on deadly experiments involving beagles. Additionally, Chinese labs run by WuXi AppTec remain eligible for NIH animal testing funds, despite bipartisan proposals to block the company from receiving federal funds due to its concerning ties to the Chinese military.
Records obtained by WCW also detail funding for cocaine addiction tests on beagles conducted by an Australian pharmaceutical company called Kinoxis Therapeutics. This funding was renewed in July 2025, granting the company an additional $405,000 from the NIH. Gateway Pundit reported in March 2025 on federal funding for Australian animal labs.
WCW’s investigation further exposed cruel animal tests in North America. New NIH grant documents obtained by WCW and shared exclusively with Gateway Pundit reveal painful experiments aiming to infect monkeys on the Caribbean island of Saint Kitts with flea-borne spotted fever. The grant awarded to Ross University researchers runs until March 2026 and has received $105,000.
In Canada, Dalhousie University collaborated with NIH-funded researchers at Georgia Tech and MIT on disturbing tests in which one-month-old kittens had their eyelids sewn shut and were raised in darkness to induce vision disorders. Researchers then injected neurotoxins into the kittens’ eyes before euthanizing and dissecting them. These grants remain active through mid-2026.
WCW also uncovered that the University of Sherbrooke in Canada collaborated with Georgia Tech to conduct multi-million-dollar NIH-funded tests involving spinal cord damage in cats. The experiments included implanting electrodes and training the cats to walk on treadmills. This NIH grant was renewed in July 2025 with an award of $533,961, bringing total funding for the project to $3.3 million to date.
Georgia Tech researchers also partnered with a laboratory in Russia to amputate healthy cats’ legs in order to test prosthetics. However, following WCW investigations and Congressional action, all Russian animal labs have had their eligibility for taxpayer funding cut.
In January, Gateway Pundit reported on an NIH-funded researcher at Vanderbilt University who collaborated with a sanctioned university in Iran on cruel brain experiments involving monkeys. Following investigations and lobbying by WCW, the U.S. House and Senate voted to cut NIH and Department of Defense funding for animal labs in China, Russia, Iran, and other “countries of concern.”
An ongoing WCW lawsuit challenges an illegal NIH loophole that exempts foreign animal labs from oversight. In May, the Trump Administration ended secretive pass-through funding for foreign animal labs, including Dr. Fauci’s grant to EcoHealth Alliance that funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. President Trump’s Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought cited Fauci’s funding for the Wuhan lab—first uncovered by WCW in April 2020—as justification for a proposed 40 percent cut to the NIH budget.
Despite these actions, the NIH has continued to endorse and fund animal testing in China and dozens of other foreign countries.
White Coat Waste president and founder Anthony Bellotti urged President Donald Trump to take further action, stating:
“White Coat Waste’s Worldwide Waste campaign was the first to expose Dr. Fauci’s reckless funding for the Wuhan lab and beagle torture in Tunisia, and we’ve continued to follow federal money to abusive labs around the globe that torture dogs, cats, primates, and other animals. With Wuhan, we learned the hard way that shipping American tax dollars to unaccountable foreign animal labs is a recipe for disaster. Secretary Kennedy and the Trump administration can end the NIH’s wasteful foreign aid with the stroke of a pen by canceling these animal labs’ eligibility for U.S. taxpayer funding. The solution is simple: Stop the money. Stop the madness!”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/10/foreign-labs-still-abusing-dogs-primates-other-animals/