In the wake of mounting scandal, Republican Congressman Paul Gosar is demanding that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) halt all experiments on dogs, after new abuse allegations tied to the notorious Ridglan Farms puppy mill that supplies beagles to NIH-funded labs.
Gosar’s comment came in response to a White Coat Waste post that included a disturbing photo of a “9-year-old retired female breeder beagle from the notorious Ridglan Farms” being abused in an NIH-funded experiment at the Cleveland Clinic.
“@NIH STOP funding lab experiments on pets,” Gosar wrote on X, tagging the NIH.
@NIH STOP funding lab experiments on pets. https://t.co/yCwB7Zsk2m
— Rep. Paul Gosar, DDS (@RepGosar) October 2, 2025
The WCW post stated:
A WCW investigation uncovered that an
@NIH
-funded lab experimented on and killed this 9-year-old retired female breeder beagle from the notorious Ridglan Farms.Is this how you want your money spent?
Stop the money. Stop the madness!
The pressure comes as Ridglan Farms’ lead veterinarian had his veterinary license unanimously suspended this week by the Wisconsin Veterinary Examining Board. Ridglan also faces over 300 alleged animal health violations, a proposed $55,000 state fine, and possible criminal referral, as Gateway Pundit previously reported.
The suspension is a significant escalation in the long‑running controversy over Ridglan, a commercial beagle breeding operation that WCW has documented supplies animals directly to cruel experiments funded with tax dollars by the NIH.
WCW’s investigation has found that dozens of Ridglan beagles have already been used in painful NIH‑supported experiments—ranging from tick infestation studies at the University of Missouri to forced infections, drug injections, and viral exposure protocols. WCW has also obtained documents linking NIH-funded dog testing labs at Northwestern University, University of Chicago, Washington University-St. Louis, University of Georgia, and others to Ridglan.
In a July 2025 letter, Reps. Gosar, Marjorie Taylor Greene and others sent to the NIH requesting the cancelation of all dog and cat testing grants awarded by Dr. Fauci and an end to future funding for dog and cat testing, he cited the ongoing NIH-funded tick bite experiment on Ridglan beagles uncovered by WCW.
“A staggering 85 percent of Americans—including many Republicans and Democrats in Congress—oppose taxpayer funding for cruel experiments on dogs from despicable pet profiteers like Ridglan. Yet, White Coat Waste’s investigation has revealed how the National Institutes of Health is still paying labs to buy beagles from Ridglan to abuse in extremely painful and deadly testing. Companies like Ridglan that abuse pets and break the law shouldn’t be rewarded with our tax dollars. The solution is simple: Stop the money. Stop the madness!” said Justin Goodman, WCW’s Senior Vice President.
WCW has spearheaded numerous campaigns exposing and defunding cruel government-backed tests, saving millions in public funds and sparing thousands of animals.
Founded to combat the over $20 billion annually spent on such experiments, WCW has achieved major victories, including exposing and defunding the Wuhan lab linked to COVID-19 origins, halting Dr. Anthony Fauci’s infamous beagle experiments that involved infecting and killing thousands of dogs in painful toxicity tests, and shutting down the USDA’s “Kitten Slaughterhouse,” the government’s largest cat lab where felines were bred, infected with parasites, and euthanized.
The organization also ended cat and dog experiments at the Department of Veterans Affairs, closed the FDA’s largest primate lab, resulting in a 63 percent reduction in primate testing, and secured a permanent ban on all Navy-funded dog and cat experiments, terminating a $10 million program of invasive procedures.
Additionally, WCW’s investigations led to the NIH closing its in-house beagle laboratories after revelations of brutal experiments pumping bacteria into dogs’ lungs and inducing septic shock, marking the end of over 40 years of such practices.
Through relentless advocacy, WCW has influenced groundbreaking legislation and policies, such as the first-ever federal rules allowing lab survivors to be retired and adopted as pets across various agencies, including the NIH, VA, DOD, and FDA, as well as the passage of the first state law banning taxpayer-funded maximum-pain tests on dogs and cats.
