Oak Hill Genetics’ Shipment of Hound-Mix Dogs for Experimentation

According to records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, Oak Hill Genetics has shipped over 1,500 hound-mix dogs for experimentation in the past 18 months. This includes shipments to labs that continue to receive funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), as reported by White Coat Waste Project (WCW) and reviewed by Breitbart News.

Between January 1, 2025, and June 30, 2026, Oak Hill, which specializes in breeding lab dogs, sent 1,518 hound-mix dogs to various laboratories for experimentation, some as young as three months old. The labs, totaling at least 44 across the country, studied various health issues, including heart failure, strokes, and nerve injuries, which is a bit alarming.

During a November 2025 inspection, WCW discovered that Oak Hill still had 1,200 puppies and dogs in its care. The organization identified several institutions that received these dogs for NIH-funded experiments. For instance, the University of Utah was granted $12 million specifically for heart experiments that involved tying off arteries and implanting pacemakers in the dogs. Furthermore, WCW claimed that, in some cases, “the animals are subjected to electric shocks before being killed,” and noted that the University received 50 dogs for these experiments during the specified period.

Ohio State University also engaged in troubling research, using 19 dogs to conduct experiments that entailed inserting pacemakers and inducing heart rates of up to 600 beats per minute, which can be quite damaging.

Another example is Washington University in St. Louis, which received 32 dogs for NIH-funded studies. These experiments reportedly included severing the dogs’ laryngeal nerves and implanting stem cells, followed by euthanization for harvesting purposes, which is rather unsettling.

Throughout the investigation, it was found that American Preclinical Services was provided with 418 dogs during this period. Other institutions involved included the University of Southern California, which received six dogs, Johns Hopkins University with 23, and Animal Blood Resources International, which got 41.

Yet, despite these distressing findings, WCW has highlighted some progress made towards reducing cruel animal experimentation. As Breitbart News noted, “A years-long investigation by the medical watchdog group White Coat Waste revealed that the NIH killed over 2,100 beagles in ‘brutal septic shock experiments’ since 1986.”

WCW has also revealed various other experiments, including ones funded by Anthony Fauci’s division at NIH, which involved injecting puppies with mutant bacteria while exposing them to ticks at Kansas State University.

Efforts to halt such experiments have been emerging, particularly during the Trump administration, which announced the closure of the last remaining beagle experiment lab following multiple revelations regarding these cruel practices.

This situation follows the permanent closure of Ridglan Farms and the successful rescue of 2,115 beagles, marking a significant step toward animal welfare.