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.WATCH:White Coat Waste reported:Videos and records obtained by WCW through state and federal Freedom of Information Act requests in July and August 2025 show that UW’s canine colony recently confined ten dogs for experimentation. It was originally established using animals from a now-defunct Cornell University lab and an NIH-funded University of Missouri-Columbia colony — hosted in the same facility where the agency is still bankrolling Fauci’s maximum pain beagle tests.UW’s lab preys on senior dogs around six to seven years old by forcing them to endure invasive experiments late in life.Dogs are subjected to up to 50 injections into muscles or veins, along with muscle biopsies, neurological evaluations, and limb twisting.The suffering doesn’t end there. They also develop painful, body-wide complications, like heart disease and difficulty standing and walking.Beyond the main grant, the disabled dogs are also subjected to experiments paid for with other taxpayer funding.After undergoing this debilitating testing, the dogs are killed.The investigation and call to action prompted thousands of calls and emails from outraged supporters to UW administrators and RFK Jr.’s office at HHS, demanding that the university not renew the dog experiments when the muscular dystrophy grant expired on April 30.Now, prompted by WCW’s investigation, UW has confirmed that it has ended those tests.Sally Thompson-Iritani, DVM/PhD, Assistant Vice Provost for Animal Care, Outreach & 3Rs at UW, told The Gateway Pundit, “The part of the NIH-funded muscular dystrophy research that was using the dog as a model has finished. Dogs that were involved in the study were either adopted or reached their clinical/experimental endpoint.”In a follow-up phone call, she added, “White Coat Waste was specifically referring to the muscular dystrophy grant initially. That one completed its portion that used the dog model… So for that particular grant, they don’t have any more proposed dog work right now.”The experiments, which received more than $15 million in NIH funding over the years, deliberately bred dogs to suffer from a fatal form of muscular dystrophy.The dogs developed severe muscle wasting, heart disease, inability to stand or walk, and enlarged tongues that prevented them from keeping them in their mouths.They were subjected to up to 50 injections per muscle or vein, repeated muscle biopsies, neurological evaluations, and other invasive procedures before being euthanized.As of June 1, the university has only one remaining dog on campus, a control animal from a separate prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia study, which is being placed for adoption.“The other project evaluates a treatment for prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia. The current study has been completed, and the control animal is being placed for adoption. This is the only dog currently at the UW,” Thompson-Iritani told The Gateway Pundit.However, Thompson-Iritani made clear that other dog research continues at UW.“I know everyone wants to say ‘they’re never doing dog research again,’ but I can’t say that right now,” Thompson-Iritani said.Thompson-Iritani said there is no way to know how many dogs will be at the lab being tested six months from now.“We do currently have work that is funded to be done in dogs,” she stated. “We have worked in the dog model that is funded… they have decided that it is critical work that relies on that model. So, apparently, the prostate in the K9 is really unique in modeling a human prostate, so they have funding to do that work.”WCW also filed records requests in July and August 2025 about UW’s separate prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia experiments on dogs. Those studies involved injecting healthy dogs with tumor cells directly into their prostates, performing experimental surgeries, and then killing the animals.UW has still not provided any of those records to WCW, but the NIH finally released some documents last month. Records obtained by WCW show that experimenters implanted tumor cells into dozens of healthy dogs before the invasive procedures.That project received a fresh $1,288,140 in NIH funding in August 2025 and remains scheduled to run through August 2027.Thompson-Iritani said that they do try to adopt out the dogs whenever possible.“We definitely prioritize adoption whenever possible,” she said. “There are certain things where if they need the tissues and stuff, sometimes we’re not able to adopt those dogs out. I know, like with the muscular dystrophy, some of the dogs were treated and lived here with a lot of human and animal interaction. They weren’t in somebody’s house, but they lived here with long-term care here at the university.”Anthony Bellotti, founder and president of White Coat Waste, praised the end of the muscular dystrophy experiments as a direct result of WCW’s work but criticized the continuation of the prostate cancer dog tests.In a statement provided to The Gateway Pundit, Bellotti said:“White Coat Waste is proud that our latest investigation and campaign exposing the University of Washington’s taxpayer-funded canine cruelty has forced the school to confirm it ended the $15 million Fauci-era experiment that deliberately bred dogs to suffer from muscular dystrophy, leaving the animals struggling to stand, walk, and even keep their tongues in their mouths before they were killed.But we also uncovered that RFK Jr.’s NIH is still bankrolling other experiments at UW that inject healthy dogs with tumor cells to induce prostate cancer, subject them to experimental surgeries, and ultimately kill them. Records obtained by White Coat Waste show RFK Jr.’s NIH voluntarily doled out another $1,288,140 in taxpayer funding to these dog tests last August, and the grant is scheduled to continue through August 2027.White Coat Waste was the first to expose Dr. Fauci’s beagle tests and has led the fight to defund dog labs ever since. We’ve defunded dog testing at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Pentagon, EPA, and USDA, but since Secretary Kennedy took office, his NIH has wasted nearly $150 million on dog and cat experiments and repeatedly lied to taxpayers about it. WTF, RFK?Taxpayers are tired of being forced to bankroll barbaric and wasteful Fauci-style experiments on pets. The solution is simple: Stop the money. Stop the madness.”White Coat Waste has successfully led efforts to defund dog testing at the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Navy, the EPA, and the USDA. The group continues to demand full transparency and an end to all taxpayer-funded dog and cat experiments at the NIH.WCW remains the only animal advocacy organization to shut down any government primate lab in nearly a decade, any government dog testing labs in almost 20 years, and any government cat lab in the last 40 years.The post University of Washington Confirms that NIH-Funded Muscular Dystrophy Experiments on Dogs Have Ended After White Coat Waste Investigation appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.