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National Institutes of Health is alleged to have engaged in a $1.2 million contract to purchase approximately 5,000 beagle dogs and puppies over the past decade for use in brutal and unnecessary lab experiments, according to Fox News’ Will Cain, who hosted the Tuesday night edition of “Tucker Carlson Tonight.” This was discovered during an investigation into Indianapolis-based firm Envigo. The Washington Post reports this company “breeds dogs and sells them as research animals to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.”

·11250 Waples Mill Road ·   Fairfax, Virginia 22030    ·800-392-8683   North Carolina Senate Passes Anti-Hunting Bill!   Thursday, August 06, 2009   Please Contact Your State Representative Today!Senate Bill 460 — the anti-dog breeder, anti-hunting bill promoted by the radical Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) — passed the Senate on Wednesday, by a narrow 23-22 vote.  The legislation is now in the House, where it has been referred to the Committee on Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship.  Please contact members of that committee and urge them to oppose S 460. Please click here to contact the members of the...

USC assistant football coach Todd McNair said Wednesday that reports detailing his two 1990s convictions for mistreating dogs did not "accurately portray" what actually happened. "I understand the interest about the thing in light of all that's gone on in Virginia with the [Michael] Vick case and everything," he said in an interview outside USC's Heritage Hall. "But my case was totally different from that. . . . I was cited for neglect. I wasn't convicted for abuse." McNair, who is about to begin his fourth season as the Trojans' running backs coach, was charged with cruelty to animals, failure...