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Unsurprisingly, this has already been thoroughly debunked.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/25/fauci-puppy-experiments-conspiracy-republicans/

Cliff-notes version:
-The Tunisian study which was the subject of the original article was not actually supported by NIAID; other research in Tunisia *was* supported by NIAID and the New York Post seemed to fuck up and get them confused (no surprise there, considering it's a Murdoch rag), but said research did not involve animal testing.
-The dogs in that Tunisian study weren't trapped in cages and fed to flies; they were given a vaccine and allowed to roam freely, because they were the main reservoir host - and flies the main vector - of the disease being studied (which has a mortality rate of ~6% when infecting humans).
-A *third* study, which was also randomly collated into this mess, did involve "de-barking" beagle puppies and euthanizing them after the study, but that is because:
a) It is necessary to use young dogs to see the drugs' effects on growth
b) It is legally mandated that animal testing (on non-rodent mammals) be conducted on HIV-AIDS drugs and it is required that they be euthanized afterwards so that researchers can assess their organs for damage.
c) It is recommended that dogs being used for this research be de-barked because otherwise the constant barking stresses the dogs out (not to mention the researchers).
d) This was all to research next-generation antiretrovirals for the treatment of HIV/AIDS.

In other words, not nearly as controversial as the right-wing trolls are trying to paint it as.

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