Taxpayer-Funded Cat Experiments Expose Clinvet Supply Chain
New investigation reveals Clinvet supplied cats for NIH and USDA experiments at Cornell and Colorado State.
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White Coat Waste has uncovered a taxpayer-funded cat pipeline that links Clinvet, a Class B dealer and research facility, to experiments at Cornell University and Colorado State University (CSU). The investigation, part of a broader effort to expose the use of animals in scientific research, reveals that Clinvet has supplied cats for studies involving the coronavirus and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Cornell University Experiments
Clinvet donated cats to Cornell University, where researchers infected healthy animals with COVID, isolated them, and monitored their illness. Some cats used as controls were killed without being infected. White Coat Waste reports that nearly $1.6 million was sub-awarded to Cornell from an NIH grant for these experiments. A separate $650,000 USDA grant for the same work was extended in May 2026 and runs through May 2027.
Colorado State University Involvement
New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets records show Clinvet transferred 45 cats to CSU in May 2026. CSU maintains a breeding colony authorized to hold up to 120 cats for three years. The university’s protocol allows for the surgical removal of fetuses from pregnant cats and the killing of mothers for diagnostic purposes. Between 2021 and 2023, CSU sold or transferred 45 cats to Oklahoma State University and Redbeast Enterprises, collecting over $22,960.
Animal Testing and Funding
White Coat Waste matched names and microchip numbers from these records to an NIH-funded journal article, identifying cats named Matcha, Morgan, Dolores, Juliet, and Pierce as being infected with FIV, inoculated with COVID, and killed for dissection. A separate NIAID-funded project at CSU, totaling $406,846, also infected cats with viruses and killed them for study.
Broader Context and Calls for Reform
The findings come after White Coat Waste released its “MAHA Betrayed” review, which documented over $225 million in new NIH funding for dog and cat experiments since February. The organization is calling for the fiscal 2027 NIH, USDA, FDA, and EPA spending bills and the Farm Bill to stop taxpayer money from funding animal experiments. Rep. Nancy Mace introduced the PUPPS Act, and Rep. Nick Langworthy is sponsoring the bipartisan COMPACT Act to cut NIH funding for dog and cat testing.
Source: The Gateway Pundit
