Chemical Company Agrees To Stop Force-Feeding Beagles With Fungicide

Three dozen beagles slated for euthanization after being force-fed agricultural chemicals in a yearlong study at a Michigan lab will be retired and offered homes, the chemical company behind the tests said.

Corteva Agriscience, a division of DowDuPont, said on Monday that it will stop the study and make every effort to rehome the animals.

The companys announcement followed a Humane Society of the United States petition drive that collected more than 300,000 signatures. A Humane Society undercover investigation produced disturbing photos and videos of the dogs, which researchers intended to put to death once the study of a fungicides toxicity was completed.

BREAKING: Dow AgroSciences (@corteva) announced it has ended the dog test we recently exposed in our undercover investigation. We are grateful they have taken this step, & hope they will work with us to re-home the animals so they get to experience life outside of a laboratory. pic.twitter.com/Kf6ewQITTT

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BREAKING: Dow AgroSciences (@corteva ) announced it has ended the dog test we recently exposed in our undercover investigation. We are grateful they have taken this step, & hope they will work with us to re-home the animals so they get to experience life outside of a laboratory. pic.twitter.com/Kf6ewQITTT
The Humane Society of the United States (@HumaneSociety) March 18, 2019

Over the span of the nearly 100 days, an investigator documented nearly two dozen experiments that involved tests on dogs, the Humane Society said. The investigator saw dogs killed at the end of studies, and others suffering for months including 36 gentle beagles being tested for a Dow AgroSciences pesticide.