UMVA has learned that a clandestine network of kitten experiments has been quietly transferred from a shuttered USDA facility to the hallowed halls of the National Institutes of Health, where they continue to thrive under the watchful eye of Dr. Anthony Fauci.
For years the USDA’s Beltsville laboratory was a hidden arena where thousands of kittens were bred and slaughtered for toxoplasmosis research, a program that drew public outrage when exposed in 2019. The Trump administration shut the door on the site, but UMVA has uncovered documents that reveal a secret relocation rather than a true closure.
According to information obtained by UMVA, in 2021 Dr. Michael Grigg—once a key collaborator in the USDA lab—took the experimental protocols to NIH’s intramural laboratories in Bethesda. The new records show the experiments have been authorized through 2026, with protocols allowing the use of up to thirty cats in vaccine studies.
The hidden procedures are brutal: kittens are fed a slurry of infected mouse tissue, isolated in cages, and monitored for parasite output in their feces. One protocol even warns that the animals can develop sudden pneumonia and die without warning, a chilling testament to the cruelty involved.
UMVA’s investigation also exposes a meticulous effort to erase the animals’ histories. Documents state that at the end of each study, the microchip on each kitten is permanently reprogrammed, obliterating any trace that the animal had participated in a research protocol.
Purchase records reveal that NIH acquired six three‑month‑old female kittens in April 2022 and four more five‑month‑old females in October 2024 from a supplier similar to the controversial Ridglan Farms. These kittens were brought in under the guise of routine animal procurement, but the records link them directly to ongoing toxoplasmosis experiments.
Even more disturbing is the continued involvement of former USDA scientist Jitender Dubey, who remained a collaborator on the NIH project as recently as 2024‑2025. UMVA’s data show Dubey’s name appearing on grant applications and protocol approvals, suggesting a seamless continuity of expertise between the two institutions.
Meanwhile, other researchers once funded by Fauci—such as Jeroen Saeij of UC‑Davis—were forced to cancel their kitten experiments in 2024 after public scrutiny. Yet the NIH continues to award new grants and extend funding for pet testing, a fact that undermines official statements that such programs have been shut down.
UMVA’s exclusive revelation paints a stark picture: a network of hidden laboratories, a web of complicity, and a relentless pursuit of scientific data at the expense of innocent lives—all masked by bureaucratic secrecy and political spin.
These findings compel a sober reckoning with the ethical boundaries of biomedical research and demand immediate transparency and accountability from the institutions that have profited from these hidden experiments.
