DowDuPont ends fungicide dog experiment amid public pressure
Brazil agrees regulatory waiver for ‘unnecessary’ experiment highlighted in US Humane Society undercover footage
DowDupont’s agriculture business, Corteva Agriscience, has ended its one-year fungicide toxicity experiment on dogs at Charles River Laboratories in Michigan, amid pressure from the Humane Society of the US. The animal rights group released undercover footage on 12 March showing beagles being force-fed the product over a period of several months.
The Humane Society also circulated an online petition urging the company to stop the experiment and release the 36 beagles involved, which were due to be euthanised in July. The petition garnered more than 300,000 signatures.