that s clear. where exactly did this killing puppies thing come from? well, it turns out that a group called white coat waste project, founded by a former republican operative, posted blogs alleging evidence that the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases, which fauci runs, spent over $375,000 funding truly grotesque experiments on dogs in tunisia related to a disease spread by sand fleas. except this was not the case. the journal that published a study on the experiments issued a correction, saying they had not received funding from the national institutes of health at all. but the nih had previously funded another study where beagles were immunized against a disease spread by sand fleas to test the effectiveness. animal experiments may not be your moral cup of tea, but as david pointed out, the experiments in question a seem reasonable to advance research of disease and, b, had nothing to do with dr. fauci.