Urge the Taiwanese Government to Cancel the Animal Experiment Plan to Expose Unvaccinated Beagle Puppies to Rabies Virus

I (Dr. Ching-Yun Wang) am a Full Member of the Division of Public Health Sciences of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and an Affiliate Full Professor of the Biostatistics Department of the University of Washington. I am against the proposed experiment by the Council of Agriculture of Taiwan on 14 beagles. It is known that rabies gained the capability of indiscriminately infect almost all mammals, and that the test will not yield meaningful data since sample variations (such as variations in the sampling of dogs). In addition, the research findings have been very rich. What the Council of Agriculture needs to do is to increase rabies vaccination for the dogs in Taiwan. The 14-beagle experiment is a repeated testing; is unnecessary and very cruel, which has violated research ethics.